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National debt
National debt
Total amount of outstanding borrowing by the U.S. Federal Government in FY 2025 (*)
The debt increases by $36,276 every second. Debt stock has increased tenfold since 1982.
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%.
FOREIGN HOLDINGS OF FEDERAL DEBT
Share of the federal debt held by foreigners in FY 2024
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.