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🇺🇸 United States vs 🇦🇺 Australia

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 30.4× more — a gap of $38.40 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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United States
$39,702,590,333,938
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
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Australia
$1,305,827,682,185
Debt-to-GDP51%
Per citizen$48,907
Per second+$1,400
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 30.4× that of Australia, a difference of $38.40 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United States: 124%, Australia: 51%) 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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