Title: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product Series ID: GFDEGDQ188S Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The White House: Office of Management and Budget Release: Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Percent of GDP Date Range: 1966-01-01 to 2012-10-01 Last Updated: 2013-03-29 10:01 AM CDT Notes: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP): GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100 GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars. DATE VALUE 1966-01-01 41.64491 1966-04-01 40.53045 1966-07-01 40.94666 1966-10-01 40.81286 1967-01-01 40.46796 1967-04-01 39.26706 1967-07-01 40.13094 1967-10-01 40.42019 1968-01-01 39.72187 1968-04-01 38.20031 1968-07-01 38.58838 1968-10-01 38.24279 1969-01-01 37.41763 1969-04-01 36.15357 1969-07-01 36.20245 1969-10-01 36.65764 1970-01-01 36.57526 1970-04-01 35.82364 1970-07-01 36.04741 1970-10-01 36.96761 1971-01-01 35.66779 1971-04-01 35.51171 1971-07-01 36.19243 1971-10-01 36.83611 1972-01-01 35.90824 1972-04-01 34.79398 1972-07-01 34.73513 1972-10-01 34.85722 1973-01-01 34.34994 1973-04-01 33.34429 1973-07-01 33.12102 1973-10-01 32.76107 1974-01-01 32.74628 1974-04-01 31.93932 1974-07-01 31.80723 1974-10-01 31.72746 1975-01-01 32.47477 1975-04-01 33.22044 1975-07-01 33.30408 1975-10-01 33.64543 1976-01-01 33.88961 1976-04-01 34.38821 1976-07-01 34.53779 1976-10-01 34.67992 1977-01-01 34.52190 1977-04-01 33.63380 1977-07-01 33.82575 1977-10-01 34.06021 1978-01-01 34.33768 1978-04-01 32.92847 1978-07-01 33.03974 1978-10-01 32.66585 1979-01-01 32.34653 1979-04-01 31.86008 1979-07-01 31.79286 1979-10-01 31.77845 1980-01-01 31.69674 1980-04-01 32.17060 1980-07-01 32.59016 1980-10-01 31.90787 1981-01-01 31.60946 1981-04-01 31.48766 1981-07-01 31.40872 1981-10-01 32.20111 1982-01-01 33.32284 1982-04-01 33.31266 1982-07-01 34.87769 1982-10-01 36.13808 1983-01-01 36.80843 1983-04-01 37.89504 1983-07-01 38.39344 1983-10-01 38.25010 1984-01-01 38.44463 1984-04-01 38.72455 1984-07-01 39.54394 1984-10-01 41.22375 1985-01-01 41.55084 1985-04-01 42.49922 1985-07-01 42.81293 1985-10-01 45.05851 1986-01-01 45.33625 1986-04-01 46.55790 1986-07-01 47.32046 1986-10-01 48.74948 1987-01-01 48.72425 1987-04-01 49.27339 1987-07-01 49.32893 1987-10-01 49.79859 1988-01-01 50.26777 1988-04-01 50.35590 1988-07-01 50.59856 1988-10-01 51.12154 1989-01-01 51.13329 1989-04-01 51.34082 1989-07-01 51.64436 1989-10-01 52.90492 1990-01-01 53.46714 1990-04-01 54.22696 1990-07-01 55.26464 1990-10-01 57.55765 1991-01-01 58.92978 1991-04-01 59.34230 1991-07-01 60.74719 1991-10-01 62.39964 1992-01-01 62.69546 1992-04-01 63.29673 1992-07-01 63.61208 1992-10-01 64.32501 1993-01-01 64.64329 1993-04-01 65.71262 1993-07-01 65.95830 1993-10-01 66.56619 1994-01-01 66.16065 1994-04-01 65.95122 1994-07-01 65.80036 1994-10-01 66.22541 1995-01-01 66.56152 1995-04-01 67.31249 1995-07-01 66.74248 1995-10-01 66.14074 1996-01-01 67.00251 1996-04-01 66.16764 1996-07-01 66.19802 1996-10-01 66.34890 1997-01-01 66.12867 1997-04-01 64.95446 1997-07-01 64.36635 1997-10-01 64.69060 1998-01-01 64.44232 1998-04-01 63.77963 1998-07-01 62.46262 1998-10-01 62.19016 1999-01-01 61.77574 1999-04-01 60.94265 1999-07-01 60.14047 1999-10-01 60.11939 2000-01-01 59.46127 2000-04-01 57.15027 2000-07-01 56.64267 2000-10-01 55.89662 2001-01-01 56.79964 2001-04-01 55.59313 2001-07-01 56.35469 2001-10-01 57.29665 2002-01-01 57.20739 2002-04-01 57.78652 2002-07-01 58.19857 2002-10-01 59.49444 2003-01-01 59.34177 2003-04-01 60.57359 2003-07-01 60.26886 2003-10-01 61.30606 2004-01-01 61.52830 2004-04-01 61.84134 2004-07-01 61.82027 2004-10-01 62.65429 2005-01-01 62.91106 2005-04-01 62.69197 2005-07-01 62.32194 2005-10-01 63.32966 2006-01-01 63.60384 2006-04-01 63.16421 2006-07-01 63.32986 2006-10-01 63.89941 2007-01-01 64.32144 2007-04-01 63.44569 2007-07-01 63.76558 2007-10-01 64.75158 2008-01-01 66.11784 2008-04-01 65.84583 2008-07-01 69.63984 2008-10-01 75.98376 2009-01-01 79.91540 2009-04-01 83.14687 2009-07-01 85.36165 2009-10-01 87.10696 2010-01-01 89.50844 2010-04-01 91.59324 2010-07-01 93.04077 2010-10-01 95.17719 2011-01-01 96.32272 2011-04-01 95.59764 2011-07-01 97.54102 2011-10-01 99.35996 2012-01-01 100.67048 2012-04-01 101.72876 2012-07-01 101.61433 2012-10-01 103.58438