Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Gross Federal Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

Title Gross Federal Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
Series ID GFDGDPA188S
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 Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent of GDP
Date Range 1939-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-09-26 7:59 AM CDT
Notes Gross Federal Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDGDPA188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2013. It is calculated using Gross Federal Debt (FYGFD) and Gross Domestic Product (GDPA):
GFDGDPA188S = (FYGFD/GDPA)*100
DATE VALUE
1939-01-01 51.58556
1940-01-01 49.27162
1941-01-01 44.46713
1942-01-01 47.72464
1943-01-01 70.21725
1944-01-01 90.93461
1945-01-01 114.07545
1946-01-01 119.10256
1947-01-01 102.99821
1948-01-01 91.81398
1949-01-01 92.70575
1950-01-01 85.68274
1951-01-01 73.59173
1952-01-01 70.53392
1953-01-01 68.34216
1954-01-01 69.33829
1955-01-01 64.49217
1956-01-01 60.68725
1957-01-01 57.44253
1958-01-01 58.12202
1959-01-01 55.11316
1960-01-01 53.56004
1961-01-01 52.04470
1962-01-01 50.15548
1963-01-01 48.67833
1964-01-01 46.18239
1965-01-01 43.41975
1966-01-01 40.38534
1967-01-01 39.58328
1968-01-01 39.19626
1969-01-01 35.94680
1970-01-01 35.48858
1971-01-01 35.04314
1972-01-01 34.07838
1973-01-01 32.71418
1974-01-01 31.31546
1975-01-01 32.16207
1976-01-01 33.57510
1977-01-01 33.93175
1978-01-01 33.02434
1979-01-01 31.57194
1980-01-01 31.81317
1981-01-01 31.01925
1982-01-01 34.01231
1983-01-01 37.74589
1984-01-01 38.75062
1985-01-01 41.88543
1986-01-01 46.30286
1987-01-01 48.31918
1988-01-01 49.67308
1989-01-01 50.83328
1990-01-01 53.76862
1991-01-01 58.43008
1992-01-01 61.37422
1993-01-01 63.43898
1994-01-01 63.71826
1995-01-01 64.40788
1996-01-01 64.18211
1997-01-01 62.59595
1998-01-01 60.44699
1999-01-01 58.20164
2000-01-01 54.90905
2001-01-01 54.52598
2002-01-01 56.71460
2003-01-01 59.00606
2004-01-01 60.19957
2005-01-01 60.62720
2006-01-01 61.17295
2007-01-01 61.83888
2008-01-01 67.61133
2009-01-01 82.02683
2010-01-01 89.89851
2011-01-01 94.64393
2012-01-01 98.75064
2013-01-01 99.04457
2014-01-01 101.05839
2015-01-01 99.04390
2016-01-01 103.90636
2017-01-01 103.02669
2018-01-01 103.90087
2019-01-01 105.24382
2020-01-01 125.98280
2021-01-01 119.86569
2022-01-01 118.57856
2023-01-01 119.00489

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