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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea vs ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. South Korea currently owes about 1.6ร— more โ€” a gap of $410.2 billion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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South Korea
$1,051,423,693,597
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
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Netherlands
$641,229,082,545
Debt-to-GDP44%
Per citizen$35,823
Per second+$460
In nominal terms, South Korea carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 1.6ร— that of Netherlands, a difference of $410.2 billion. Note that debt-to-GDP (South Korea: 54%, Netherlands: 44%) 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.
Live data: /api/compare?a=kr&b=nl ยท South Korea page ยท Netherlands page