United States

Gross government debt

Gross government debt measures public liabilities relative to economic output. It is a starting point for fiscal-capacity analysis, not a full debt-sustainability model.

Active series

Gross government debt - United States

World Bank . GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS:US

Gross government debt in other countries

Provider

World Bank

Frequency

annual

Transformation

level

Live data

Latest117.97

YoY+0.90%

10Y Avg111.80

FrequencyAnnual

Chart typeScale

Min33.27

Mean72.06

Max126.37

Series trust block

Tier 1 - criticalOpen with attributionOfficial multilateral

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Source identity

ProviderWorld Bank Open Data
Source agencyGovernment Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Source series keyGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Source codeGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS:US
Table referenceGross government debt - United States
Methodologyhttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Provider revision policy: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities red
GeographyUnited States

Data shape

Frequencyannual
Unitscurrency or percent of GDP
Seasonal adjustmentunknown
Allowed transformslevel, yoy, index 100
Provider frequency floorannual

Capabilities

Revisions: not availableSearchReleases: not availableCatalog

Freshness

Preliminary

Last fetched2026-05-04 09:52:37 UTC

Data statuslive

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Provider role

Strategic tierTier 1 - critical

Recommended actiondeepen now

Expected upstream coverage400,000

World Development Indicators; primary global comparison source.

Revision & vintage support

Not available

This provider does not publish revision history through its API.

Revision history is not available for this provider. The platform shows current published values only.

License & attribution

Rights classOpen with attribution

Commercial reuseyes-with-attribution

Redistributionallowed-with-attribution

Licence

Source: World Bank Open Data, indicator GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS:US. Accessed 2026-05-04. Attribution required; dataset-level exceptions may still apply.

Series details

SourceGovernment Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

CategoryEconomy & Growth; Public Sector

FrequencyAnnual

Unitcurrency or percent of GDP

Last UpdatedMay 4, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Data provenance

International organizationOpen with attribution