United States Gross Federal Debt to GDP

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.

Government Debt to GDP in the United States is expected to be 107.70 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 109.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	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	-205000.00	-100491.00	214255.00	-231677.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending	3192.01	3171.81	3328.05	599.63	USD Billion	[+]
Government Revenues	205961.00	252692.00	510447.00	33111.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Debt	21974096.00	21850094.00	21974096.00	253400.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	410864.00	353183.00	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	37.70	37.40	42.90	33.10	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 January of 2019.

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

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253 : 50.6	%
Italy	131.80	Dec/17	132	132 : 90.5	%
Singapore	110.60	Dec/17	112	112 : 67.4	%
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119 : 31.7	%
Spain	98.30	Dec/17	99	100 : 16.6	%
France	97.00	Dec/17	96.6	97 : 20.7	%
Canada	89.60	Dec/17	92.4	101 : 45.1	%
Euro Area	86.70	Dec/17	89	91.9 : 64.9	%
United Kingdom	85.30	Dec/17	82.6	85.3 : 21.7	%
Brazil	74.04	Dec/17	69.95	74.04 : 51.27	%
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2 : 66	%
Germany	63.90	Dec/17	67.9	81 : 54.7	%
Argentina	57.10	Dec/17	53.3	167 : 34.5	%
Netherlands	56.70	Dec/17	61.8	73.5 : 42.7	%
South Africa	53.10	Dec/17	51.6	53.1 : 27.8	%
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6 : 20.4	%
Mexico	46.40	Dec/17	48.2	48.2 : 17.1	%
Australia	41.90	Dec/17	41	41.9 : 9.7	%
South Korea	38.00	Dec/17	38.3	38.3 : 8.24	%
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9 : 25.1	%
Indonesia	28.70	Dec/17	27.9	87.43 : 22.96	%
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1 : 27.6	%
Saudi Arabia	17.20	Dec/17	13.1	104 : 1.6	%
Russia	12.60	Dec/17	12.9	92.1 : 7.4	%