🇺🇸 United States National Debt Clock
Live tracker for United States government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $38.58 trillion, growing at $58K every second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 124%. Per-citizen share: $114,815.
About United States's National Debt
United States's debt-to-GDP ratio of 124% is in the critical range, significantly above IMF concern thresholds. Debt service costs consume a large share of government revenue, constraining spending on public services and investment.
At the current borrowing rate of $58K per second, United States adds approximately $5.0 billion to its national debt every day — around $1832 billion per year. Each of United States's 336 million citizens carries an individual share of approximately $114,815 of the national debt.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock using linear extrapolation from IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Bank International Debt Statistics baseline data anchored to April 2025. Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Data & Citation
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook · World Bank International Debt Statistics · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 36,400,000,000,000 + 58100 × seconds_since(2025-04-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=us (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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