Title: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product Series ID: GFDEGDQ188S 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: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Percent of GDP Date Range: 1966-01-01 to 2023-10-01 Last Updated: 2024-03-28 8:07 AM CDT Notes: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP): GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100 GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars. DATE VALUE 1966-01-01 40.33999 1966-04-01 39.26763 1966-07-01 39.62091 1966-10-01 39.51977 1967-01-01 39.20383 1967-04-01 38.03292 1967-07-01 38.82145 1967-10-01 39.10231 1968-01-01 38.42951 1968-04-01 36.96379 1968-07-01 37.30897 1968-10-01 36.98532 1969-01-01 36.19577 1969-04-01 34.97403 1969-07-01 35.01946 1969-10-01 35.46954 1970-01-01 35.38879 1970-04-01 34.67329 1970-07-01 34.86717 1970-10-01 35.74822 1971-01-01 34.50345 1971-04-01 34.36089 1971-07-01 35.00694 1971-10-01 35.63237 1972-01-01 34.72622 1972-04-01 33.67383 1972-07-01 33.62447 1972-10-01 33.74758 1973-01-01 33.29287 1973-04-01 32.34466 1973-07-01 32.12455 1973-10-01 31.77379 1974-01-01 31.76449 1974-04-01 30.99462 1974-07-01 30.86269 1974-10-01 30.79768 1975-01-01 31.53604 1975-04-01 32.27817 1975-07-01 32.38043 1975-10-01 32.73010 1976-01-01 32.98513 1976-04-01 33.49464 1976-07-01 33.64333 1976-10-01 33.78753 1977-01-01 33.65136 1977-04-01 32.80422 1977-07-01 32.98791 1977-10-01 33.21873 1978-01-01 33.50120 1978-04-01 32.12444 1978-07-01 32.21407 1978-10-01 31.86206 1979-01-01 31.53601 1979-04-01 31.06277 1979-07-01 30.98402 1979-10-01 31.02615 1980-01-01 30.94982 1980-04-01 31.37303 1980-07-01 31.77687 1980-10-01 31.15700 1981-01-01 30.87284 1981-04-01 30.70875 1981-07-01 30.60333 1981-10-01 31.35587 1982-01-01 32.41298 1982-04-01 32.40213 1982-07-01 33.92530 1982-10-01 35.18156 1983-01-01 35.82911 1983-04-01 36.87167 1983-07-01 37.33110 1983-10-01 37.17553 1984-01-01 37.45447 1984-04-01 37.72687 1984-07-01 38.49586 1984-10-01 40.08547 1985-01-01 40.44121 1985-04-01 41.31983 1985-07-01 41.55909 1985-10-01 43.78715 1986-01-01 44.07415 1986-04-01 45.30682 1986-07-01 46.12536 1986-10-01 47.55286 1987-01-01 47.57835 1987-04-01 48.04867 1987-07-01 48.11650 1987-10-01 48.55667 1988-01-01 49.03151 1988-04-01 49.08744 1988-07-01 49.25732 1988-10-01 49.71548 1989-01-01 49.73276 1989-04-01 49.88760 1989-07-01 50.17117 1989-10-01 51.38111 1990-01-01 51.96856 1990-04-01 52.74730 1990-07-01 53.75313 1990-10-01 56.03613 1991-01-01 57.41652 1991-04-01 57.74551 1991-07-01 59.06123 1991-10-01 60.68599 1992-01-01 60.99679 1992-04-01 61.57938 1992-07-01 61.89802 1992-10-01 62.52256 1993-01-01 62.86657 1993-04-01 63.91524 1993-07-01 64.10093 1993-10-01 64.66861 1994-01-01 64.30709 1994-04-01 64.10716 1994-07-01 64.01176 1994-10-01 64.38584 1995-01-01 64.66271 1995-04-01 65.31294 1995-07-01 64.73906 1995-10-01 64.18282 1996-01-01 65.04171 1996-04-01 64.24970 1996-07-01 64.25469 1996-10-01 64.44697 1997-01-01 64.34428 1997-04-01 63.10907 1997-07-01 62.48709 1997-10-01 62.77032 1998-01-01 62.50988 1998-04-01 61.85196 1998-07-01 60.58693 1998-10-01 60.40696 1999-01-01 60.04894 1999-04-01 59.19227 1999-07-01 58.39258 1999-10-01 58.34336 2000-01-01 57.72134 2000-04-01 55.48491 2000-07-01 54.99213 2000-10-01 54.25790 2001-01-01 55.14434 2001-04-01 54.03165 2001-07-01 54.79763 2001-10-01 55.75216 2002-01-01 55.69650 2002-04-01 56.27087 2002-07-01 56.70260 2002-10-01 57.91028 2003-01-01 57.81906 2003-04-01 58.96101 2003-07-01 58.64541 2003-10-01 59.44466 2004-01-01 59.80710 2004-04-01 60.05487 2004-07-01 59.96643 2004-10-01 60.63713 2005-01-01 60.91302 2005-04-01 60.64153 2005-07-01 60.35856 2005-10-01 61.32008 2006-01-01 61.55642 2006-04-01 61.22142 2006-07-01 61.33280 2006-10-01 61.82689 2007-01-01 62.25297 2007-04-01 61.57219 2007-07-01 61.84826 2007-10-01 62.71924 2008-01-01 64.17278 2008-04-01 63.85172 2008-07-01 67.28455 2008-10-01 73.24515 2009-01-01 77.10496 2009-04-01 80.28013 2009-07-01 82.42733 2009-10-01 84.02935 2010-01-01 86.51175 2010-04-01 88.12832 2010-07-01 89.56528 2010-10-01 91.61134 2011-01-01 92.95614 2011-04-01 92.19380 2011-07-01 94.52098 2011-10-01 96.09072 2012-01-01 97.12308 2012-04-01 97.82763 2012-07-01 98.44787 2012-10-01 100.07497 2013-01-01 100.73997 2013-04-01 100.05758 2013-07-01 98.72797 2013-10-01 99.79118 2014-01-01 102.34617 2014-04-01 100.65130 2014-07-01 100.11145 2014-10-01 101.28050 2015-01-01 100.49009 2015-04-01 99.30094 2015-07-01 98.63595 2015-10-01 102.64192 2016-01-01 103.98904 2016-04-01 103.58005 2016-07-01 103.60355 2016-10-01 104.64891 2017-01-01 102.93741 2017-04-01 102.08817 2017-07-01 102.80463 2017-10-01 102.27408 2018-01-01 103.74395 2018-04-01 102.98411 2018-07-01 103.44890 2018-10-01 105.04941 2019-01-01 104.37709 2019-04-01 102.98581 2019-07-01 104.72530 2019-10-01 105.93081 2020-01-01 106.99007 2020-04-01 132.96365 2020-07-01 124.47265 2020-10-01 125.98604 2021-01-01 124.47938 2021-04-01 122.48408 2021-07-01 119.30400 2021-10-01 120.12854 2022-01-01 121.46238 2022-04-01 119.66902 2022-07-01 118.98189 2022-10-01 118.97609 2023-01-01 117.32269 2023-04-01 119.47035 2023-07-01 120.12742 2023-10-01 121.62069