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🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇯🇵 Japan

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 2.4× more — a gap of $6.01 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,216,467
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
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Japan
$10,232,483,460,518
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt — roughly 2.4× that of United Kingdom, a difference of $6.01 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United Kingdom: 104%, Japan: 230%) 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.
Live data: /api/compare?a=gb&b=jp · United Kingdom page · Japan page