United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP

The United States recorded a government debt equivalent to 106.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Government Debt to GDP in the United States averaged 62.31 percent from 1940 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 118.90 percent in 1946 and a record low of 31.80 percent in 1981.

Government Debt to GDP in the United States is expected to be 108.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 110.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	106.10	104.80	118.90	31.80	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-3.80	-3.50	4.50	-9.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	-119696.00	-8476.00	214255.00	-233977.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending	3297.90	3258.14	3328.05	599.63	USD Billion	[+]
Government Revenues	251348.00	333952.00	535545.00	33111.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Debt	22022369.00	22023283.00	22115526.00	60000.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	371044.00	342429.00	439833.00	3842.00	USD Million	[+]
Asylum Applications	7267.00	7682.00	16331.00	522.00	Persons	[+]
Credit Rating	97.00					[+]
Military Expenditure	633565.00	605803.00	784835.00	135632.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending To GDP	38.00	38.20	43.30	33.40	percent	[+]

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - United States Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	106.10	104.80	118.90	31.80	1940 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Japan	238.20	Dec/18	238	238 : 50.6	%
Italy	132.20	Dec/18	131	132 : 90.5	%
Singapore	112.20	Dec/18	111	112 : 67.4	%
United States	106.10	Dec/18	105	119 : 31.8	%
France	98.40	Dec/18	98.4	98.4 : 20.7	%
Spain	97.10	Dec/18	98.1	100 : 16.6	%
Canada	90.60	Dec/18	89.7	101 : 45.1	%
Argentina	86.20	Dec/18	56.6	167 : 34.5	%
Euro Area	85.10	Dec/18	87.1	92 : 65	%
United Kingdom	84.70	Dec/18	85.1	85.1 : 21.8	%
Brazil	77.22	Dec/18	74.07	77.22 : 51.27	%
India	68.30	Dec/18	68.9	83.23 : 47.94	%
Germany	60.90	Dec/18	64.5	81.8 : 54.8	%
South Africa	55.80	Dec/18	53.1	55.8 : 27.8	%
Netherlands	52.40	Dec/18	57	73.1 : 43	%
China	50.50	Dec/18	46.8	50.5 : 20.4	%
Mexico	46.00	Dec/18	46	48.2 : 17.9	%
Australia	40.70	Dec/18	40.7	40.7 : 9.7	%
South Korea	36.60	Dec/18	36.3	39.9 : 8.24	%
Turkey	30.40	Dec/18	28.3	76.1 : 27.6	%
Indonesia	29.80	Dec/18	28.7	87.43 : 22.96	%
Switzerland	27.70	Dec/18	29.3	48.9 : 25.1	%
Saudi Arabia	19.10	Dec/18	17.2	104 : 1.6	%
Russia	13.50	Dec/17	12.9	92.1 : 6.5	%