Government Debt in the United States increased to 36215818 USD Million in May from 36213557 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Total outstanding debt of the U.S. government reported daily. Includes a breakout of intragovernmental holdings (federal debt held by U.S. government) and debt held by the public (federal debt held by entities outside the U.S. government).

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.

Historical Debt Outstanding is a dataset that provides a summary of the U.S. government's total outstanding debt at the end of each fiscal year from 1789 to the current year. Between 1789 and 1842, the fiscal year began in January. From January 1842 until 1977, the fiscal year began in July. From July 1977 onwards, the fiscal year has started in October. Between 1789 and 1919, debt outstanding was presented as of the first day of the next fiscal year. From 1920 onwards, debt outstanding has been presented as of the final day of the fiscal year. This is a high-level summary of historical public debt and does not contain a breakdown of the debt components.

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.

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.

Government Debt in Germany increased to 2509020 EUR Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 2488548 EUR Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Germany Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Brazil recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 76.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - Brazil Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

China recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 88.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - China Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Italy recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 135.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - Italy Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

France recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 113 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - France Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This database compiles current standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through June 2023. Sovereign debt data is classified by legislation, creditor, currency, and maturity, among other areas, for 26 LAC countries. The availability of valid, comparable, and standardized public debt data is essential for the implementation of sound policies. As such, at the core of the LAC Debt Group initiative is the development of a standardized sovereign debt database to help debt managers, policymakers, and other actors of financial markets analyze the evolution and composition of public debt in the region and conduct cross-country comparisons. LAC public debt offices provided the data in response to a questionnaire specifically designed to allow comparability. The questionnaire, whose response is non-compulsory, is intended to compile current standardized statistics for objective and homogeneous definitions of public debt.

India recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 81.59 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. This dataset provides - India Government Debt To GDP - 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.

The dataset contains All India Yearly Central and State Government Debt Indicators as percentage to GDP from Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy.

Note: 1. Data for 2022-23 are Revised Estimates and data for 2023-24 are Budget Estimates. 2. External liabilities of the Centre is at current exchange rate. 3. Total liabilities of the States, Combined domestic liabilities of Centre & States and Combined total liabilities of the Centre & States have been revised to include 'reserve funds', 'deposits and advances' and 'contingency fund' of State Governments. 4. Data in respect of Combined finances are exclusive of NCT Delhi from 2005-06 onwards. 5. Combined and Centre's liabilities are inclusive of securities/treasury bills under market stabilisation scheme (MSS). 6. GDP data for 2023-24 is taken from Union Budget 2023-24. 7. Combined total liabilities of Centre & States is the sum of External liabilities of the Centre and Combined domestic liabilities of Centre & States

Analysis of ‘Macro-economic indicators - Indebtedness’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/ecb-macro-economic-indicators-indebtedness on 07 January 2022.

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Indebtedness refers to government debt-to-GDP ratio, government deficit-to-GDP ratio, households' debt-to-gross disposable income ratio and non-financial corporations' debt-to-gross domestic product ratio.

Government debt-to-GDP ratio refers to the Maastricht criteria. The government debt statistics used are those used in the context of the excessive deficit procedure. (Financial stocks at nominal value, percentage points, not seasonally or working day adjusted). The last two years presented in the graphs are based on European Commission forecasts (Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs). The reference value set by the Maastricht criteria is 60%.

Government deficit-to-GDP ratio refers to the Maastricht criteria. The government deficit statistics include settlements under swaps (non-financial flows, current prices, percentage points, not seasonally or working day adjusted). The last two years presented in the graphs are based on European Commission forecasts (Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs). The reference value for the budget deficit under the Stability and Growth Pact is 3%.

Households' debt-to-gross disposable income ratio. Gross disposable income is adjusted for the change in net equity of households in pension fund reserves (non-consolidated, current prices, percentage points, not seasonally or working day adjusted).

Non-financial corporations' debt-to-gross domestic product ratio. The statistics are taken from the national accounts statistics. Debt includes pension reserve liabilities and excludes financial derivatives owing to a lack of comparability across countries (non-consolidated, market prices, percentage points, not seasonally or working day adjusted).

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Japan recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 236.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This match allows SSA to verify that a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient's income and other resources are within the eligible range. SSA will use the match results to verify eligibility and payment amounts for individuals under the SSI program. SSI sends SSN finders to the Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) for all claims in current pay/current eligibility status. BPD provides information on ownership of Savings Bonds and book entry securities which count as resources for Title XVI purposes.

At the end of each fiscal year, government-wide financial information is published in the Public Accounts. This dataset presents details of the current year's public debt charges which include: the interest on unmatured debt and on pension and other accounts; the amortization of premiums and discounts on unmatured debt; and, the servicing costs and costs of issuing new borrowings.

The dataset shows the breakdown of local/international debt from the total debt portfolio, the current international debt has limited risks with fluctuations in foreign exchange rates as it includes a minimal amount of Euro denominated debt