United States

Gross government debt

Name: Gross government debt data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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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.

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

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Gross government debt - United States in United States was 118% on January 1, 2024, higher by 1.05% (+0.9%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of gdp.

Latest117.97%

YoY+0.90%

10Y Avg107.79%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min33.27%

Mean72.06%

Max126.37%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Tier 1 - critical

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World Bank Open Data

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GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS:US

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Stored · 2024-01-01

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ComparabilityReal, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 36 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-19T07:14:39.738Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

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CitationGross government debt - United States (World Bank Indicators: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS, United States, retrieved Jun 19, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 19, 2026

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Series details

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

CategoryEconomy & Growth; Public Sector

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of GDP

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 19, 2026

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About this series

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Gross government debt for United States stood at 118%. That is up 1.1 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 116.2%, ranging from a low of 101% in January 2019 to a high of 126.4% in January 2020. The current reading sits 10.2 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 107.8%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.