Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

GFDEGDQ188Smoney creditFree tier

Series IDGFDEGDQ188S
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: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product observation, for 2026-04-01, is 121.1877 Percent of GDP, down from 122.4381 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 value121.1877 Percent of GDP
Previous122.4381 (2026-01-01)
Change-1.2503 (-1.0%)
First published value121.1877
Last release2026-10-16
Vintages stored115
Observations242
Largest revision (5 years)2022-04-01: 123.0035 → 118.1652

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