Federal Reserve Economic Data

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 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-12-19 8:05 AM CST
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
2020-01-01 106.88595
2020-04-01 132.81490
2020-07-01 124.26077
2020-10-01 125.73334
2021-01-01 124.16837
2021-04-01 122.08313
2021-07-01 118.84010
2021-10-01 119.53493
2022-01-01 120.56462
2022-04-01 118.45629
2022-07-01 117.72571
2022-10-01 117.52586
2023-01-01 115.80777
2023-04-01 117.76969
2023-07-01 118.59158
2023-10-01 120.15950
2024-01-01 120.83025
2024-04-01 120.03990
2024-07-01 120.73116

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