Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

FYGFGDQ188Smoney creditFree tier

Series IDFYGFGDQ188S
UnitsPercent of GDP
FrequencyQuarterly
Categorymoney credit
Latest observation2026-04-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product observation, for 2026-04-01, is 97.3667 Percent of GDP, down from 98.585 for 2026-01-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 99.6% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-04-01
Latest value97.3667 Percent of GDP
Previous98.585 (2026-01-01)
Change-1.2184 (-1.2%)
First published value97.3667
Last release2026-10-16
Vintages stored115
Observations226
Largest revision (5 years)2022-04-01: 96.3048 → 92.5167

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