United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP 1940-2018 | Data | Chart

The United States recorded a government debt equivalent to 105.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Debt to GDP in the United States averaged 61.70 percent from 1940 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 118.90 percent in 1946 and a record low of 31.70 percent in 1981.

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United States Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	105.40	105.80	118.90	31.70	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-3.50	-3.20	4.50	-9.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	119116.00	-214148.00	214255.00	-231677.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending	3171.81	3152.19	3328.05	599.63	USD Billion	[+]
Government Revenues	343559.00	219115.00	510447.00	33111.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Debt	21516058.00	21458850.00	21516058.00	253400.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	224443.00	433263.00	433263.00	3842.00	USD Million	[+]
Asylum Applications	6901.00	7709.00	16331.00	522.00	Persons	[+]
Credit Rating	97.00					[+]
Military Expenditure	597177.90	600106.40	768465.80	132803.40	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending To Gdp	37.80	37.60	43.00	33.00	percent	[+]

United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP

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 October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	105.40	105.80	118.90	31.70	1940 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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government debt to GDP by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253	50.6	%	Yearly
Italy	131.80	Dec/17	132	132	90.5	%	Yearly
Singapore	110.60	Dec/17	112	112	67.4	%	Yearly
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119	31.7	%	Yearly
Spain	98.30	Dec/17	99	100	16.6	%	Yearly
France	97.00	Dec/17	96.6	97	20.7	%	Yearly
Canada	89.60	Dec/17	92.4	101	45.1	%	Yearly
Euro Area	86.70	Dec/17	89	91.9	64.9	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	85.30	Dec/17	82.6	85.3	21.7	%	Yearly
Brazil	74.04	Dec/17	69.95	74.04	51.27	%	Yearly
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2	66	%	Yearly
Germany	64.10	Dec/17	68.2	81	54.7	%	Yearly
Argentina	57.10	Dec/17	53.3	167	34.5	%	Yearly
Netherlands	56.70	Dec/17	61.8	73.5	42.7	%	Yearly
South Africa	53.10	Dec/17	51.6	53.1	27.8	%	Yearly
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6	20.4	%	Yearly
Mexico	46.40	Dec/17	48.2	48.2	17.1	%	Yearly
Australia	41.90	Dec/17	41	41.9	9.7	%	Yearly
South Korea	38.00	Dec/17	38.3	38.3	8.24	%	Yearly
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9	25.1	%	Yearly
Indonesia	28.70	Dec/17	27.9	87.43	22.96	%	Yearly
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1	27.6	%	Yearly
Saudi Arabia	17.20	Dec/17	13.1	104	1.6	%	Yearly
Russia	12.60	Dec/17	12.9	92.1	7.4	%	Yearly