# United States Government Debt to GDP

United States Government Debt to GDP was 121.7% in Q3 2026, up 0.5 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 1.0 percentage points from a year earlier.
Among the 38 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 5th highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 102.1% (Q2 2017) to 132.7% (Q2 2020), averaging 114.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Treasury FiscalData
- Makrognosis code: `US.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1996-03-01 to 2026-09-01 (123 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 121.7% |
| Q2 2026 | 121.2% |
| Q1 2026 | 122.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 122.4% |
| Q3 2025 | 120.7% |
| Q2 2025 | 118.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 120.1% |
| Q4 2024 | 121.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 119.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 119.2% |
| Q1 2024 | 120.2% |
| Q4 2023 | 119.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 118.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 117.4% |
| Q1 2023 | 115.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 117.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 117.5% |
| Q2 2022 | 118.2% |
| Q1 2022 | 120.4% |
| Q4 2021 | 119.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 118.9% |
| Q2 2021 | 121.6% |
| Q1 2021 | 123.9% |
| Q4 2020 | 125.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```