Table Data - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
| Title | Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product |
|---|---|
| Series ID | GFDEGDQ188S |
| 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 | 1966-01-01 to 2025-04-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-09-25 7:58 AM CDT |
| Notes | Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP): GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100 GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1966-01-01 | 40.33999 |
| 1966-04-01 | 39.26763 |
| 1966-07-01 | 39.62091 |
| 1966-10-01 | 39.51977 |
| 1967-01-01 | 39.20383 |
| 1967-04-01 | 38.03292 |
| 1967-07-01 | 38.82145 |
| 1967-10-01 | 39.10231 |
| 1968-01-01 | 38.42951 |
| 1968-04-01 | 36.96379 |
| 1968-07-01 | 37.30897 |
| 1968-10-01 | 36.98532 |
| 1969-01-01 | 36.19577 |
| 1969-04-01 | 34.97403 |
| 1969-07-01 | 35.01946 |
| 1969-10-01 | 35.46954 |
| 1970-01-01 | 35.38879 |
| 1970-04-01 | 34.67329 |
| 1970-07-01 | 34.86717 |
| 1970-10-01 | 35.74822 |
| 1971-01-01 | 34.50345 |
| 1971-04-01 | 34.36089 |
| 1971-07-01 | 35.00694 |
| 1971-10-01 | 35.63237 |
| 1972-01-01 | 34.72622 |
| 1972-04-01 | 33.67383 |
| 1972-07-01 | 33.62447 |
| 1972-10-01 | 33.74758 |
| 1973-01-01 | 33.29287 |
| 1973-04-01 | 32.34466 |
| 1973-07-01 | 32.12455 |
| 1973-10-01 | 31.77379 |
| 1974-01-01 | 31.76449 |
| 1974-04-01 | 30.99462 |
| 1974-07-01 | 30.86269 |
| 1974-10-01 | 30.79768 |
| 1975-01-01 | 31.53604 |
| 1975-04-01 | 32.27817 |
| 1975-07-01 | 32.38043 |
| 1975-10-01 | 32.73010 |
| 1976-01-01 | 32.98513 |
| 1976-04-01 | 33.49464 |
| 1976-07-01 | 33.64333 |
| 1976-10-01 | 33.78753 |
| 1977-01-01 | 33.65136 |
| 1977-04-01 | 32.80422 |
| 1977-07-01 | 32.98791 |
| 1977-10-01 | 33.21873 |
| 1978-01-01 | 33.50120 |
| 1978-04-01 | 32.12444 |
| 1978-07-01 | 32.21407 |
| 1978-10-01 | 31.86206 |
| 1979-01-01 | 31.53601 |
| 1979-04-01 | 31.06277 |
| 1979-07-01 | 30.98402 |
| 1979-10-01 | 31.02615 |
| 1980-01-01 | 30.94982 |
| 1980-04-01 | 31.37303 |
| 1980-07-01 | 31.77687 |
| 1980-10-01 | 31.15700 |
| 1981-01-01 | 30.87284 |
| 1981-04-01 | 30.70875 |
| 1981-07-01 | 30.60333 |
| 1981-10-01 | 31.35587 |
| 1982-01-01 | 32.41298 |
| 1982-04-01 | 32.40213 |
| 1982-07-01 | 33.92530 |
| 1982-10-01 | 35.18156 |
| 1983-01-01 | 35.82911 |
| 1983-04-01 | 36.87167 |
| 1983-07-01 | 37.33110 |
| 1983-10-01 | 37.17553 |
| 1984-01-01 | 37.45447 |
| 1984-04-01 | 37.72687 |
| 1984-07-01 | 38.49586 |
| 1984-10-01 | 40.08547 |
| 1985-01-01 | 40.44121 |
| 1985-04-01 | 41.31983 |
| 1985-07-01 | 41.55909 |
| 1985-10-01 | 43.78715 |
| 1986-01-01 | 44.07415 |
| 1986-04-01 | 45.30682 |
| 1986-07-01 | 46.12536 |
| 1986-10-01 | 47.55286 |
| 1987-01-01 | 47.57835 |
| 1987-04-01 | 48.04867 |
| 1987-07-01 | 48.11650 |
| 1987-10-01 | 48.55667 |
| 1988-01-01 | 49.03151 |
| 1988-04-01 | 49.08744 |
| 1988-07-01 | 49.25732 |
| 1988-10-01 | 49.71548 |
| 1989-01-01 | 49.73276 |
| 1989-04-01 | 49.88760 |
| 1989-07-01 | 50.17117 |
| 1989-10-01 | 51.38111 |
| 1990-01-01 | 51.96856 |
| 1990-04-01 | 52.74730 |
| 1990-07-01 | 53.75313 |
| 1990-10-01 | 56.03613 |
| 1991-01-01 | 57.41652 |
| 1991-04-01 | 57.74551 |
| 1991-07-01 | 59.06123 |
| 1991-10-01 | 60.68599 |
| 1992-01-01 | 60.99679 |
| 1992-04-01 | 61.57938 |
| 1992-07-01 | 61.89802 |
| 1992-10-01 | 62.52256 |
| 1993-01-01 | 62.86657 |
| 1993-04-01 | 63.91524 |
| 1993-07-01 | 64.10093 |
| 1993-10-01 | 64.66861 |
| 1994-01-01 | 64.30709 |
| 1994-04-01 | 64.10716 |
| 1994-07-01 | 64.01176 |
| 1994-10-01 | 64.38584 |
| 1995-01-01 | 64.66271 |
| 1995-04-01 | 65.31294 |
| 1995-07-01 | 64.73906 |
| 1995-10-01 | 64.18282 |
| 1996-01-01 | 65.04171 |
| 1996-04-01 | 64.24970 |
| 1996-07-01 | 64.25469 |
| 1996-10-01 | 64.44697 |
| 1997-01-01 | 64.34428 |
| 1997-04-01 | 63.10907 |
| 1997-07-01 | 62.48709 |
| 1997-10-01 | 62.77032 |
| 1998-01-01 | 62.50988 |
| 1998-04-01 | 61.85196 |
| 1998-07-01 | 60.58693 |
| 1998-10-01 | 60.40696 |
| 1999-01-01 | 60.04894 |
| 1999-04-01 | 59.19227 |
| 1999-07-01 | 58.39258 |
| 1999-10-01 | 58.34336 |
| 2000-01-01 | 57.72134 |
| 2000-04-01 | 55.48491 |
| 2000-07-01 | 54.99213 |
| 2000-10-01 | 54.25790 |
| 2001-01-01 | 55.14434 |
| 2001-04-01 | 54.03165 |
| 2001-07-01 | 54.79763 |
| 2001-10-01 | 55.75216 |
| 2002-01-01 | 55.69650 |
| 2002-04-01 | 56.27087 |
| 2002-07-01 | 56.70260 |
| 2002-10-01 | 57.91028 |
| 2003-01-01 | 57.81906 |
| 2003-04-01 | 58.96101 |
| 2003-07-01 | 58.64541 |
| 2003-10-01 | 59.44466 |
| 2004-01-01 | 59.80710 |
| 2004-04-01 | 60.05487 |
| 2004-07-01 | 59.96643 |
| 2004-10-01 | 60.63713 |
| 2005-01-01 | 60.91302 |
| 2005-04-01 | 60.64153 |
| 2005-07-01 | 60.35856 |
| 2005-10-01 | 61.32008 |
| 2006-01-01 | 61.55642 |
| 2006-04-01 | 61.22142 |
| 2006-07-01 | 61.33280 |
| 2006-10-01 | 61.82689 |
| 2007-01-01 | 62.25297 |
| 2007-04-01 | 61.57219 |
| 2007-07-01 | 61.84826 |
| 2007-10-01 | 62.71924 |
| 2008-01-01 | 64.17278 |
| 2008-04-01 | 63.85172 |
| 2008-07-01 | 67.28455 |
| 2008-10-01 | 73.24515 |
| 2009-01-01 | 77.10496 |
| 2009-04-01 | 80.28013 |
| 2009-07-01 | 82.42733 |
| 2009-10-01 | 84.02935 |
| 2010-01-01 | 86.51175 |
| 2010-04-01 | 88.12832 |
| 2010-07-01 | 89.56528 |
| 2010-10-01 | 91.61134 |
| 2011-01-01 | 92.95614 |
| 2011-04-01 | 92.19380 |
| 2011-07-01 | 94.52098 |
| 2011-10-01 | 96.09072 |
| 2012-01-01 | 97.12308 |
| 2012-04-01 | 97.82763 |
| 2012-07-01 | 98.44787 |
| 2012-10-01 | 100.07497 |
| 2013-01-01 | 100.73997 |
| 2013-04-01 | 100.05758 |
| 2013-07-01 | 98.72797 |
| 2013-10-01 | 99.79118 |
| 2014-01-01 | 102.34617 |
| 2014-04-01 | 100.65130 |
| 2014-07-01 | 100.11145 |
| 2014-10-01 | 101.28050 |
| 2015-01-01 | 100.49009 |
| 2015-04-01 | 99.30094 |
| 2015-07-01 | 98.63595 |
| 2015-10-01 | 102.64192 |
| 2016-01-01 | 103.98904 |
| 2016-04-01 | 103.58005 |
| 2016-07-01 | 103.60355 |
| 2016-10-01 | 104.64891 |
| 2017-01-01 | 102.93741 |
| 2017-04-01 | 102.08817 |
| 2017-07-01 | 102.80463 |
| 2017-10-01 | 102.27408 |
| 2018-01-01 | 103.74395 |
| 2018-04-01 | 102.98411 |
| 2018-07-01 | 103.44890 |
| 2018-10-01 | 105.04941 |
| 2019-01-01 | 104.34017 |
| 2019-04-01 | 102.92245 |
| 2019-07-01 | 104.61492 |
| 2019-10-01 | 105.78193 |
| 2020-01-01 | 106.77007 |
| 2020-04-01 | 132.66287 |
| 2020-07-01 | 124.14692 |
| 2020-10-01 | 125.62864 |
| 2021-01-01 | 124.03752 |
| 2021-04-01 | 121.78582 |
| 2021-07-01 | 118.54086 |
| 2021-10-01 | 119.35880 |
| 2022-01-01 | 120.39819 |
| 2022-04-01 | 118.20207 |
| 2022-07-01 | 117.43832 |
| 2022-10-01 | 117.36678 |
| 2023-01-01 | 115.58614 |
| 2023-04-01 | 117.44355 |
| 2023-07-01 | 118.13897 |
| 2023-10-01 | 119.61944 |
| 2024-01-01 | 120.47631 |
| 2024-04-01 | 119.50314 |
| 2024-07-01 | 120.17172 |
| 2024-10-01 | 121.43633 |
| 2025-01-01 | 120.54515 |
| 2025-04-01 | 118.78171 |