Observations

Q1 2025: 96.51841

Updated: Jun 3, 2025 3:10 PM CDT

Units:

Percent of GDP,

Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Source

U.S. Office of Management and Budget	2013-03-20	2025-05-30
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Release

Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Units

Percent of GDP	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Frequency

Quarterly	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Notes

Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYGFGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by the Public (FYGFDPUN) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP): FYGFGDQ188S = ((FYGFDPUN/1000)/GDP)*100 FYGFDPUN/1000 transforms FYGFDPUN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.	2012-10-26	2025-05-30

Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S)