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Follow the real-time increase in the US National Debt in FY 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 rate of debt increase averages $70,843.42 per second or $6.12 billion per day. 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 ($981 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 %
Japan (250%), Greece (153.6%), Italy (135.3%), France (117,7%), 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 $18 every day or $6,566 per year

GDP

Real-Time Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in calendar year 2026

The United States remains the world biggest economy, representing roughly 26% of world GDP.

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 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 2026 (October 2025-September 2026)

Sources : U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Congress, U.S. Census Bureau, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Joint Economic Committee (US Congress) , Bureau of Economic Analysis (US Department of Commerce), OECD.

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