The United States recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 123.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Debt to GDP in the United States averaged 66.97 percent of GDP from 1940 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 126.10 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 31.80 percent of GDP in 1981. source: Office of Management and Budget, The White House
Government Debt to GDP in the United States is expected to reach 125.80 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, 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 127.10 percent of GDP in 2027 and 128.90 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.