🇺🇸 United States vs 🇯🇵 Japan
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 3.9× more — a gap of $29.47 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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United States
$39,702,577,415,921
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
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Japan
$10,232,482,145,297
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 3.9× that of Japan, a difference of $29.47 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (United States: 124%, Japan: 230%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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