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United States: Government debt

Millions of local currency · 1790–2025 · 236 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt

2025
38.1 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+6.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+7.0%a year

Government debt

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203155,523,789Forecast
203052,385,441Forecast
202949,327,462Forecast
202846,379,985Forecast
202743,489,255Forecast
202640,938,821Forecast
202538,110,041
202435,822,582
202333,363,473
202231,042,890
202129,668,425
202028,333,257
201923,432,201
201822,237,447
201720,867,835
201620,197,498

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United States documentation (PDF)

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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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