🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇮🇹 Italy
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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Japan
$10,232,481,651,650
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
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Italy
$3,799,058,322,607
Debt-to-GDP137%
Per citizen$64,500
Per second+$3,000
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 (Japan: 230%, Italy: 137%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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