Graph and download economic data for Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFSGDA188S) from 1929 to 2024 about budget, federal, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) from Q1 1970 to Q1 2025 about public, debt, federal, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYPUGDA188S) from 1939 to 2023 about public, gross, debt, federal, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Federal government budget surplus or deficit (-) (M318501Q027NBEA) from Q3 1959 to Q4 2023 about budget, federal, government, GDP, and USA.

United States - Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was -6.28002 % of GDP in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 4.29777 in January of 1948 and a record low of -26.86278 in January of 1943. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Federal Debt Held by Foreign & International Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (HBFIGDQ188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HBFIGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by Foreign & International Investors (FDHBFIN) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FDHBFIN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP): (FDHBFIN/GDP)*100

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Context

This is a dataset from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according to the frequency that the data updates. Explore the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the St. Louis Fed organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

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Federal Outlays: Interest as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYOIGDA188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYOIGDA188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2013. It is calculated using Federal Outlays: Interest (FYOINT) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYOINT) and Gross Domestic Product (GDPA) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPA): FYOIGDA188S = ((FYOINT/1000)/GDPA)*100 FYOINT/1000 transforms FYOINT from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.

United States - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 120.80844 % of GDP in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 132.81490 in April of 2020 and a record low of 30.60333 in July of 1981. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States - Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 96.51841 % of GDP in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 103.07458 in April of 2020 and a record low of 21.85098 in July of 1974. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

United States - Federal Debt Held by Federal Reserve Banks as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 15.19971 % of GDP in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Debt Held by Federal Reserve Banks as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 24.80604 in January of 2022 and a record low of 3.19887 in July of 2008. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Debt Held by Federal Reserve Banks as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States - Gross Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 94.64260 % of GDP in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Gross Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 106.31331 in January of 1946 and a record low of 22.24246 in January of 1974. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Gross Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Federal Outlays: Interest as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYOIGDA188S) from 1940 to 2024 about outlays, federal, percent, interest, GDP, and USA.

The United States recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 124.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - United States Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

United States - Federal Debt Held by Foreign and International Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 30.18851 % of GDP in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Debt Held by Foreign and International Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 35.37468 in April of 2020 and a record low of 1.17960 in January of 1970. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Debt Held by Foreign and International Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

United States - Federal Debt Held by Private Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product was 82.36647 % of GDP in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal Debt Held by Private Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product reached a record high of 82.57977 in October of 2024 and a record low of 16.67280 in July of 1974. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal Debt Held by Private Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Private Debt to GDP in the United States decreased to 142 percent in 2024 from 147.50 percent in 2023. United States Private Debt to GDP - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Balance of Payments: Current Account: Balance (Revenue Minus Expenditure) for United States (USAB6BLTT02STSAQ) from Q1 1960 to Q4 2024 about current account, BOP, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Federal Debt Held by Private Investors as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (HBPIGDQ188S) from Q1 1970 to Q1 2025 about debt, federal, private, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Shares of gross domestic product: Net exports of goods and services (A019RE1A156NBEA) from 1929 to 2024 about Shares of GDP, exports, Net, goods, services, GDP, and USA.