Observations

Q2 2025: 118.78171

Updated: Sep 25, 2025 7:58 AM CDT

Units:

Percent of GDP,

Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Source

U.S. Office of Management and Budget	2013-03-20	2025-09-25
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Release

Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Units

Percent of GDP	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Frequency

Quarterly	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Notes

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP): GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100 GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.	2012-10-26	2025-09-25

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)