Quarterly
% of GDP
1970 - 2025
Jan 1, 1970 to Oct 1, 2025
FRED
1 weeks ago
RecentApr 9, 2026
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.
As of October 1, 2025 • Q data • Source: FRED
This dataset contains 224 quarterly observations, over 55 years, 9 months, updated quarterly from FRED. View Methodology
Data Points
224
Coverage
55 years, 9 months
Updates
quarterly
This dataset's metadata was updated on 4/16/2026. The current data may be outdated.