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 2025-04-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-09-25 7:58 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 | 79.20826 |
| 2020-04-01 | 102.95659 |
| 2020-07-01 | 96.92777 |
| 2020-10-01 | 98.02716 |
| 2021-01-01 | 97.02906 |
| 2021-04-01 | 95.42226 |
| 2021-07-01 | 93.00945 |
| 2021-10-01 | 93.36948 |
| 2022-01-01 | 94.66515 |
| 2022-04-01 | 92.54557 |
| 2022-07-01 | 92.34480 |
| 2022-10-01 | 91.66518 |
| 2023-01-01 | 90.80843 |
| 2023-04-01 | 92.56093 |
| 2023-07-01 | 93.85447 |
| 2023-10-01 | 94.84781 |
| 2024-01-01 | 95.90800 |
| 2024-04-01 | 94.80930 |
| 2024-07-01 | 95.98142 |
| 2024-10-01 | 96.76094 |
| 2025-01-01 | 96.30805 |
| 2025-04-01 | 95.04833 |