US National Debt 1929-2008
Content
Date
8/29/2008
9/28/2007
9/29/2006
9/30/2005
9/30/2004
9/30/2003
9/30/2002
9/28/2001
9/29/2000
9/30/1999
9/30/1998
9/30/1997
9/30/1996
9/29/1995
9/30/1994
9/30/1993
9/30/1992
9/30/1991
9/28/1990
9/29/1989
9/30/1988
9/30/1987
9/30/1986
9/30/1985
9/30/1984
9/30/1983
9/30/1982
9/30/1981
9/30/1980
9/30/1979
9/30/1978
9/30/1977
6/30/1976
6/30/1975
6/30/1974
6/30/1973
6/30/1972
6/30/1971
6/30/1970
6/30/1969
6/30/1968
6/30/1967
6/30/1966
6/30/1965
6/30/1964
6/30/1963
6/30/1962
6/30/1961
6/30/1960
6/30/1959
6/30/1958
6/30/1957
6/30/1956
6/30/1955
U.S. National Debt
$9,645,725,555,640.02
$9,007,653,372,262.48
$8,506,973,899,215.23
$7,932,709,661,723.50
$7,379,052,696,330.32
$6,783,231,062,743.62
$6,228,235,965,597.16
$5,807,463,412,200.06
$5,674,178,209,886.86
$5,656,270,901,615.43
$5,526,193,008,897.62
$5,413,146,011,397.34
$5,224,810,939,135.73
$4,973,982,900,709.39
$4,692,749,910,013.32
$4,411,488,883,139.38
$4,064,620,655,521.66
$3,665,303,351,697.03
$3,233,313,451,777.25
$2,857,430,960,187.32
$2,602,337,712,041.16
$2,350,276,890,953.00
$2,125,302,616,658.42
$1,823,103,000,000.00
$1,572,266,000,000.00
$1,377,210,000,000.00
$1,142,034,000,000.00
$997,855,000,000.00
$907,701,000,000.00
$826,519,000,000.00
$771,544,000,000.00
$698,840,000,000.00
$620,433,000,000.00
$533,189,000,000.00
$475,059,815,731.55
$458,141,605,312.09
$427,260,460,940.50
$398,129,744,455.54
$370,918,706,949.93
$353,720,253,841.41
$347,578,406,425.88
$326,220,937,794.54
$319,907,087,795.48
$317,273,898,983.64
$311,712,899,257.30
$305,859,632,996.41
$298,200,822,720.87
$288,970,938,610.05
$286,330,760,848.37
$284,705,907,078.22
$276,343,217,745.81
$270,527,171,896.43
$272,750,813,649.32
$274,374,222,802.62
Year-over-Year Change
$638,072,183,377.54
$500,679,473,047.25
$574,264,237,491.73
$553,656,965,393.18
$595,821,633,586.70
$554,995,097,146.46
$420,772,553,397.10
$133,285,202,313.20
$17,907,308,271.43
$130,077,892,717.81
$113,046,997,500.28
$188,335,072,261.61
$250,828,038,426.34
$281,232,990,696.07
$281,261,026,873.94
$346,868,227,617.72
$399,317,303,824.63
$431,989,899,919.78
$375,882,491,589.93
$255,093,248,146.16
$252,060,821,088.16
$224,974,274,294.58
$302,199,616,658.42
$250,837,000,000.00
$195,056,000,000.00
$235,176,000,000.00
$144,179,000,000.00
$90,154,000,000.00
$81,182,000,000.00
$54,975,000,000.00
$72,704,000,000.00
$78,407,000,000.00
$87,244,000,000.00
$58,129,184,268.45
$16,918,210,419.46
$30,881,144,371.59
$29,130,716,484.96
$27,211,037,505.61
$17,198,453,108.52
$6,141,847,415.53
$21,357,468,631.34
$6,313,849,999.06
$2,633,188,811.84
$5,560,999,726.34
$5,853,266,260.89
$7,658,810,275.54
$9,229,884,110.82
$2,640,177,761.68
$1,624,853,770.15
$8,362,689,332.41
$5,816,045,849.38
-$2,223,641,752.89
-$1,623,409,153.30
$3,114,623,694.16
GDP
$13,807,500,000,000.00
$13,178,400,000,000.00
$12,421,900,000,000.00
$11,685,900,000,000.00
$10,960,800,000,000.00
$10,469,600,000,000.00
$10,128,000,000,000.00
$9,817,000,000,000.00
$9,268,400,000,000.00
$8,747,000,000,000.00
$8,304,300,000,000.00
$7,816,900,000,000.00
$7,397,700,000,000.00
$7,072,200,000,000.00
$6,657,400,000,000.00
$6,337,700,000,000.00
$5,995,900,000,000.00
$5,803,100,000,000.00
$5,484,400,000,000.00
$5,103,800,000,000.00
$4,739,500,000,000.00
$4,462,800,000,000.00
$4,220,300,000,000.00
$3,933,200,000,000.00
$3,536,700,000,000.00
$3,255,000,000,000.00
$3,128,400,000,000.00
$2,789,500,000,000.00
$2,563,300,000,000.00
$2,294,700,000,000.00
$2,030,900,000,000.00
$1,825,300,000,000.00
$1,638,300,000,000.00
$1,500,000,000,000.00
$1,382,700,000,000.00
$1,238,300,000,000.00
$1,127,100,000,000.00
$1,038,500,000,000.00
$984,600,000,000.00
$910,000,000,000.00
$832,600,000,000.00
$787,800,000,000.00
$719,100,000,000.00
$663,600,000,000.00
$617,700,000,000.00
$585,600,000,000.00
$544,700,000,000.00
$526,400,000,000.00
$506,600,000,000.00
$467,200,000,000.00
$461,100,000,000.00
$437,500,000,000.00
$414,800,000,000.00
ND as % of GDP
6/30/1954
6/30/1953
6/30/1952
6/29/1951
6/30/1950
6/30/1949
6/30/1948
6/30/1947
6/28/1946
6/30/1945
6/30/1944
6/30/1943
6/30/1942
6/30/1941
6/29/1940
6/30/1939
6/30/1938
6/30/1937
6/30/1936
6/28/1935
6/30/1934
6/30/1933
6/30/1932
6/30/1931
6/30/1930
6/29/1929
$271,259,599,108.46
$266,071,061,638.57
$259,105,178,785.43
$255,221,976,814.93
$257,357,352,351.04
$252,770,359,860.33
$252,292,246,512.99
$258,286,383,108.67
$269,422,099,173.26
$258,682,187,409.93
$201,003,387,221.13
$136,696,090,329.90
$72,422,445,116.22
$48,961,443,535.71
$42,967,531,037.68
$40,439,532,411.11
$37,164,740,315.45
$36,424,613,732.29
$33,778,543,493.73
$28,700,892,624.53
$27,053,141,414.48
$22,538,672,560.15
$19,487,002,444.13
$16,801,281,491.71
$16,185,309,831.43
$16,931,088,484.10
$5,188,537,469.89
$6,965,882,853.14
$3,883,201,970.50
-$2,135,375,536.11
$4,586,992,490.71
$478,113,347.34
-$5,994,136,595.68
-$11,135,716,064.59
$10,739,911,763.33
$57,678,800,188.80
$64,307,296,891.23
$64,273,645,213.68
$23,461,001,580.51
$5,993,912,498.03
$2,527,998,626.57
$3,274,792,095.66
$740,126,583.16
$2,646,070,238.56
$5,077,650,869.20
$1,647,751,210.05
$4,514,468,854.33
$3,051,670,116.02
$2,685,720,952.42
$615,971,660.28
-$745,778,652.67
$380,400,000,000.00
$379,400,000,000.00
$358,300,000,000.00
$339,300,000,000.00
$293,800,000,000.00
$267,300,000,000.00
$269,200,000,000.00
$244,200,000,000.00
$222,300,000,000.00
$223,100,000,000.00
$219,800,000,000.00
$198,600,000,000.00
$161,900,000,000.00
$126,700,000,000.00
$101,400,000,000.00
$92,200,000,000.00
$86,100,000,000.00
$91,900,000,000.00
$83,800,000,000.00
$73,300,000,000.00
$66,000,000,000.00
$56,400,000,000.00
$58,700,000,000.00
$76,500,000,000.00
$91,200,000,000.00
$103,600,000,000.00
ND as % of GDP
65%
65%
64%
63%
62%
59%
57%
58%
61%
63%
65%
67%
67%
66%
66%
64%
61%
56%
52%
51%
50%
48%
43%
40%
39%
35%
32%
33%
32%
34%
34%
34%
33%
32%
33%
35%
35%
36%
36%
38%
39%
41%
44%
47%
50%
51%
53%
54%
56%
59%
59%
62%
66%
3.6%
4.4%
4.5%
5.1%
5.1%
4.0%
1.3%
0.2%
1.4%
1.3%
2.3%
3.2%
3.8%
4.0%
5.2%
6.3%
7.2%
6.5%
4.7%
4.9%
4.7%
6.8%
5.9%
5.0%
6.6%
4.4%
2.9%
2.9%
2.1%
3.2%
3.9%
4.8%
3.5%
1.1%
2.2%
2.4%
2.4%
1.7%
0.6%
2.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.8%
0.9%
1.2%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
1.7%
1.2%
-0.5%
-0.4%
0.8%
$15,000,000,000,000
$14,000,000,000,000
$13,000,000,000,000
$12,000,000,000,000
$11,000,000,000,000
$10,000,000,000,000
$9,000,000,000,000
$8,000,000,000,000
$7,000,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000,000
$3,000,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000,000
$1,000,000,000,000
$0
28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76
Year
Column D
Column H
Column J
$650,000,000,000
$600,000,000,000
$550,000,000,000
$500,000,000,000
$450,000,000,000
$400,000,000,000
$350,000,000,000
$300,000,000,000
$250,000,000,000
$200,000,000,000
$150,000,000,000
$100,000,000,000
$50,000,000,000
$0
28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88
Year
Column F
71%
70%
72%
75%
88%
95%
94%
106%
121%
116%
91%
69%
45%
39%
42%
44%
43%
40%
40%
39%
41%
40%
33%
22%
18%
16%
1.4%
1.8%
1.1%
-0.6%
1.6%
0.2%
-2.2%
-4.6%
4.8%
25.9%
29.3%
32.4%
14.5%
4.7%
2.5%
3.6%
0.9%
2.9%
6.1%
2.2%
6.8%
5.4%
4.6%
0.8%
-0.8%
130%
120%
110%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08
Year
Column H
Column J
649999999999.95
599999999999.95
549999999999.95
499999999999.95
449999999999.95
399999999999.95
349999999999.95
299999999999.95
249999999999.95
199999999999.95
149999999999.95
99999999999.95
49999999999.95
-0.05
64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08
Year
Column F
8/29/2008
9/28/2007
9/29/2006
9/30/2005
9/30/2004
9/30/2003
9/30/2002
9/28/2001
9/29/2000
9/30/1999
9/30/1998
9/30/1997
9/30/1996
9/29/1995
9/30/1994
9/30/1993
9/30/1992
9/30/1991
9/28/1990
9/29/1989
9/30/1988
9/30/1987
9/30/1986
9/30/1985
9/30/1984
9/30/1983
9/30/1982
9/30/1981
9/30/1980
9/30/1979
9/30/1978
9/30/1977
6/30/1976
6/30/1975
6/30/1974
6/30/1973
6/30/1972
6/30/1971
6/30/1970
6/30/1969
6/30/1968
6/30/1967
6/30/1966
6/30/1965
6/30/1964
6/30/1963
6/30/1962
6/30/1961
6/30/1960
6/30/1959
6/30/1958
6/30/1957
6/30/1956
6/30/1955
U.S. National Debt
$9,645,725,555,640.02
$9,007,653,372,262.48
$8,506,973,899,215.23
$7,932,709,661,723.50
$7,379,052,696,330.32
$6,783,231,062,743.62
$6,228,235,965,597.16
$5,807,463,412,200.06
$5,674,178,209,886.86
$5,656,270,901,615.43
$5,526,193,008,897.62
$5,413,146,011,397.34
$5,224,810,939,135.73
$4,973,982,900,709.39
$4,692,749,910,013.32
$4,411,488,883,139.38
$4,064,620,655,521.66
$3,665,303,351,697.03
$3,233,313,451,777.25
$2,857,430,960,187.32
$2,602,337,712,041.16
$2,350,276,890,953.00
$2,125,302,616,658.42
$1,823,103,000,000.00
$1,572,266,000,000.00
$1,377,210,000,000.00
$1,142,034,000,000.00
$997,855,000,000.00
$907,701,000,000.00
$826,519,000,000.00
$771,544,000,000.00
$698,840,000,000.00
$620,433,000,000.00
$533,189,000,000.00
$475,059,815,731.55
$458,141,605,312.09
$427,260,460,940.50
$398,129,744,455.54
$370,918,706,949.93
$353,720,253,841.41
$347,578,406,425.88
$326,220,937,794.54
$319,907,087,795.48
$317,273,898,983.64
$311,712,899,257.30
$305,859,632,996.41
$298,200,822,720.87
$288,970,938,610.05
$286,330,760,848.37
$284,705,907,078.22
$276,343,217,745.81
$270,527,171,896.43
$272,750,813,649.32
$274,374,222,802.62
Year-over-Year Change
$638,072,183,377.54
$500,679,473,047.25
$574,264,237,491.73
$553,656,965,393.18
$595,821,633,586.70
$554,995,097,146.46
$420,772,553,397.10
$133,285,202,313.20
$17,907,308,271.43
$130,077,892,717.81
$113,046,997,500.28
$188,335,072,261.61
$250,828,038,426.34
$281,232,990,696.07
$281,261,026,873.94
$346,868,227,617.72
$399,317,303,824.63
$431,989,899,919.78
$375,882,491,589.93
$255,093,248,146.16
$252,060,821,088.16
$224,974,274,294.58
$302,199,616,658.42
$250,837,000,000.00
$195,056,000,000.00
$235,176,000,000.00
$144,179,000,000.00
$90,154,000,000.00
$81,182,000,000.00
$54,975,000,000.00
$72,704,000,000.00
$78,407,000,000.00
$87,244,000,000.00
$58,129,184,268.45
$16,918,210,419.46
$30,881,144,371.59
$29,130,716,484.96
$27,211,037,505.61
$17,198,453,108.52
$6,141,847,415.53
$21,357,468,631.34
$6,313,849,999.06
$2,633,188,811.84
$5,560,999,726.34
$5,853,266,260.89
$7,658,810,275.54
$9,229,884,110.82
$2,640,177,761.68
$1,624,853,770.15
$8,362,689,332.41
$5,816,045,849.38
-$2,223,641,752.89
-$1,623,409,153.30
$3,114,623,694.16
GDP
$13,807,500,000,000.00
$13,178,400,000,000.00
$12,421,900,000,000.00
$11,685,900,000,000.00
$10,960,800,000,000.00
$10,469,600,000,000.00
$10,128,000,000,000.00
$9,817,000,000,000.00
$9,268,400,000,000.00
$8,747,000,000,000.00
$8,304,300,000,000.00
$7,816,900,000,000.00
$7,397,700,000,000.00
$7,072,200,000,000.00
$6,657,400,000,000.00
$6,337,700,000,000.00
$5,995,900,000,000.00
$5,803,100,000,000.00
$5,484,400,000,000.00
$5,103,800,000,000.00
$4,739,500,000,000.00
$4,462,800,000,000.00
$4,220,300,000,000.00
$3,933,200,000,000.00
$3,536,700,000,000.00
$3,255,000,000,000.00
$3,128,400,000,000.00
$2,789,500,000,000.00
$2,563,300,000,000.00
$2,294,700,000,000.00
$2,030,900,000,000.00
$1,825,300,000,000.00
$1,638,300,000,000.00
$1,500,000,000,000.00
$1,382,700,000,000.00
$1,238,300,000,000.00
$1,127,100,000,000.00
$1,038,500,000,000.00
$984,600,000,000.00
$910,000,000,000.00
$832,600,000,000.00
$787,800,000,000.00
$719,100,000,000.00
$663,600,000,000.00
$617,700,000,000.00
$585,600,000,000.00
$544,700,000,000.00
$526,400,000,000.00
$506,600,000,000.00
$467,200,000,000.00
$461,100,000,000.00
$437,500,000,000.00
$414,800,000,000.00
ND as % of GDP
6/30/1954
6/30/1953
6/30/1952
6/29/1951
6/30/1950
6/30/1949
6/30/1948
6/30/1947
6/28/1946
6/30/1945
6/30/1944
6/30/1943
6/30/1942
6/30/1941
6/29/1940
6/30/1939
6/30/1938
6/30/1937
6/30/1936
6/28/1935
6/30/1934
6/30/1933
6/30/1932
6/30/1931
6/30/1930
6/29/1929
$271,259,599,108.46
$266,071,061,638.57
$259,105,178,785.43
$255,221,976,814.93
$257,357,352,351.04
$252,770,359,860.33
$252,292,246,512.99
$258,286,383,108.67
$269,422,099,173.26
$258,682,187,409.93
$201,003,387,221.13
$136,696,090,329.90
$72,422,445,116.22
$48,961,443,535.71
$42,967,531,037.68
$40,439,532,411.11
$37,164,740,315.45
$36,424,613,732.29
$33,778,543,493.73
$28,700,892,624.53
$27,053,141,414.48
$22,538,672,560.15
$19,487,002,444.13
$16,801,281,491.71
$16,185,309,831.43
$16,931,088,484.10
$5,188,537,469.89
$6,965,882,853.14
$3,883,201,970.50
-$2,135,375,536.11
$4,586,992,490.71
$478,113,347.34
-$5,994,136,595.68
-$11,135,716,064.59
$10,739,911,763.33
$57,678,800,188.80
$64,307,296,891.23
$64,273,645,213.68
$23,461,001,580.51
$5,993,912,498.03
$2,527,998,626.57
$3,274,792,095.66
$740,126,583.16
$2,646,070,238.56
$5,077,650,869.20
$1,647,751,210.05
$4,514,468,854.33
$3,051,670,116.02
$2,685,720,952.42
$615,971,660.28
-$745,778,652.67
$380,400,000,000.00
$379,400,000,000.00
$358,300,000,000.00
$339,300,000,000.00
$293,800,000,000.00
$267,300,000,000.00
$269,200,000,000.00
$244,200,000,000.00
$222,300,000,000.00
$223,100,000,000.00
$219,800,000,000.00
$198,600,000,000.00
$161,900,000,000.00
$126,700,000,000.00
$101,400,000,000.00
$92,200,000,000.00
$86,100,000,000.00
$91,900,000,000.00
$83,800,000,000.00
$73,300,000,000.00
$66,000,000,000.00
$56,400,000,000.00
$58,700,000,000.00
$76,500,000,000.00
$91,200,000,000.00
$103,600,000,000.00
ND as % of GDP
65%
65%
64%
63%
62%
59%
57%
58%
61%
63%
65%
67%
67%
66%
66%
64%
61%
56%
52%
51%
50%
48%
43%
40%
39%
35%
32%
33%
32%
34%
34%
34%
33%
32%
33%
35%
35%
36%
36%
38%
39%
41%
44%
47%
50%
51%
53%
54%
56%
59%
59%
62%
66%
3.6%
4.4%
4.5%
5.1%
5.1%
4.0%
1.3%
0.2%
1.4%
1.3%
2.3%
3.2%
3.8%
4.0%
5.2%
6.3%
7.2%
6.5%
4.7%
4.9%
4.7%
6.8%
5.9%
5.0%
6.6%
4.4%
2.9%
2.9%
2.1%
3.2%
3.9%
4.8%
3.5%
1.1%
2.2%
2.4%
2.4%
1.7%
0.6%
2.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.8%
0.9%
1.2%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
1.7%
1.2%
-0.5%
-0.4%
0.8%
$15,000,000,000,000
$14,000,000,000,000
$13,000,000,000,000
$12,000,000,000,000
$11,000,000,000,000
$10,000,000,000,000
$9,000,000,000,000
$8,000,000,000,000
$7,000,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000,000
$3,000,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000,000
$1,000,000,000,000
$0
28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76
Year
Column D
Column H
Column J
$650,000,000,000
$600,000,000,000
$550,000,000,000
$500,000,000,000
$450,000,000,000
$400,000,000,000
$350,000,000,000
$300,000,000,000
$250,000,000,000
$200,000,000,000
$150,000,000,000
$100,000,000,000
$50,000,000,000
$0
28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88
Year
Column F
71%
70%
72%
75%
88%
95%
94%
106%
121%
116%
91%
69%
45%
39%
42%
44%
43%
40%
40%
39%
41%
40%
33%
22%
18%
16%
1.4%
1.8%
1.1%
-0.6%
1.6%
0.2%
-2.2%
-4.6%
4.8%
25.9%
29.3%
32.4%
14.5%
4.7%
2.5%
3.6%
0.9%
2.9%
6.1%
2.2%
6.8%
5.4%
4.6%
0.8%
-0.8%
130%
120%
110%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08
Year
Column H
Column J
649999999999.95
599999999999.95
549999999999.95
499999999999.95
449999999999.95
399999999999.95
349999999999.95
299999999999.95
249999999999.95
199999999999.95
149999999999.95
99999999999.95
49999999999.95
-0.05
64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08
Year
Column F
