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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United States 2019

The national debt increased in United States

In 2019 United States public debt was 20,768,394 million euros23,252,252 million dollars, has increased 2,093,4691,188,015 million since 2018.

This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 108.8% of United States GDP, a 1.31 percentage point rise from 2018, when it was 107.49% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United States debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 9,004,365 million euros 12,545,493 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 86.65%.

According to the last data point published, United States per capita debt in 2019 was 63,213 euros70,773 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 57,106 euros 67,470 dollars, afterwards rising by 6,107 euros3,303 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 29,352 euros40,895 dollars .

The position of United States, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 179 in the list of debt to GDP and 189 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in United States. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about United States in economy of United States.

United States: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
201920,768,39423,252,252108.80%€63,213$70,773
201818,674,92522,064,237107.49%€57,106$67,470
201718,322,47520,691,241106.22%€56,328$63,611
201618,108,27720,038,583107.19%€56,041$62,014
201517,254,59919,146,134105.16%€53,770$59,664
201413,812,78518,355,022104.58%€43,360$57,618
201313,264,49617,617,068104.59%€41,949$55,714
201213,034,77216,757,529103.10%€41,512$53,368
201111,158,39415,529,24999.55%€35,803$49,827
201010,798,96014,328,06095.21%€34,909$46,317
20099,004,36512,545,49386.65%€29,352$40,895
20087,380,09710,853,13473.48%€24,269$35,690
20076,825,4519,355,22964.63%€22,659$31,057
20067,068,7608,876,00264.25%€23,690$29,747
20056,862,7398,542,58765.52%€23,223$28,907
20046,501,2298,083,21966.16%€22,203$27,606
20035,939,0116,716,29158.63%€20,472$23,151
20026,423,6956,069,78855.54%€22,334$21,103
20016,279,2285,623,89653.15%€22,035$19,735
20005,905,5535,456,85553.03%€20,930$19,339
19995,334,4155,690,94158.88%€19,117$20,395
19985,678,17462.47%$20,584
19975,648,93765.62%$20,719
19965,510,35868.03%$20,455
19955,272,90468.80%$19,802
19945,071,77069.39%$19,275
19934,828,29870.19%$18,576
19924,486,29068.61%$17,489
19914,097,63466.37%$16,197
19903,706,53361.99%$14,849
19893,410,38560.28%$13,817
19883,159,25660.15%$12,921
19872,886,83559.28%$11,915
19862,640,30157.52%$10,995
19852,351,23354.09%$9,882
19842,000,68549.51%$8,484
19831,740,78947.85%$7,446
19821,504,57544.98%$6,495
19811,294,82440.33%$5,643
19801,178,73341.18%$5,188
United States: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

United States: Evolution of debt in millions