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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan vs ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 2.9ร— more โ€” a gap of $6.64 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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Japan
$10,232,481,817,550
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
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Germany
$3,589,626,622,399
Debt-to-GDP65%
Per citizen$42,531
Per second+$6,500
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 2.9ร— that of Germany, a difference of $6.64 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Japan: 230%, Germany: 65%) 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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