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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea vs ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Germany currently owes about 3.4ร— more โ€” a gap of $2.54 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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South Korea
$1,051,423,376,252
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
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Germany
$3,589,626,621,365
Debt-to-GDP65%
Per citizen$42,531
Per second+$6,500
In nominal terms, Germany carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 3.4ร— that of South Korea, a difference of $2.54 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (South Korea: 54%, 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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