Public debt held by the public (USD) - United States - US Treasury FiscalData - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Public debt outstanding (US Treasury)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the US Treasury, the amount of US public debt held by the public stood at 30,143,073,922,487 dollars on 23 September 2025, versus 30,198,287,082,014 on the previous day. This marks a reduction of 0.18 percent.
Sample. The daily time series shown in the figure has a total of 5,190 records. The series covers the time range going from September 1997 to September 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: debt hit a maximum of 30,235,402,349,561 dollars on 15 September 2025; it reached its minimum of 3,333,039,379,997 on 31 October 2001; it was equal on average to 14,260,552,203,096.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 30197443850677.82 |
| 2025-09-22 | 30198287082014.0 |
| 2025-09-23 | 30143073922487.06 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Public debt held by the public |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Nominal amount |
| Deflation method | None |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | US dollars |
| Source | U.S.Treasury Fiscal Data |
| Source type | Federal Administration |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Measure type | Level |
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Daily public debt
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public debt held by the public (USD) - United States - US Treasury FiscalData - Daily | 5190 | 1997-09-30 | 2025-09-23 |
| Intragovernmental holdings of public debt (USD) - United States - US Treasury FiscalData - Daily | 5190 | 1997-09-30 | 2025-09-23 |
| Total public debt outstanding (USD) - United States - US Treasury FiscalData - Daily | 8148 | 1993-04-01 | 2025-09-23 |