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United States: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1790–2025 · 236 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2025
103.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 102.7%
Average, 2016–2025
94.3%10 years
Record high and low
110.7% (1946)low 0.00268% (1834)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025103.3
2024102.7
2023100.2
2022101.4
2021104.7
202092.6
201986.4
201883.4
201784.6
201683.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1790–2010
  • Carter et al.1800–1939
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis1966–2025
  • WDI (archive)1972–1997
  • World Development Indicators1989–2024

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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