
Gross debt in the United States of America
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in the United States of America in the period from 1998 to 2020 was between 4.24 trillion and 25.06 trillion USD. The highest level of the last years at 25.1 trillion US Dollar was reached in 2020.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 75,607 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,783 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 22 years in billion USD
Year | United States of America total | United States of America per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 4,537.52 bn USD | 16,449 USD | 14,079 USD |
1999 | 4,512.11 bn USD | 16,170 USD | 14,032 USD |
2000 | 4,242.83 bn USD | 15,037 USD | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 4,302.91 bn USD | 15,100 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 4,606.89 bn USD | 16,017 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 5,119.19 bn USD | 17,646 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 5,554.34 bn USD | 18,969 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 5,946.38 bn USD | 20,122 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 6,192.74 bn USD | 20,755 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 6,527.68 bn USD | 21,670 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 7,857.58 bn USD | 25,839 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 9,387.56 bn USD | 30,601 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 11,041.24 bn USD | 35,694 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 12,205.30 bn USD | 39,172 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 13,409.69 bn USD | 42,723 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 14,290.20 bn USD | 45,214 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 15,079.89 bn USD | 47,363 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 15,822.92 bn USD | 49,333 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 16,705.33 bn USD | 51,708 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 17,330.91 bn USD | 53,306 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 18,682.83 bn USD | 57,162 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 19,910.57 bn USD | 60,642 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 25,063.79 bn USD | 75,607 USD | 30,783 USD |