NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. 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 2023-10-01 Last Updated: 2024-03-28 8:07 AM CDT Notes: Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/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) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/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 76.87523 2019-04-01 75.77690 2019-07-01 77.55951 2019-10-01 78.47268 2020-01-01 79.37147 2020-04-01 103.19001 2020-07-01 97.18208 2020-10-01 98.30604 2021-01-01 97.37470 2021-04-01 95.96937 2021-07-01 93.60823 2021-10-01 93.97162 2022-01-01 95.50189 2022-04-01 93.69412 2022-07-01 93.55854 2022-10-01 92.92209 2023-01-01 92.17272 2023-04-01 94.15831 2023-07-01 95.43418 2023-10-01 96.43463