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How much is the US national debt?

On , total US public debt outstanding was $40.24 trillion, up $2.36 trillion from .

Total public debt outstanding

$40.24 trillion

Held by the public

$32.43 trillion

Intragovernmental holdings

$7.81 trillion

What Debt to the Penny says

Total public debt outstanding ($ million)
DateTotalHeld by the publicIntragovernmental
On 2 October 202640,242,44732,428,9147,813,533
Month start, 30 September 202640,171,82532,425,0137,746,813
Fiscal year start, 30 September 202640,171,82532,425,0137,746,813
A year earlier, 2 October 202537,881,84330,285,4357,596,408
What this number cannot tell you
  • Intragovernmental holdings are debt one part of the government owes another, mostly trust funds such as Social Security; debt held by the public is what investors, foreign governments and the Federal Reserve hold.
  • Total public debt is not the same as debt subject to the limit, which leaves some debt out; the debt limit page has that measure.
  • These are face amounts at the close of the day, not market values.

Total public debt outstanding, each business day

$ trillion

Total public debt outstanding, each business day37.038.039.040.041.02 October 20252 October 2026$40.2 trillionTotal public debt outstanding, each business day37.038.039.040.041.02 October 2026$40.2 trillion

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Debt to the Penny. Observed .

The numbers behind this chart
Total public debt each business day ($ million)
DateTotal
40,242,447
40,260,642
40,171,825
40,096,955
40,102,186
40,097,178
40,068,808
40,073,559
40,097,834
40,112,118
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DateTotal
40,101,501
40,093,343
40,094,080
40,114,446
40,054,422
40,046,178
40,047,727
40,074,285
40,084,091
40,094,591
40,102,964
40,117,045
40,112,465
40,175,641
40,104,097
40,077,530
40,069,751
40,098,864
40,035,385
40,032,877
40,033,257
40,012,701
40,047,426
39,986,658
39,933,634
39,934,816
39,913,529
39,941,930
39,891,774
39,885,248
39,890,263
39,829,653
39,828,435
39,739,223
39,771,617
39,841,115
39,799,619
39,797,153
39,713,964
39,692,375
39,676,938
39,635,799
39,660,370
39,588,243
39,581,848
39,518,860
39,488,616
39,470,152
39,417,905
39,412,981
39,414,179
39,394,978
39,414,977
39,387,881
39,375,990
39,375,254
39,389,305
39,462,398
39,345,341
39,337,504
39,311,023
39,320,509
39,320,608
39,323,732
39,305,294
39,283,052
39,289,865
39,293,074
39,209,984
39,220,785
39,213,266
39,241,723
39,230,386
39,219,582
39,232,151
39,204,975
39,221,985
39,195,502
39,207,760
39,176,302
39,163,303
39,171,155
39,112,192
39,071,200
39,049,640
39,070,753
39,009,000
38,997,245
38,954,467
38,942,624
38,968,295
38,946,801
38,937,475
38,931,652
38,918,838
38,910,620
38,905,034
38,882,148
38,967,834
38,952,075
38,951,792
38,960,956
38,953,670
38,935,487
38,957,840
38,979,261
38,992,783
38,979,319
38,985,997
38,988,471
38,933,404
38,954,925
38,946,542
38,942,791
38,949,926
38,969,942
38,994,101
38,981,755
39,000,265
39,016,192
39,065,421
39,023,028
39,015,632
38,990,390
38,990,599
38,999,856
39,006,946
39,002,071
39,002,266
38,976,828
39,016,763
38,992,188
38,902,638
38,900,879
38,882,422
38,918,862
38,882,802
38,869,818
38,873,530
38,857,671
38,853,352
38,824,464
38,769,806
38,789,592
38,764,882
38,787,781
38,758,072
38,749,020
38,743,578
38,717,487
38,720,328
38,647,355
38,647,756
38,620,773
38,645,730
38,593,206
38,588,547
38,587,617
38,564,514
38,564,278
38,515,650
38,521,368
38,568,501
38,542,542
38,567,114
38,513,524
38,491,021
38,490,798
38,473,375
38,484,705
38,460,239
38,453,108
38,396,063
38,433,853
38,437,701
38,433,330
38,432,587
38,432,288
38,430,410
38,441,088
38,422,819
38,514,009
38,372,154
38,386,384
38,380,536
38,352,847
38,375,350
38,378,413
38,372,869
38,375,371
38,378,997
38,396,180
38,419,380
38,339,542
38,349,795
38,352,200
38,377,110
38,395,956
38,390,533
38,389,370
38,403,532
38,423,765
38,425,673
38,396,211
38,335,268
38,360,842
38,336,292
38,333,530
38,326,968
38,299,373
38,265,356
38,181,185
38,153,732
38,150,716
38,121,217
38,125,732
38,117,225
38,118,268
38,091,526
38,047,240
38,004,366
38,040,094
38,108,930
38,078,544
38,076,934
38,042,192
38,009,026
38,008,137
37,990,673
38,019,813
37,980,274
37,977,306
37,966,554
37,942,635
37,918,956
37,885,437
37,883,930
37,863,838
37,889,757
37,863,241
37,852,656
37,881,843

How has the debt grown each fiscal year?

Total public debt at the end of each fiscal year ($ million; the running year is to date)
Fiscal yearDateTotalChange in the yearHeld by the publicIntragovernmental
2027 (so far)40,242,44770,62232,428,9147,813,533
202640,171,8252,534,27232,425,0137,746,813
202537,637,5532,172,87930,277,7667,359,787
202435,464,6742,297,34028,307,3127,157,362
202333,167,3342,238,42226,330,1426,837,192
202230,928,9122,499,99324,299,1936,629,719
202128,428,9191,483,52822,282,9006,146,018
202026,945,3914,225,98921,018,9525,926,439
201922,719,4021,203,34416,809,0925,910,309
201821,516,0581,271,15815,761,1555,754,904
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Fiscal yearDateTotalChange in the yearHeld by the publicIntragovernmental
201720,244,900671,45514,673,4295,571,471
201619,573,4451,422,82714,173,4245,400,021
201518,150,618326,54713,123,8475,026,770
201417,824,0711,085,88712,784,9715,039,100
201316,738,184671,94311,976,2794,761,904
201216,066,2411,275,90111,269,5864,796,656
201114,790,3401,228,71710,127,0314,663,309
201013,561,6231,651,7949,022,8084,538,815
200911,909,8291,885,1047,551,8624,357,967
200810,024,7251,017,0725,808,6924,216,033
20079,007,653500,6795,049,3063,958,348
20068,506,974574,2644,843,1213,663,853
20057,932,710553,6574,601,2393,331,471
20047,379,053595,8224,307,3453,071,708
20036,783,231554,9953,924,0902,859,141
20026,228,236420,7733,553,1802,675,056
20015,807,463133,2853,339,3102,468,153
20005,674,17817,9073,405,3032,268,875
19995,656,271130,0783,636,1052,020,166
19985,526,193113,0473,733,8641,792,329
19975,413,146188,3353,789,6681,623,478
19965,224,811250,828n/an/a
19954,973,983281,233n/an/a
19944,692,750281,261n/an/a
19934,411,489n/an/an/a

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Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Debt to the Penny. Observed .

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  • U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government

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