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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom vs ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United Kingdom currently owes about 4.0ร— more โ€” a gap of $3.17 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,210,154
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
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South Korea
$1,051,423,844,620
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
In nominal terms, United Kingdom carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 4.0ร— that of South Korea, a difference of $3.17 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United Kingdom: 104%, South Korea: 54%) 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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