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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea vs ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Spain currently owes about 2.0ร— more โ€” a gap of $1.08 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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South Korea
$1,051,423,633,782
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
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Spain
$2,128,145,298,081
Debt-to-GDP101%
Per citizen$44,898
Per second+$2,300
In nominal terms, Spain carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 2.0ร— that of South Korea, a difference of $1.08 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (South Korea: 54%, Spain: 101%) 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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