🇮🇹 Italy vs 🇯🇵 Japan
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 2.7× more — a gap of $6.43 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Italy
$3,799,058,322,604
Debt-to-GDP137%
Per citizen$64,500
Per second+$3,000
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Japan
$10,232,481,651,646
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt — roughly 2.7× that of Italy, a difference of $6.43 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Italy: 137%, Japan: 230%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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