Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)
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Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)
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Q1 2026: 122.59387 | Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted | Quarterly
Updated: Jun 25, 2026 8:01 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Jul 30, 2026
Observations
Q1 2026: 122.59387
Updated: Jun 25, 2026 8:01 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Jul 30, 2026
| Q1 2026: | 122.59387 | | | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | | Q4 2025: | 122.56815 | | | Q3 2025: | 121.02875 | | | Q2 2025: | 118.78171 | | | Q1 2025: | 120.54515 | | | View All | | |
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Seasonally Adjusted
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Source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release:Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios
Units: Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Quarterly
#### Notes:
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (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) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP): GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)\*100 GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.
#### Suggested Citation:
U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product \[GFDEGDQ188S\], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S, .
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