Title: Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product Series ID: FYGFGDQ188S Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The White House: Office of Management and Budget Release: Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Percent of GDP Date Range: 1970-01-01 to 2013-01-01 Last Updated: 2013-06-10 10:46 AM CDT Notes: Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by the Public (FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP): FYGFGDQ188S = ((FYGFDPUN/1000)/GDP)*100 FYGFDPUN/1000 transforms FYGFDPUN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars. DATE VALUE 1970-01-01 27.60928 1970-04-01 26.61156 1970-07-01 26.87930 1970-10-01 27.66619 1971-01-01 26.59530 1971-04-01 26.31543 1971-07-01 26.77131 1971-10-01 27.54195 1972-01-01 26.97143 1972-04-01 25.69974 1972-07-01 25.58024 1972-10-01 25.77149 1973-01-01 25.45570 1973-04-01 24.34794 1973-07-01 23.93313 1973-10-01 23.70666 1974-01-01 23.67501 1974-04-01 22.63126 1974-07-01 22.51972 1974-10-01 22.63376 1975-01-01 23.65241 1975-04-01 24.16854 1975-07-01 24.74621 1975-10-01 25.51520 1976-01-01 26.04114 1976-04-01 26.09583 1976-07-01 26.57273 1976-10-01 26.87424 1977-01-01 27.04452 1977-04-01 26.09321 1977-07-01 26.29961 1977-10-01 26.72418 1978-01-01 27.23154 1978-04-01 25.84688 1978-07-01 25.84665 1978-10-01 25.62943 1979-01-01 25.59648 1979-04-01 24.79370 1979-07-01 24.57345 1979-10-01 24.74122 1980-01-01 24.48967 1980-04-01 25.02603 1980-07-01 25.49038 1980-10-01 25.30601 1981-01-01 25.35479 1981-04-01 25.00584 1981-07-01 24.85990 1981-10-01 25.83995 1982-01-01 26.96750 1982-04-01 26.78009 1982-07-01 28.26872 1982-10-01 29.81793 1983-01-01 30.85889 1983-04-01 31.31041 1983-07-01 31.73003 1983-10-01 31.84363 1984-01-01 32.14524 1984-04-01 32.13015 1984-07-01 32.92714 1984-10-01 34.04477 1985-01-01 34.37365 1985-04-01 34.97579 1985-07-01 35.37933 1985-10-01 36.98064 1986-01-01 37.29142 1986-04-01 38.09321 1986-07-01 38.79601 1986-10-01 39.87727 1987-01-01 39.88790 1987-04-01 39.92468 1987-07-01 39.73366 1987-10-01 40.01690 1988-01-01 40.34901 1988-04-01 39.79630 1988-07-01 39.89529 1988-10-01 39.90057 1989-01-01 39.80037 1989-04-01 39.27905 1989-07-01 39.41380 1989-10-01 40.22378 1990-01-01 40.80629 1990-04-01 40.85921 1990-07-01 41.66327 1990-10-01 43.38941 1991-01-01 44.18814 1991-04-01 44.32846 1991-07-01 45.50655 1991-10-01 46.50035 1992-01-01 47.12924 1992-04-01 47.28641 1992-07-01 47.70632 1992-10-01 48.19065 1993-01-01 48.70588 1993-04-01 49.10814 1993-07-01 49.26208 1993-10-01 49.63746 1994-01-01 49.65383 1994-04-01 48.87452 1994-07-01 48.79066 1994-10-01 48.88273 1995-01-01 49.39254 1995-04-01 49.41418 1995-07-01 49.01978 1995-10-01 48.84599 1996-01-01 49.27887 1996-04-01 47.93119 1996-07-01 47.86458 1996-10-01 47.68782 1997-01-01 47.61099 1997-04-01 45.96665 1997-07-01 45.37962 1997-10-01 45.22504 1998-01-01 45.02067 1998-04-01 43.57459 1998-07-01 42.52569 1998-10-01 41.95393 1999-01-01 41.47683 1999-04-01 39.82845 1999-07-01 38.99583 1999-10-01 38.67243 2000-01-01 37.98315 2000-04-01 35.13597 2000-07-01 34.32409 2000-10-01 33.69801 2001-01-01 33.78605 2001-04-01 31.78410 2001-07-01 32.39827 2001-10-01 32.71691 2002-01-01 32.80096 2002-04-01 32.66909 2002-07-01 33.19648 2002-10-01 33.87591 2003-01-01 34.08324 2003-04-01 34.65690 2003-07-01 34.86459 2003-10-01 35.42816 2004-01-01 36.03713 2004-04-01 35.86474 2004-07-01 36.05276 2004-10-01 36.34434 2005-01-01 36.98812 2005-04-01 36.22104 2005-07-01 36.14991 2005-10-01 36.54338 2006-01-01 37.02345 2006-04-01 35.98879 2006-07-01 36.05509 2006-10-01 36.08021 2007-01-01 36.73568 2007-04-01 35.36599 2007-07-01 35.74381 2007-10-01 36.03603 2008-01-01 37.36924 2008-04-01 36.66210 2008-07-01 40.39041 2008-10-01 45.25484 2009-01-01 49.09963 2009-04-01 51.68352 2009-07-01 54.14585 2009-10-01 55.28923 2010-01-01 58.12247 2010-04-01 59.93839 2010-07-01 61.93476 2010-10-01 63.75865 2011-01-01 65.18149 2011-04-01 64.96360 2011-07-01 66.81993 2011-10-01 68.22337 2012-01-01 70.26866 2012-04-01 71.04433 2012-07-01 71.46158 2012-10-01 73.19318 2013-01-01 74.64825