Follow the real-time increase in the US national debt
National debt
National debt
Total amount of outstanding borrowing by the U.S. Federal Government in FY 2025 (*)
The debt increases by $40,716 every second. Debt stock has increased tenfold since 1982.
NATIONAL DEBT/GDP
Debt-to-Gross-Domestic-Product (GDP) ratio in FY 2024
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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 $9.2 every day, or $3,388 per year (as US population will also rise by 1,1 million inhabitants in 2025)
Interest expenses
Total amount of interests paid on the total national debt in FY 2025
$684 billon by the end of FY. Debt interests amount to 16% of the total federal spending in fiscal year 2025. Average interest rate is 3.32%.
NATIONAL DEBT/FEDERAL REVENUE
Ratio of federal debt to federal revenue in 2025
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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 2024
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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.