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Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)
Observations
Q1 2026: 122.59387 |<br>Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted |
Quarterly
Updated:
Jun 25, 2026<br>8:01 AM CDT
Next Release Date:<br>Jul 30, 2026
Observations
Q1 2026:<br>122.59387
Updated:<br>Jun 25, 2026<br>8:01 AM CDT
Next Release Date:<br>Jul 30, 2026
Q1 2026:<br>122.59387
Q4 2025:<br>122.56815
Q3 2025:<br>121.02875
Q2 2025:<br>118.78171
Q1 2025:<br>120.54515
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Notes
Source:<br>U.S. Office of Management and Budget<br>Source:<br>Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release:<br>Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios
Units:
Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:
Quarterly
Notes:
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):<br>GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100<br>GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.
Suggested Citation:
U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,<br>Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product [GFDEGDQ188S],<br>retrieved from FRED,<br>Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;<br>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S,
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