National Debt
National Debt by Year
The total U.S. federal debt at each year-end and the year-over-year change, from official Treasury readings. The available range depends on the current data snapshot.
Each row shows the latest total public debt reading within that calendar year and how it changed from the prior year. Figures are nominal (not inflation-adjusted).
Debt by year
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Source: U.S. Treasury via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · public domain. Year-end uses the latest quarterly reading in each year.
Federal debt over time
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Related: live national debt clock and national debt by president.
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