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Historical Debt Outstanding (fiscal year end)
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Data · n.d. · dataset · treasury · 6054 chars · original · plain text
U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Historical Debt Outstanding, https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/v2/accounting/od/debt_outstanding (retrieved 2026-09-13)
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record_date,debt_outstanding_amt
1790-01-01,71060508.50
1791-01-01,75463476.52
1792-01-01,77227924.66
1793-01-01,80358634.04
1794-01-01,78427404.77
1795-01-01,80747587.39
1796-01-01,83762172.07
1797-01-01,82064479.33
1798-01-01,79228529.12
1799-01-01,78408669.77
1800-01-01,82976294.35
1801-01-01,83038050.80
1802-01-01,80712632.25
1803-01-01,77054686.40
1804-01-01,86427120.88
1805-01-01,82312150.50
1806-01-01,75723270.66
1807-01-01,69218398.64
1808-01-01,65196317.97
1809-01-01,57023192.09
1810-01-01,53173217.52
1811-01-01,48005587.76
1812-01-01,45209737.90
1813-01-01,55962827.57
1814-01-01,81487846.24
1815-01-01,99833660.15
1816-01-01,127334933.74
1817-01-01,123491965.16
1818-01-01,103466633.83
1819-01-01,95529648.28
1820-01-01,91015566.15
1821-01-01,89987427.66
1822-01-01,93546676.98
1823-01-01,90875877.28
1824-01-01,90269777.77
1825-01-01,83788432.71
1826-01-01,81054059.99
1827-01-01,73987357.20
1828-01-01,67475043.87
1829-01-01,58421413.67
1830-01-01,48565406.50
1831-01-01,39123191.68
1832-01-01,24322235.18
1833-01-01,7001698.83
1834-01-01,4760082.08
1835-01-01,33733.05
1836-01-01,37513.05
1837-01-01,336957.83
1838-01-01,3308124.07
1839-01-01,10434221.14
1840-01-01,3573343.82
1841-01-01,5250875.54
1842-01-01,13594480.73
1843-01-01,20201226.27
1843-07-01,32742922.00
1844-07-01,23461652.50
1845-07-01,15925303.01
1846-07-01,15550202.97
1847-07-01,38826534.77
1848-07-01,47044862.23
1849-07-01,63061858.69
1850-07-01,63452773.55
1851-07-01,68304796.02
1852-07-01,66199341.71
1853-07-01,59803117.70
1854-07-01,42242222.42
1855-07-01,35586956.56
1856-07-01,31972537.90
1857-07-01,28699831.85
1858-07-01,44911881.03
1859-07-01,58496837.88
1860-07-01,64842287.88
1861-07-01,90580873.72
1862-07-01,524176412.13
1863-07-01,1119772138.63
1864-07-01,1815784370.57
1865-07-01,2680647869.74
1866-07-01,2773236173.69
1867-07-01,2678126103.87
1868-07-01,2611687851.19
1869-07-01,2588452213.94
1870-07-01,2480672427.81
1871-07-01,2353211332.32
1872-07-01,2253251328.78
1873-07-01,2234482993.20
1874-07-01,2251690468.43
1875-07-01,2232284531.95
1876-07-01,2180395067.15
1877-07-01,2205301392.10
1878-07-01,2256205892.53
1879-07-01,2349567482.04
1880-07-01,2120415370.63
1881-07-01,2069013569.58
1882-07-01,1918312994.03
1883-07-01,1884171728.07
1884-07-01,1830528923.57
1885-07-01,1863964873.14
1886-07-01,1775063013.78
1887-07-01,1657602592.63
1888-07-01,1692858984.58
1889-07-01,1619052922.23
1890-07-01,1552140204.73
1891-07-01,1545996591.61
1892-07-01,1588464144.63
1893-07-01,1545985686.13
1894-07-01,1632253636.68
1895-07-01,1676120983.25
1896-07-01,1769840323.40
1897-07-01,1817672665.90
1898-07-01,1796531995.90
1899-07-01,1991927306.92
1900-07-01,2136961091.67
1901-07-01,2143326933.89
1902-07-01,2158610445.89
1903-07-01,2202464781.89
1904-07-01,2264003585.14
1905-07-01,2274615063.84
1906-07-01,2337161839.04
1907-07-01,2457188061.54
1908-07-01,2626806271.54
1909-07-01,2639546241.04
1910-07-01,2652665838.04
1911-07-01,2765600606.69
1912-07-01,2868373874.16
1913-07-01,2916204913.66
1914-07-01,2912499269.16
1915-07-01,3058136873.16
1916-07-01,3609244262.16
1917-07-01,5717770279.52
1918-07-01,14592161414.00
1919-07-01,27390970113.12
1920-07-01,25952456406.16
1921-06-30,23977450552.54
1922-06-30,22963381708.31
1923-06-30,22349707365.36
1924-06-30,21250812989.49
1925-06-30,20516193887.90
1926-06-30,19643216315.19
1927-06-30,18511906931.85
1928-06-30,17604293201.43
1929-06-29,16931088484.10
1930-06-30,16185309831.43
1931-06-30,16801281491.71
1932-06-30,19487002444.13
1933-06-30,22538672560.15
1934-06-30,27053141414.48
1935-06-29,28700892624.53
1936-06-30,33778543493.73
1937-06-30,36424613732.29
1938-06-30,37164740315.45
1939-06-30,40439532411.11
1940-06-29,42967531037.68
1941-06-30,48961443535.71
1942-06-30,72422445116.22
1943-06-30,136696090329.90
1944-06-30,201003387221.13
1945-06-30,258682187409.93
1946-06-28,269422099173.26
1947-06-30,258286383108.67
1948-06-30,252292246512.99
1949-06-30,252770359860.33
1950-06-30,257357352351.04
1951-06-29,255221976814.93
1952-06-30,259105178785.43
1953-06-30,266071061638.57
1954-06-30,271259599108.46
1955-06-30,274374222802.62
1956-06-30,272750813649.32
1957-06-30,270527171896.43
1958-06-30,276343217745.81
1959-06-30,284705907078.22
1960-06-30,286330760848.37
1961-06-30,288970938610.05
1962-06-30,298200822720.87
1963-06-30,305859632996.41
1964-06-30,311712899257.30
1965-06-30,317273898983.64
1966-06-30,319907087795.48
1967-06-30,326220937794.54
1968-06-30,347578406425.88
1969-06-30,353720253841.41
1970-06-30,370918706949.93
1971-06-30,398129744455.54
1972-06-30,427260460940.50
1973-06-30,458141605312.09
1974-06-30,475059815731.55
1975-06-30,533189000000.00
1976-06-30,620433000000.00
1977-09-30,698840000000.00
1978-09-30,771544000000.00
1979-09-30,826519000000.00
1980-09-30,907701000000.00
1981-09-30,997855000000.00
1982-09-30,1142034000000.00
1983-09-30,1377210000000.00
1984-09-30,1572266000000.00
1985-09-30,1823103000000.00
1986-09-30,2125302616658.42
1987-09-30,2350276890953.00
1988-09-30,2602337712041.16
1989-09-29,2857430960187.32
1990-09-28,3233313451777.25
1991-09-30,3665303351697.03
1992-09-30,4064620655521.66
1993-09-30,4411488883139.38
1994-09-30,4692749910013.32
1995-09-29,4973982900709.39
1996-09-30,5224810939135.73
1997-09-30,5413146011397.34
1998-09-30,5526193008897.62
1999-09-30,5656270901615.43
2000-09-30,5674178209886.86
2001-09-30,5807463412200.06
2002-09-30,6228235965597.16
2003-09-30,6783231062743.62
2004-09-30,7379052696330.32
2005-09-30,7932709661723.50
2006-09-30,8506973899215.23
2007-09-30,9007653372262.48
2008-09-30,10024724896912.49
2009-09-30,11909829003511.75
2010-09-30,13561623030891.79
2011-09-30,14790340328557.15
2012-09-30,16066241407385.89
2013-09-30,16738183526697.32
2014-09-30,17824071380733.82
2015-09-30,18150617666484.33
2016-09-30,19573444713936.79
2017-09-30,20244900016053.51
2018-09-30,21516058183180.23
2019-09-30,22719401753433.78
2020-09-30,26945391194615.15
2021-09-30,28428918570048.68
2022-09-30,30928911613306.73
2023-09-30,33167334044723.16
2024-09-30,35464673929171.69
2025-09-30,37637553494935.61