🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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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Japan
$10,232,483,460,115
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,215,882
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
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 (Japan: 230%, United Kingdom: 104%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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