Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

Title Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
Series ID FYGFGDQ188S
Source U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Percent of GDP
Date Range 1970-01-01 to 2024-04-01
Last Updated 2024-09-26 7:59 AM CDT
Notes Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by the Public (FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):
FYGFGDQ188S = ((FYGFDPUN/1000)/GDP)*100
FYGFDPUN/1000 transforms FYGFDPUN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.
DATE VALUE
1970-01-01 26.71366
1970-04-01 25.75702
1970-07-01 25.99923
1970-10-01 26.75362
1971-01-01 25.72712
1971-04-01 25.46263
1971-07-01 25.89441
1971-10-01 26.64192
1972-01-01 26.08359
1972-04-01 24.87237
1972-07-01 24.76231
1972-10-01 24.95109
1973-01-01 24.67234
1973-04-01 23.61801
1973-07-01 23.21308
1973-10-01 22.99225
1974-01-01 22.96519
1974-04-01 21.96188
1974-07-01 21.85098
1974-10-01 21.97047
1975-01-01 22.96871
1975-04-01 23.48302
1975-07-01 24.05990
1975-10-01 24.82105
1976-01-01 25.34613
1976-04-01 25.41774
1976-07-01 25.88455
1976-10-01 26.18271
1977-01-01 26.36253
1977-04-01 25.44962
1977-07-01 25.64819
1977-10-01 26.06394
1978-01-01 26.56817
1978-04-01 25.21576
1978-07-01 25.20074
1978-10-01 24.99878
1979-01-01 24.95510
1979-04-01 24.17323
1979-07-01 23.94828
1979-10-01 24.15552
1980-01-01 23.91257
1980-04-01 24.40558
1980-07-01 24.85427
1980-10-01 24.71050
1981-01-01 24.76392
1981-04-01 24.38726
1981-07-01 24.22244
1981-10-01 25.16168
1982-01-01 26.23118
1982-04-01 26.04812
1982-07-01 27.49681
1982-10-01 29.02869
1983-01-01 30.03786
1983-04-01 30.46486
1983-07-01 30.85207
1983-10-01 30.94904
1984-01-01 31.31733
1984-04-01 31.30237
1984-07-01 32.05443
1984-10-01 33.10472
1985-01-01 33.45569
1985-04-01 34.00518
1985-07-01 34.34319
1985-10-01 35.93720
1986-01-01 36.25327
1986-04-01 37.06959
1986-07-01 37.81619
1986-10-01 38.89843
1987-01-01 38.94981
1987-04-01 38.93233
1987-07-01 38.75706
1987-10-01 39.01892
1988-01-01 39.35668
1988-04-01 38.79383
1988-07-01 38.83776
1988-10-01 38.80314
1989-01-01 38.71024
1989-04-01 38.16724
1989-07-01 38.28949
1989-10-01 39.06522
1990-01-01 39.66257
1990-04-01 39.74431
1990-07-01 40.52376
1990-10-01 42.24243
1991-01-01 43.05343
1991-04-01 43.13567
1991-07-01 44.24358
1991-10-01 45.22334
1992-01-01 45.85232
1992-04-01 46.00345
1992-07-01 46.42086
1992-10-01 46.84030
1993-01-01 47.36720
1993-04-01 47.76493
1993-07-01 47.87488
1993-10-01 48.22246
1994-01-01 48.26273
1994-04-01 47.50795
1994-07-01 47.46442
1994-10-01 47.52490
1995-01-01 47.98352
1995-04-01 47.94631
1995-07-01 47.54835
1995-10-01 47.40004
1996-01-01 47.83675
1996-04-01 46.54186
1996-07-01 46.45946
1996-10-01 46.32082
1997-01-01 46.32627
1997-04-01 44.66071
1997-07-01 44.05470
1997-10-01 43.88258
1998-01-01 43.67063
1998-04-01 42.25759
1998-07-01 41.24869
1998-10-01 40.75096
1999-01-01 40.31744
1999-04-01 38.68450
1999-07-01 37.86248
1999-10-01 37.52998
2000-01-01 36.87171
2000-04-01 34.11210
2000-07-01 33.32391
2000-10-01 32.71009
2001-01-01 32.80143
2001-04-01 30.89137
2001-07-01 31.50312
2001-10-01 31.83499
2002-01-01 31.93466
2002-04-01 31.81223
2002-07-01 32.34318
2002-10-01 32.97389
2003-01-01 33.20866
2003-04-01 33.73427
2003-07-01 33.92545
2003-10-01 34.35248
2004-01-01 35.02902
2004-04-01 34.82868
2004-07-01 34.97163
2004-10-01 35.17424
2005-01-01 35.81338
2005-04-01 35.03637
2005-07-01 35.01106
2005-10-01 35.38378
2006-01-01 35.83165
2006-04-01 34.88186
2006-07-01 34.91811
2006-10-01 34.90998
2007-01-01 35.55432
2007-04-01 34.32166
2007-07-01 34.66906
2007-10-01 34.90498
2008-01-01 36.26991
2008-04-01 35.55180
2008-07-01 39.02437
2008-10-01 43.62377
2009-01-01 47.37291
2009-04-01 49.90158
2009-07-01 52.28458
2009-10-01 53.33579
2010-01-01 56.17657
2010-04-01 57.67095
2010-07-01 59.62122
2010-10-01 61.36991
2011-01-01 62.90334
2011-04-01 62.65052
2011-07-01 64.75106
2011-10-01 65.97861
2012-01-01 67.68639
2012-04-01 68.16893
2012-07-01 69.08525
2012-10-01 70.56190
2013-01-01 71.61412
2013-04-01 71.17458
2013-07-01 70.66823
2013-10-01 71.86587
2014-01-01 73.51665
2014-04-01 71.76422
2014-07-01 71.80771
2014-10-01 72.70969
2015-01-01 72.46747
2015-04-01 71.52730
2015-07-01 71.31846
2015-10-01 74.31389
2016-01-01 75.19061
2016-04-01 74.48445
2016-07-01 75.04378
2016-10-01 75.64063
2017-01-01 74.55599
2017-04-01 73.92953
2017-07-01 74.55506
2017-10-01 73.97834
2018-01-01 75.93645
2018-04-01 75.23257
2018-07-01 75.86428
2018-10-01 77.06685
2019-01-01 76.84804
2019-04-01 75.73028
2019-07-01 77.47776
2019-10-01 78.36239
2020-01-01 79.29423
2020-04-01 103.07458
2020-07-01 97.01666
2020-10-01 98.10886
2021-01-01 97.13141
2021-04-01 95.65521
2021-07-01 93.24424
2021-10-01 93.50726
2022-01-01 94.79601
2022-04-01 92.74461
2022-07-01 92.57078
2022-10-01 91.78943
2023-01-01 90.98255
2023-04-01 92.81797
2023-07-01 94.21405
2023-10-01 95.27603
2024-01-01 96.18976
2024-04-01 95.23514

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