🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇰🇷 South Korea
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 9.7× more — a gap of $9.18 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Japan
$10,232,482,234,925
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
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South Korea
$1,051,423,495,693
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt — roughly 9.7× that of South Korea, a difference of $9.18 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Japan: 230%, South Korea: 54%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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