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Total public debt outstanding (USD) - United States - US Treasury FiscalData - Daily

Latest updates. According to the US Treasury, the total amount of US public debt outstanding stood at 37,469,695,592,279 dollars on 23 September 2025, compared to 37,511,743,906,523 on the previous day. This constitutes a decrease of 0.11 percent.

Sample. The daily time series shown in the graph has 8,148 data points in total. The series covers the span of time stretching from April 1993 to September 2025.

History. Take a look at a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: debt was equal on average to 14,477,918,868,408 dollars; it reached its lowest level of 4,225,873,987,843 on 1 April 1993; it recorded its maximum of 37,533,982,585,306 on 15 September 2025.

Latest values

Date Value - US dollars
2025-09-19 37505753023219.84
2025-09-22 37511743906522.52
2025-09-23 37469695592279.39

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Total public debt outstanding
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