Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

United States · % of GDP · published annual by World Bank Open Data

Aggregates

descriptive statistics over the recorded series
Latest
115.77
2024-01-01
Change vs previous period
+0.90%
Lowest on record
33.27
Highest on record
124.51
Median
56.76
Standard deviation
28.35
Observations
36
Consecutive moves
2 up

Series

% of GDP · annual
RANGE
33.2778.89124.51% of GDP1989-01-012006-01-012024-01-01
36 periods · % of GDP
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.

Observations

36 of 36 observations, most recent first
PeriodValueRevisionPublished
2024-01-01115.7702026-07-13
2023-01-01114.7302026-07-13
2022-01-01112.7202026-07-13
2021-01-01118.2802026-07-13
2020-01-01124.5102026-07-13
2019-01-01100.2302026-07-13
2018-01-0198.6302026-07-13
2017-01-0197.2102026-07-13
2016-01-0198.1202026-07-13
2015-01-0196.1402026-07-13
2014-01-0195.6402026-07-13
2013-01-0195.5102026-07-13
2012-01-0193.8302026-07-13
2011-01-0189.7302026-07-13
2010-01-0185.1502026-07-13
2009-01-0176.0302026-07-13
2008-01-0163.9702026-07-13
2007-01-0155.8102026-07-13
2006-01-0155.6202026-07-13
2005-01-0156.6902026-07-13
2004-01-0156.8302026-07-13
2003-01-0156.4302026-07-13
2002-01-0154.0502026-07-13
2001-01-0152.6302026-07-13
2000-01-0133.2702026-07-13
1999-01-0137.7302026-07-13
1998-01-0141.1302026-07-13
1997-01-0144.1202026-07-13
1996-01-0146.7402026-07-13
1995-01-0147.2102026-07-13
1994-01-0147.3502026-07-13
1993-01-0148.2502026-07-13
1992-01-0146.0502026-07-13
1991-01-0144.0602026-07-13
1990-01-0140.9302026-07-13
1989-01-0139.1302026-07-13

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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) — United States, 36 observations — Tapewire