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US total public debt

How it's computed
Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source
FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (GFDEBTN) · link
As of
1 Apr 2026 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

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Year / dateTotal public debt (US$ trillions)
1970-01-010.372
1970-04-010.3701
1970-07-010.3787
1970-10-010.3892
1971-01-010.3917
1971-04-010.3973
1971-07-010.4123
1971-10-010.4241
1972-01-010.4273
1972-04-010.4264
1972-07-010.4339
1972-10-010.4485
1973-01-010.4586
1973-04-010.4573
1973-07-010.4606
1973-10-010.4691
1974-01-010.4737
1974-04-010.4742
1974-07-010.4815
1974-10-010.4927
1975-01-010.5097
1975-04-010.5332
1975-07-010.5536
1975-10-010.5766
1976-01-010.6005
1976-04-010.6204
1976-07-010.6347
1976-10-010.6535
1977-01-010.6692
1977-04-010.6744
1977-07-010.6988
1977-10-010.7189
1978-01-010.738
1978-04-010.749
1978-07-010.7715
1978-10-010.7892
1979-01-010.7968
1979-04-010.8049
1979-07-010.8265
1979-10-010.8451
1980-01-010.8635
1980-04-010.8776
1980-07-010.9077
1980-10-010.9302
1981-01-010.9645
1981-04-010.9712
1981-07-010.9979
1981-10-011.0287
1982-01-011.0613
1982-04-011.0796
1982-07-011.142
1982-10-011.1971
1983-01-011.2445
1983-04-011.3196
1983-07-011.3772
1983-10-011.4107
1984-01-011.4637
1984-04-011.5127
1984-07-011.5723
1984-10-011.663
1985-01-011.7107
1985-04-011.7746
1985-07-011.8231
1985-10-011.9459
1986-01-011.9868
1986-04-012.0593
1986-07-012.1253
1986-10-012.2148
1987-01-012.2467
1987-04-012.3093
1987-07-012.3503
1987-10-012.4317
1988-01-012.4876
1988-04-012.5477
1988-07-012.6022
1988-10-012.6844
1989-01-012.7409
1989-04-012.7999
1989-07-012.8574
1989-10-012.953
1990-01-013.052
1990-04-013.1438
1990-07-013.2333
1990-10-013.3648
1991-01-013.4652
1991-04-013.538
1991-07-013.6653
1991-10-013.8017
1992-01-013.8813
1992-04-013.9847
1992-07-014.0646
1992-10-014.177
1993-01-014.2306
1993-04-014.3519
1993-07-014.4115
1993-10-014.5357
1994-01-014.5759
1994-04-014.6458
1994-07-014.6928
1994-10-014.8001
1995-01-014.8641
1995-04-014.9514
1995-07-014.974
1995-10-014.9887
1996-01-015.1178
1996-04-015.1611
1996-07-015.2248
1996-10-015.3232
1997-01-015.3809
1997-04-015.3762
1997-07-015.4131
1997-10-015.5024
1998-01-015.5424
1998-04-015.5479
1998-07-015.5262
1998-10-015.6142
1999-01-015.6516
1999-04-015.6388
1999-07-015.6563
1999-10-015.7761
2000-01-015.7734
2000-04-015.6859
2000-07-015.6742
2000-10-015.6622
2001-01-015.7737
2001-04-015.7268
2001-07-015.8075
2001-10-015.9434
2002-01-016.006
2002-04-016.1265
2002-07-016.2282
2002-10-016.4057
2003-01-016.4608
2003-04-016.6701
2003-07-016.7833
2003-10-016.998
2004-01-017.1311
2004-04-017.2743
2004-07-017.3791
2004-10-017.5961
2005-01-017.7769
2005-04-017.8365
2005-07-017.9327
2005-10-018.1704
2006-01-018.3712
2006-04-018.42
2006-07-018.507
2006-10-018.6802
2007-01-018.8497
2007-04-018.8677
2007-07-019.0077
2007-10-019.2292
2008-01-019.4376
2008-04-019.492
2008-07-0110.0247
2008-10-0110.6998
2009-01-0111.1269
2009-04-0111.5453
2009-07-0111.9098
2009-10-0112.3113
2010-01-0112.7731
2010-04-0113.2018
2010-07-0113.5616
2010-10-0114.0252
2011-01-0114.2701
2011-04-0114.3431
2011-07-0114.7903
2011-10-0115.2229
2012-01-0115.6065
2012-04-0115.855
2012-07-0116.0662
2012-10-0116.4327
2013-01-0116.7714
2013-04-0116.7383
2013-07-0116.7382
2013-10-0117.1561
2014-01-0117.6012
2014-04-0117.6326
2014-07-0117.8241
2014-10-0118.1414
2015-01-0118.1521
2015-04-0118.152
2015-07-0118.1506
2015-10-0118.9222
2016-01-0119.2649
2016-04-0119.3816
2016-07-0119.5734
2016-10-0119.9768
2017-01-0119.8464
2017-04-0119.8446
2017-07-0120.2449
2017-10-0120.4927
2018-01-0121.0896
2018-04-0121.1951
2018-07-0121.5161
2018-10-0121.9741
2019-01-0122.0279
2019-04-0122.0233
2019-07-0122.7194
2019-10-0123.2014
2020-01-0123.2238
2020-04-0126.4772
2020-07-0126.9454
2020-10-0127.7478
2021-01-0128.1326
2021-04-0128.5294
2021-07-0128.4289
2021-10-0129.6172
2022-01-0130.401
2022-04-0130.5686
2022-07-0130.9289
2022-10-0131.4197
2023-01-0131.4584
2023-04-0132.3323
2023-07-0133.1673
2023-10-0134.0015
2024-01-0134.5865
2024-04-0134.8316
2024-07-0135.4647
2024-10-0136.2186
2025-01-0136.2143
2025-04-0136.2115
2025-07-0137.6376
2025-10-0138.514
2026-01-0139.0654
2026-04-0139.4624
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