Follow the real-time increase in the US National Debt in FY 2026
(fiscal year runs through October 2025 to September 2026)
(fiscal year runs through October 2025 to September 2026)
National debt
National debt
Total amount of outstanding borrowing by the U.S. Federal Government in FY 2026
The debt increases by $69,761 each second. Debt stock has increased tenfold since 1982.
Interest expenses
Total amount of interests paid on the total national debt in FY 2026
1.0 trillion dollars projected by the end of FY 2026 ($952 billon by the end of FY 2025). Debt interests will amount to about 14% of the total federal spending. Estimated average interest rate will be 3.9%.
NATIONAL DEBT/GDP
Debt-to-Gross-Domestic-Product (GDP) ratio in FY 2025
0
,3%
Japan (250%), Greece (153.6%), Italy (135.3%), France (113;2%), Canada (110.8%), China (88.3%), India (84%), European Union (81%), Germany (62.5%). The U.S. debt to GDP ratio surpassed 100% in 2013 when both debt and GDP were approximately 16.7 trillion.
national debt per capita
US Gross Federal Debt per capita in real-time
The amount of debt per capita increases by $16.50 every day, or $6,026 per year
GDP
Real-Time Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in fiscal year 2026
The USA remains the world biggest economy, representing roughly 26% of world GDP.
NATIONAL DEBT/FEDERAL REVENUE
Ratio of federal debt to federal revenue in 2025
0
%
Federal revenue 5.2 trillion projected in FY 2025 (54% from individual income taxes)
FOREIGN HOLDINGS OF FEDERAL DEBT
Share of the federal debt held by foreigners in FY 2025
0
%
Interest on the debt paid to foreigners in 2024 was $230.6 billion. The top three estimated foreign holders of federal debt by country, as of December 2024, are Japan ($1.1 trillion or 12,4%), China ($0.8 trillion or 8,9%), and the United Kingdom ($0.7 trillion or 8,4%).
* Fiscal Year 2025 (October 2024-September 2025)
U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Congress, U.S. Census Bureau, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), OECD.