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United States: Government debt

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

2025
37.9 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
203154,593,419Forecast
203051,507,658Forecast
202948,500,920Forecast
202845,602,833Forecast
202742,760,535Forecast
202640,090,230Forecast
202537,949,227
202435,665,666
202333,254,540
202230,986,032
202129,612,809
202028,305,185
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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