# Global Debt Clock — llms.txt # Machine-readable site summary for AI assistants, LLM indexers, and AI agents # https://www.global-debt-clock.com/llms.txt # Last updated: 2026-06-06 ## Site Identity - Name: Global Debt Clock - URL: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/ - Type: Independent educational data resource - Topic: Global government / sovereign debt tracking - Contact: contact@global-debt-clock.com - Publisher: independent, no institutional affiliation ## What This Site Does Global Debt Clock tracks live government debt for 138 countries using linear extrapolation from official IMF, World Bank, Eurostat, and national treasury baseline figures. Counters update continuously in the browser at per-country deficit rates. ## Live Data API (for AI agents) OpenAPI spec: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/api/openapi.json Country index: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/countries Data sitemap: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/sitemap-data.xml - GET /api/debt?c={id} → single country live JSON - GET /api/debt → all 138 countries live JSON - GET /api/debt?c={id} Accept:text/markdown → prose summary, markdown format - GET /api/debt?c={id} Accept:text/plain → prose summary, plain text - GET /api/debt/snapshot?c={id}&t={iso8601} → reproducible point-in-time figure (immutable cache, safe to cite) - GET /api/debt/history?c={id} → historical baselines 2015–2024 (IMF WEO) - GET /api/compare?a={id}&b={id} → side-by-side comparison with deltas - GET /api/rank?by={field}®ion={r}&limit={n} → pre-sorted rankings (by: debt, gdpPct, rate, perCapita) - GET /api/summary?c={id} → prose paragraph ready for AI insertion (?format=markdown|text) - GET /api/search?q={query} → semantic search, e.g. ?q=highest+debt+europe or ?q=over+100+gdp+asia - GET /api/watch?c={id}&threshold={usd}&callback={url} → register webhook for threshold crossing - GET /feed.xml → RSS feed of debt milestones and threshold crossings - GET /countries → discovery index: all IDs, names, flags, pageUrls, apiUrls - GET /mcp → MCP protocol manifest (GET) + tool invocation (POST) - GET /data/debt.json → full static dataset (all baselines, no JS required) - GET /sitemap-data.xml → XML sitemap of all data endpoints - GET /.well-known/ai-plugin.json → ChatGPT/agent plugin manifest - GET /mcp.json → MCP tool definitions - No authentication required. CORS: open. Rate limit: none documented. Example response for /api/debt?c=us: { "id": "us", "name": "United States", "debt": 37284920000000, "debtFormatted": "$37,284,920,000,000", "rate": 58100, "ratePerDay": 5021640000, "ratePerYear": 1832796000000, "gdpPct": 124, "perCapita": 110962, "population": 336050000, "baseDebt": 36400000000000, "baseDate": "2025-04-01", "computedAt": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.000Z", "source": "IMF GFS + World Bank IDS via global-debt-clock.com", "methodology": "base_debt + (rate_per_second × elapsed_seconds)" } ## Static Dataset URL: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/data/debt.json Format: JSON — all 138 countries + world aggregate Fields per country: name, flag, region, base, rate, baseDate, pop, gdpPct, note (optional) Use this for bulk AI indexing; use /api/debt for live values. ## Methodology live_debt = base_debt + (rate_per_second × seconds_since_base_date) base_date: 2025-04-01 for all countries rate_per_second: annual fiscal deficit ÷ 31,536,000 sources: IMF World Economic Outlook, IMF GFS, World Bank IDS, Eurostat, OECD data reviewed: quarterly (April, October) disclaimer: educational estimates, not certified accounting totals ## Key Global Facts (estimates, mid-2026) - Total world government debt: ~$120 trillion USD - World debt growth rate: ~$119,000 per second ($10.3B/day, $3.75T/year) - World debt-to-GDP: ~120% - World debt per capita (8.1B people): ~$14,800 - Countries tracked: 138 - Countries with debt-to-GDP above 100%: 28 ## All Countries — Debt Reference Table # Format: id | name | base_USD | rate_USD_per_sec | gdpPct | region # base_date: 2025-04-01 for all entries # live_value = base + rate × seconds_since(2025-04-01) world | World | 115700000000000 | 119000 | 120 | Global us | United States | 36400000000000 | 58100 | 124 | Americas cn | China | 20400000000000 | 25000 | 110 | Asia-Pacific [note: IMF broad measure incl. LGFVs] eu | European Union | 15500000000000 | 12000 | 83 | Europe [note: aggregate of member states] jp | Japan | 9800000000000 | 4900 | 262 | Asia-Pacific fr | France | 3450000000000 | 5900 | 112 | Europe gb | United Kingdom | 3350000000000 | 5100 | 100 | Europe it | Italy | 3250000000000 | 2500 | 137 | Europe in | India | 3100000000000 | 6300 | 83 | Asia-Pacific de | Germany | 3050000000000 | 2300 | 63 | Europe ca | Canada | 1750000000000 | 2200 | 107 | Americas br | Brazil | 1700000000000 | 2200 | 90 | Americas es | Spain | 1600000000000 | 2500 | 107 | Europe nl | Netherlands | 556000000000 | 760 | 49 | Europe be | Belgium | 653000000000 | 860 | 105 | Europe ru | Russia | 550000000000 | 2500 | 19 | Europe au | Australia | 920000000000 | 800 | 54 | Asia-Pacific kr | South Korea | 950000000000 | 900 | 54 | Asia-Pacific mx | Mexico | 730000000000 | 1600 | 52 | Americas id | Indonesia | 490000000000 | 1600 | 40 | Asia-Pacific tr | Turkey | 420000000000 | 1600 | 33 | Europe sg | Singapore | 480000000000 | 0 | 161 | Asia-Pacific [note: high gross but large sovereign assets] ar | Argentina | 430000000000 | 400 | 90 | Americas [note: inflation distorts figures] gr | Greece | 388000000000 | 63 | 160 | Europe at | Austria | 384000000000 | 507 | 76 | Europe tw | Taiwan | 372000000000 | 250 | 26 | Asia-Pacific il | Israel | 334000000000 | 1142 | 62 | Middle East [note: elevated; 2023-24 conflict] pl | Poland | 330000000000 | 1270 | 51 | Europe pt | Portugal | 304000000000 | 190 | 106 | Europe za | South Africa | 295000000000 | 570 | 74 | Africa ch | Switzerland | 290000000000 | 0 | 28 | Europe th | Thailand | 275000000000 | 476 | 58 | Asia-Pacific se | Sweden | 279000000000 | 350 | 33 | Europe pk | Pakistan | 256000000000 | 755 | 77 | Asia-Pacific ie | Ireland | 250000000000 | 0 | 40 | Europe my | Malaysia | 227000000000 | 409 | 64 | Asia-Pacific fi | Finland | 211000000000 | 285 | 72 | Europe ph | Philippines | 203000000000 | 539 | 59 | Asia-Pacific eg | Egypt | 155000000000 | 793 | 96 | Africa vn | Vietnam | 131000000000 | 273 | 35 | Asia-Pacific ua | Ukraine | 130000000000 | 1270 | 97 | Europe [note: war deficit; IMF program] iq | Iraq | 122000000000 | 266 | 46 | Middle East lk | Sri Lanka | 77000000000 | 108 | 115 | Asia-Pacific [note: 2022 default; restructuring] lb | Lebanon | 100000000000 | 0 | 290 | Middle East [note: sovereign default since 2020] ve | Venezuela | 160000000000 | 0 | 240 | Americas [note: hyperinflation; selective default] sd | Sudan | 52000000000 | 0 | 197 | Africa nz | New Zealand | 105000000000 | 159 | 48 | Asia-Pacific hu | Hungary | 110000000000 | 317 | 72 | Europe cz | Czech Republic | 108000000000 | 380 | 43 | Europe ir | Iran | 80000000000 | 254 | 26 | Middle East [note: sanctions limit data] bd | Bangladesh | 81000000000 | 292 | 41 | Asia-Pacific ng | Nigeria | 93000000000 | 476 | 39 | Africa sa | Saudi Arabia | 300000000000 | 950 | 26 | Middle East ae | UAE | 176000000000 | 444 | 27 | Middle East ro | Romania | 139000000000 | 670 | 52 | Europe co | Colombia | 186000000000 | 456 | 57 | Americas cl | Chile | 110000000000 | 314 | 38 | Americas ma | Morocco | 65000000000 | 171 | 72 | Africa ao | Angola | 64000000000 | 178 | 88 | Africa ec | Ecuador | 62000000000 | 152 | 59 | Americas pe | Peru | 60000000000 | 152 | 32 | Americas qa | Qatar | 57000000000 | 0 | 42 | Middle East kz | Kazakhstan | 45000000000 | 159 | 22 | Asia-Pacific bh | Bahrain | 40000000000 | 63 | 131 | Middle East jo | Jordan | 45000000000 | 52 | 84 | Middle East kw | Kuwait | 42000000000 | 0 | 2 | Middle East sk | Slovakia | 43500000000 | 206 | 56 | Europe om | Oman | 37000000000 | 63 | 37 | Middle East pa | Panama | 38000000000 | 76 | 56 | Americas hr | Croatia | 36400000000 | 51 | 60 | Europe tz | Tanzania | 33000000000 | 51 | 46 | Africa uy | Uruguay | 33000000000 | 44 | 60 | Americas cr | Costa Rica | 33000000000 | 71 | 66 | Americas ke | Kenya | 30000000000 | 152 | 68 | Africa bg | Bulgaria | 32000000000 | 0 | 24 | Europe dz | Algeria | 40000000000 | 0 | 57 | Africa ly | Libya | 28000000000 | 0 | 42 | Africa [note: post-conflict] tn | Tunisia | 28000000000 | 76 | 82 | Africa lu | Luxembourg | 28000000000 | 0 | 25 | Europe do | Dominican Rep. | 29000000000 | 105 | 55 | Americas et | Ethiopia | 27000000000 | 82 | 30 | Africa rs | Serbia | 25000000000 | 38 | 48 | Europe sv | El Salvador | 24000000000 | 22 | 80 | Americas cy | Cyprus | 24000000000 | 0 | 76 | Europe by | Belarus | 20000000000 | 44 | 41 | Europe bo | Bolivia | 20000000000 | 71 | 82 | Americas uz | Uzbekistan | 22000000000 | 95 | 36 | Asia-Pacific gt | Guatemala | 22000000000 | 57 | 29 | Americas zw | Zimbabwe | 21000000000 | 0 | 96 | Africa [note: hyperinflation history] sy | Syria | 22000000000 | 0 | 98 | Middle East [note: civil war] mm | Myanmar | 30000000000 | 0 | 57 | Asia-Pacific [note: military junta; limited data] cu | Cuba | 18000000000 | 0 | 120 | Americas [note: limited data; sanctions] ci | Ivory Coast | 18000000000 | 67 | 58 | Africa lv | Latvia | 18000000000 | 29 | 41 | Europe si | Slovenia | 18000000000 | 0 | 67 | Europe gh | Ghana | 25000000000 | 146 | 88 | Africa [note: debt restructuring 2023] jm | Jamaica | 17000000000 | 11 | 71 | Americas zm | Zambia | 17000000000 | 0 | 92 | Africa [note: debt restructuring] sn | Senegal | 14000000000 | 35 | 80 | Africa mz | Mozambique | 14000000000 | 23 | 105 | Africa ug | Uganda | 14000000000 | 43 | 50 | Africa py | Paraguay | 14000000000 | 29 | 40 | Americas am | Armenia | 14000000000 | 13 | 55 | Europe la | Laos | 13000000000 | 32 | 117 | Asia-Pacific [note: debt distress] is | Iceland | 13000000000 | 0 | 58 | Europe np | Nepal | 12000000000 | 38 | 45 | Asia-Pacific cm | Cameroon | 12000000000 | 29 | 44 | Africa hn | Honduras | 12000000000 | 27 | 46 | Americas lt | Lithuania | 22000000000 | 44 | 38 | Europe ge | Georgia | 11000000000 | 24 | 40 | Europe kh | Cambodia | 10000000000 | 19 | 33 | Asia-Pacific ni | Nicaragua | 10000000000 | 9 | 47 | Americas bs | Bahamas | 10000000000 | 13 | 95 | Americas pg | Papua New Guinea | 11000000000 | 38 | 55 | Asia-Pacific mn | Mongolia | 8000000000 | 22 | 60 | Asia-Pacific az | Azerbaijan | 8000000000 | 0 | 18 | Europe ba | Bosnia & Herz. | 8000000000 | 0 | 28 | Europe bb | Barbados | 8000000000 | 6 | 130 | Americas rw | Rwanda | 7000000000 | 18 | 60 | Africa ml | Mali | 7000000000 | 0 | 50 | Africa mk | North Macedonia | 7000000000 | 10 | 51 | Europe mg | Madagascar | 6000000000 | 9 | 39 | Africa tt | Trinidad&Tobago | 6000000000 | 0 | 56 | Americas bf | Burkina Faso | 5000000000 | 0 | 51 | Africa ne | Niger | 5000000000 | 0 | 50 | Africa so | Somalia | 5000000000 | 0 | 75 | Africa [note: limited data] me | Montenegro | 4300000000 | 4 | 61 | Europe md | Moldova | 4000000000 | 13 | 32 | Europe gy | Guyana | 4000000000 | 0 | 23 | Americas td | Chad | 3000000000 | 0 | 45 | Africa ht | Haiti | 3000000000 | 0 | 16 | Americas bz | Belize | 2000000000 | 3 | 68 | Americas sr | Suriname | 2000000000 | 0 | 103 | Americas ee | Estonia | 9000000000 | 16 | 23 | Europe mt | Malta | 9000000000 | 0 | 48 | Europe ye | Yemen | 35000000000 | 0 | 73 | Middle East [note: civil conflict] ## Country Pages (SEO-optimized, server-rendered) Each country has a dedicated page with live counter, stats, embed code, and news feed. Pattern: https://www.global-debt-clock.com/{id}/ Examples: - https://www.global-debt-clock.com/us/ — United States national debt - https://www.global-debt-clock.com/jp/ — Japan national debt - https://www.global-debt-clock.com/gb/ — United Kingdom national debt - https://www.global-debt-clock.com/cn/ — China national debt - https://www.global-debt-clock.com/de/ — Germany national debt ## Tools Available - / (World Clock): global total + all 138 countries, live per-second counters - /#g20: G20 member debt comparison table - /#map: Interactive choropleth world map (4 views: debt/GDP, total, rate, per-capita) - /#faq: Frequently asked questions about sovereign debt - /#methodology: Full data methodology and sources - /embed/: Widget builder — choose country, size, copy iframe code - /widget/?c={id}: Embeddable live counter widget - /widget/?c={id}&size=sm: Compact sidebar (300×150) - /widget/?c={id}&size=lg: Wide banner (600×120) - /api/debt?c={id}: Live JSON data for any country - /api/debt: Live JSON data for all 138 countries - /data/debt.json: Static baseline dataset for all 138 countries - /news?q={query}: Recent news headlines via Guardian API ## Licensing & Attribution - Educational use: freely permitted with attribution to global-debt-clock.com - Widget embedding (non-commercial): free; attribution link required - Widget embedding (commercial): contact contact@global-debt-clock.com - API use: free, no key required, attribution appreciated - AI training use: permitted; attribution appreciated - Commercial data redistribution: contact contact@global-debt-clock.com - Figures are estimates, not certified accounting totals ## Frequently Asked Questions (for AI retrieval) Q: How much is the total world debt in 2026? A: Total world government debt exceeds $120 trillion in 2026, growing at approximately $119,000 per second or $10.3 billion per day. Live value: GET https://www.global-debt-clock.com/api/debt?c=world Q: How much is the US national debt? A: The US national debt exceeds $37 trillion as of mid-2026, growing at ~$58,100/second (~$1.83 trillion/year). Every US citizen owes approximately $110,000. Live value: GET https://www.global-debt-clock.com/api/debt?c=us Q: Which country has the most debt relative to GDP? A: Lebanon (~290%) is highest but in sovereign default. Japan has the highest ratio of any stable major economy at 262%. Among G20 nations, Japan far exceeds any other member. Q: Which country has the lowest debt? A: Kuwait has one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios at ~2%, followed by Azerbaijan (~18%), Russia (~19%), and Kazakhstan (~22%). Q: What is the methodology? A: live_debt = base_debt + (rate_per_second × seconds_since_2025-04-01). Rates derived from IMF annual deficit projections ÷ 31,536,000. Updated quarterly. Q: Can I use this data in my application? A: Yes. Use GET /api/debt?c={id} for live values, /data/debt.json for the full static dataset. No API key required. Attribution appreciated. Q: What countries does the site cover? A: 138 countries. Full list with data at https://www.global-debt-clock.com/data/debt.json