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🇺🇸 United States vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 9.4× more — a gap of $35.48 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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United States
$39,702,595,784,265
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,167,509
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 9.4× that of United Kingdom, a difference of $35.48 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United States: 124%, United Kingdom: 104%) 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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