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🇺🇸 United States vs 🇫🇷 France

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 9.3× more — a gap of $35.42 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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United States
$39,702,589,452,128
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
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France
$4,287,224,477,548
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 9.3× that of France, a difference of $35.42 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United States: 124%, France: 118%) 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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