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U.S. national debt dashboard

Explore U.S. national debt, economic context, historical figures, and adjustable debt scenarios.

National debt assumptions

Your perspective
Policy scenario

Projection compounds interest annually, then adds the deficit before interest and subtracts modeled spending reductions and savings.

National debt outlook

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U.S. national debt$—Connecting to the U.S. Treasury
Recent pace—Estimated from recent Treasury records
U.S. GDP $— Loading the latest current-dollar GDP…
Debt to GDP — Live debt divided by annualized GDP
Per citizen$—342.6 million people
Per taxpayer$—161 million taxpayers
Per household$—132 million households
Debt composition

Who Holds the Federal Debt

Held by the public$—Intragovernmental$—
Last 30 days—Official record change
Last year—Official record change
Next trillion—At the recent pace
Cost of +1% interest—Approximate annual cost
Debt trajectory

U.S. Debt Since 1950 & Modeled Outlook

Official historyBaselineYour scenario
Debt vs. your income—

Your household share expressed in years of annual income.

—debt-to-income
At retirement age—

Projected per-citizen burden at your selected retirement age.

—projected total debt
Your policy scenario—

Modeled debt after your selected projection period.

—vs. baseline