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This table lists the U.S. federal debt as a percentage of gross domestic product, or GDP, each year since World War II. [57] The gross federal debt shown below reached 102.7% of GDP at the end of 2012, the most recent figure available; it was the highest percentage since 1945 and the first yearly percentage figure to go over 100% since then.
Public debt percent of GDP. Federal, State, and Local debt and a percentage of GDP chart/graph. GDP is a measure of the total size and output of the economy. One measure of the debt burden is its size relative to GDP, called the "debt-to-GDP ratio". Mathematically, this is the debt divided by the GDP amount.
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
If the average daily rate of debt growth over the past three years continues, the gross national debt will reach $37 trillion within 5 months, $39.2 trillion in 2026, and $40.95 trillion in 2027 ...
The U.S. government will pay close to $900 billion this year just in interest payments on the national debt. ... the annual deficit amounted to 3.8% of GDP, and the debt, ...
English: Public debt percent of GDP. Federal, State, and Local debt and a percentage of GDP chart/graph. Date: 13 February 2017: Source:
The percentage may shock you. Net interest payments on the national debt exceeded $892 billion in the 2024 fiscal year. The IMF projects that by 2034, annual interest payments in the U.S. will hit ...
However, federal spending increased relative to state and local spending as a result of World War I and World War II, and by the 1930s, state and local government spending accounted for less than one half of government spending. By 2019, federal spending was more than 20% of GDP, while state and local spending hovered around 17% of GDP.