Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

Series ID: GFDEGDQ188S. Units: Percent of GDP. Frequency: Quarterly. As of: 2025-10-01.

Source agency: U.S. Office of Management and Budget / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Source: FRED series GFDEGDQ188S, source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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Observations

Date	Value
1966-01-01	40.34
1966-04-01	39.2676
1966-07-01	39.6209
1966-10-01	39.5198
1967-01-01	39.2038
1967-04-01	38.0329
1967-07-01	38.8214
1967-10-01	39.1023
1968-01-01	38.4295
1968-04-01	36.9638
1968-07-01	37.309
1968-10-01	36.9853
1969-01-01	36.1958
1969-04-01	34.974
1969-07-01	35.0195
1969-10-01	35.4695
1970-01-01	35.3888
1970-04-01	34.6733
1970-07-01	34.8672
1970-10-01	35.7482
1971-01-01	34.5035
1971-04-01	34.3609
1971-07-01	35.0069
1971-10-01	35.6324
1972-01-01	34.7262
1972-04-01	33.6738
1972-07-01	33.6245
1972-10-01	33.7476
1973-01-01	33.2929
1973-04-01	32.3447
1973-07-01	32.1245
1973-10-01	31.7738
1974-01-01	31.7645
1974-04-01	30.9946
1974-07-01	30.8627
1974-10-01	30.7977
1975-01-01	31.536
1975-04-01	32.2782
1975-07-01	32.3804
1975-10-01	32.7301
1976-01-01	32.9851
1976-04-01	33.4946
1976-07-01	33.6433
1976-10-01	33.7875
1977-01-01	33.6514
1977-04-01	32.8042
1977-07-01	32.9879
1977-10-01	33.2187
1978-01-01	33.5012
1978-04-01	32.1244
1978-07-01	32.2141
1978-10-01	31.8621
1979-01-01	31.536
1979-04-01	31.0628
1979-07-01	30.984
1979-10-01	31.0262
1980-01-01	30.9498
1980-04-01	31.373
1980-07-01	31.7769
1980-10-01	31.157
1981-01-01	30.8728
1981-04-01	30.7087
1981-07-01	30.6033
1981-10-01	31.3559
1982-01-01	32.413
1982-04-01	32.4021
1982-07-01	33.9253
1982-10-01	35.1816
1983-01-01	35.8291
1983-04-01	36.8717
1983-07-01	37.3311
1983-10-01	37.1755
1984-01-01	37.4545
1984-04-01	37.7269
1984-07-01	38.4959
1984-10-01	40.0855
1985-01-01	40.4412
1985-04-01	41.3198
1985-07-01	41.5591
1985-10-01	43.7871
1986-01-01	44.0742
1986-04-01	45.3068
1986-07-01	46.1254
1986-10-01	47.5529
1987-01-01	47.5784
1987-04-01	48.0487
1987-07-01	48.1165
1987-10-01	48.5567
1988-01-01	49.0315
1988-04-01	49.0874
1988-07-01	49.2573
1988-10-01	49.7155
1989-01-01	49.7328
1989-04-01	49.8876
1989-07-01	50.1712
1989-10-01	51.3811
1990-01-01	51.9686
1990-04-01	52.7473
1990-07-01	53.7531
1990-10-01	56.0361
1991-01-01	57.4165
1991-04-01	57.7455
1991-07-01	59.0612
1991-10-01	60.686
1992-01-01	60.9968
1992-04-01	61.5794
1992-07-01	61.898
1992-10-01	62.5226
1993-01-01	62.8666
1993-04-01	63.9152
1993-07-01	64.1009
1993-10-01	64.6686
1994-01-01	64.3071
1994-04-01	64.1072
1994-07-01	64.0118
1994-10-01	64.3858
1995-01-01	64.6627
1995-04-01	65.3129
1995-07-01	64.7391
1995-10-01	64.1828
1996-01-01	65.0417
1996-04-01	64.2497
1996-07-01	64.2547
1996-10-01	64.447
1997-01-01	64.3443
1997-04-01	63.1091
1997-07-01	62.4871
1997-10-01	62.7703
1998-01-01	62.5099
1998-04-01	61.852
1998-07-01	60.5869
1998-10-01	60.407
1999-01-01	60.0489
1999-04-01	59.1923
1999-07-01	58.3926
1999-10-01	58.3434
2000-01-01	57.7213
2000-04-01	55.4849
2000-07-01	54.9921
2000-10-01	54.2579
2001-01-01	55.1443
2001-04-01	54.0316
2001-07-01	54.7976
2001-10-01	55.7522
2002-01-01	55.6965
2002-04-01	56.2709
2002-07-01	56.7026
2002-10-01	57.9103
2003-01-01	57.8191
2003-04-01	58.961
2003-07-01	58.6454
2003-10-01	59.4447
2004-01-01	59.8071
2004-04-01	60.0549
2004-07-01	59.9664
2004-10-01	60.6371
2005-01-01	60.913
2005-04-01	60.6415
2005-07-01	60.3586
2005-10-01	61.3201
2006-01-01	61.5564
2006-04-01	61.2214
2006-07-01	61.3328
2006-10-01	61.8269
2007-01-01	62.253
2007-04-01	61.5722
2007-07-01	61.8483
2007-10-01	62.7192
2008-01-01	64.1728
2008-04-01	63.8517
2008-07-01	67.2845
2008-10-01	73.2451
2009-01-01	77.105
2009-04-01	80.2801
2009-07-01	82.4273
2009-10-01	84.0293
2010-01-01	86.5118
2010-04-01	88.1283
2010-07-01	89.5653
2010-10-01	91.6113
2011-01-01	92.9561
2011-04-01	92.1938
2011-07-01	94.521
2011-10-01	96.0907
2012-01-01	97.1231
2012-04-01	97.8276
2012-07-01	98.4479
2012-10-01	100.075
2013-01-01	100.74
2013-04-01	100.058
2013-07-01	98.728
2013-10-01	99.7912
2014-01-01	102.346
2014-04-01	100.651
2014-07-01	100.111
2014-10-01	101.281
2015-01-01	100.49
2015-04-01	99.3009
2015-07-01	98.6359
2015-10-01	102.642
2016-01-01	103.989
2016-04-01	103.58
2016-07-01	103.604
2016-10-01	104.649
2017-01-01	102.937
2017-04-01	102.088
2017-07-01	102.805
2017-10-01	102.274
2018-01-01	103.744
2018-04-01	102.984
2018-07-01	103.449
2018-10-01	105.049
2019-01-01	104.34
2019-04-01	102.922
2019-07-01	104.615
2019-10-01	105.782
2020-01-01	106.77
2020-04-01	132.663
2020-07-01	124.147
2020-10-01	125.629
2021-01-01	124.038
2021-04-01	121.786
2021-07-01	118.541
2021-10-01	119.359
2022-01-01	120.398
2022-04-01	118.202
2022-07-01	117.438
2022-10-01	117.367
2023-01-01	115.586
2023-04-01	117.444
2023-07-01	118.139
2023-10-01	119.619
2024-01-01	120.476
2024-04-01	119.503
2024-07-01	120.172
2024-10-01	121.436
2025-01-01	120.545
2025-04-01	118.782
2025-07-01	121.029
2025-10-01	122.568