Government Debt in the United States decreased to 36213557 USD Million in April from 36214310 USD Million in March of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Summarizes the U.S. government's total outstanding debt at the end of each fiscal year from 1789 to the current year.

Graph and download economic data for Federal Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) from Q1 1966 to Q1 2025 about public, debt, federal, government, 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.

The Debt to the Penny dataset provides information about the total outstanding public debt and is reported each day. Debt to the Penny is made up of intragovernmental holdings and debt held by the public, including securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. Total public debt outstanding is composed of Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), Floating Rate Notes (FRNs), and Federal Financing Bank (FFB) securities, as well as Domestic Series, Foreign Series, State and Local Government Series (SLGS), U.S. Savings Securities, and Government Account Series (GAS) securities. Debt to the Penny is updated at 3:00 PM EST each business day with data from the previous business day.

Key information about United States Government Debt: % of GDP

• United States Government debt accounted for 124.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with the ratio of 123.1 % in the previous quarter.
• US government debt to GDP ratio data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1969 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 130.4 % in Mar 2021 and a record low of 31.8 % in Sep 1974.

CEIC calculates quarterly Government Debt as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Government Debt and rolling sum of quarterly Nominal GDP. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service provides Government Debt in USD. The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides Nominal GDP in USD. Government Debt covers Central Government only.


Related information about United States Government Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, US National Government Debt reached 36,220.2 USD bn in Jan 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP reached 6,632.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Households Debt in the United States decreased to 70.50 percent of GDP in the third quarter of 2024 from 70.70 percent of GDP in the second quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United States Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Interest Expense on Debt Outstanding dataset provides monthly and fiscal year-to-date values for interest expenses on federal government debt, that is, the cost to the U.S. for borrowing money (calculated at a specified rate and period of time). U.S. debt includes Treasury notes and bonds, foreign and domestic series certificates of indebtedness, savings bonds, Government Account Series (GAS), State and Local Government Series (SLGS) and other special purpose securities. While interest expenses are what the government pays to investors who loan money to the government, how much the government pays in interest depends on both the total federal debt and the interest rate investors charged when they loaned the money. This dataset is useful for those who wish to track the cost of maintaining federal debt.

Key information about United States Household Debt

• United States Household Debt reached 18,036.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with the reported number of 17,943.0 USD bn in the previous quarter
• US Household Debt: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1999 to Dec 2024
• The data reached an all-time high of 18,036.0 USD bn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 4,540.0 USD bn in Mar 1999

Federal Reserve Board of New York provides quarterly Household Debt in USD. Household Debt includes Mortgages, Home Equity Revolving, Auto Loans, Bankcards, Student Loans and Others.


Further information about United States Household Debt

• In the latest reports, United States Household Debt accounted for 61.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024
• Money Supply M2 in United States increased 21,533.8 USD bn YoY in Dec 2024
• United States Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 34.9 USD bn in Dec 2024
• The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 0.1 Months of Import in Dec 2024
• United States Domestic Credit reached 30,648.3 USD bn in Mar 2024, representing an drop of 0.3 % YoY

This data set contains debt outstanding for local government Issuers, including cities, community college districts, counties, hospital districts, independent school districts, other special districts and water districts. Not included are obligations of less than one-year maturity and special obligations not requiring Attorney General approval. Excludes commercial paper and Build America Bond subsidies. Excludes conduit debt. Data includes tax rate, taxable values, pledge, population, total principal, total interest and total debt service.

Private Debt to GDP in the United States decreased to 216.50 percent in 2023 from 224.50 percent in 2022. United States Private Debt to GDP - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.

External Debt in the United States increased to 27629576 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 25798118 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United States Net International Investment Position - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Analysis of ‘🪧 U.S. Presidents and Debt’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yamqwe/u-s-presidents-and-debte on 13 February 2022.

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About this dataset

All U.S. presidents since WWII and their impact on the U.S. debt

This dataset lists each president's impact on the U.S. debt since World War II to the present (2016), starting with Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama. The data is presented in two different ways:

• By President - inclusive of all terms served
  • Lists the term debt increase percentage
• Annual breakdown - from 1949 to 2016
  • Lists the annual debt increase percentage

The data also includes some meta information such as the term periods and lifespan, age, and party of each president.

Source

This dataset was created by Kevin Nayar and contains around 0 samples along with Party, Date Died, technical information and other features such as: - Age - Party - and more.

How to use this dataset

• Analyze Date Died in relation to Age
• Study the influence of Party on Date Died
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Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Kevin Nayar

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This table represents the issues and redemption of marketable and nonmarketable securities. All figures are rounded to the nearest million.

This table represents the breakdown of total public debt outstanding as it relates to the statutory debt limit. All figures are rounded to the nearest million.

External Debt in Mexico decreased to 591055.90 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 600455.70 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Mexico External Debt - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This table represents cash basis adjustments to the issues and redemptions of Treasury securities in the Public Debt Transactions table. All figures are rounded to the nearest million.

Debt Balance Credit Cards in the United States decreased to 1.18 Trillion USD in the first quarter of 2025 from 1.21 Trillion USD in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Debt Balance Credit Cards.

This dataset includes debt outstanding for all State of Texas Issuers, including conduit borrowers, on an annual basis. Debt includes commercial paper, variable rate debt and capital appreciation bonds, but does not include certain lease purchase debt, SECO LoanSTAR Revolving Loan Program debt or Build America Bond interest rate subsidies. Not self-supporting debt (general obligation and revenue) depends solely on the state's general revenue fund for debt service. Conduit debt is not a legal liability of the state but is backed by third party entities. Tuition Revenue Bonds issued by institutions of higher education are secured by a pledge of certain revenue funds of the institutions, however, historically the state has appropriated funds to the schools in an amount equal to all or a portion of the debt service on the revenue bonds. Future debt-service payments for variable-rate bonds is calculated based on interest rates provided by the issuer. Future debt-service payments for commercial paper is calculated at five percent for a 20-year period.

The Daily Treasury Statement dataset contains a series of tables showing the daily cash and debt operations of the U.S. Treasury. The data includes operating cash balance, deposits and withdrawals of cash, public debt transactions, federal tax deposits, income tax refunds issued (by check and electronic funds transfer (EFT)), short-term cash investments, and issues and redemptions of securities. All figures are rounded to the nearest million.