Government debt to GDP in United States

Latest: 115.8%
Previous: 114.7%
Change: +1.05 (+0.9%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government debt to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Government debt to GDP in United States
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	39.1%
Dec 31, 1990	40.9%
Dec 31, 1991	44.1%
Dec 31, 1992	46.1%
Dec 31, 1993	48.2%
Dec 31, 1994	47.4%
Dec 31, 1995	47.2%
Dec 31, 1996	46.7%
Dec 31, 1997	44.1%
Dec 31, 1998	41.1%
Dec 31, 1999	37.7%
Dec 31, 2000	33.3%
Dec 31, 2001	52.6%
Dec 31, 2002	54.0%
Dec 31, 2003	56.4%
Dec 31, 2004	56.8%
Dec 31, 2005	56.7%
Dec 31, 2006	55.6%
Dec 31, 2007	55.8%
Dec 31, 2008	64.0%
Dec 31, 2009	76.0%
Dec 31, 2010	85.2%
Dec 31, 2011	89.7%
Dec 31, 2012	93.8%
Dec 31, 2013	95.5%
Dec 31, 2014	95.6%
Dec 31, 2015	96.1%
Dec 31, 2016	98.1%
Dec 31, 2017	97.2%
Dec 31, 2018	98.6%
Dec 31, 2019	100.2%
Dec 31, 2020	124.5%
Dec 31, 2021	118.3%
Dec 31, 2022	112.7%
Dec 31, 2023	114.7%
Dec 31, 2024	115.8%
Dec 31, 2025	—

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