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πŸ‡«πŸ‡· France vs πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 9.3Γ— more β€” a gap of $35.42 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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France
$4,287,224,478,122
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
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United States
$39,702,589,457,606
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt β€” roughly 9.3Γ— that of France, a difference of $35.42 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (France: 118%, United States: 124%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026, general government gross debt) and World Bank IDS.
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