The U.S. national debt grows at a rate of 45.486 dollar per second!

$ 104.877

Debt per citizen

$ 180.389

Debt per taxpayer

US National debt

Jaar x billion U.S dollar
1910 3
1920 26
1927 19
1930 16
1940 43
1950 257
1960 286
1970 371
1980 908
1990 3.233
2000 5.674
2001 5.807
2002 6.228
2003 6.783
2004 7.379
2005 7.933
2006 8.507
2007 9.008
2008 10.025
2009 11.910
2010 13.562
2011 14.781
2012 16.059
2013 16.732
2014 17.810

Debt of the United States

The United States public debt is the money borrowed by the federal government of the United States at any one time through the issue of securities by the Treasury and other federal government agencies. The US national public debt consists of two components:


Debt held by the public comprises securities held by investors outside the federal government, including that held by investors, the Federal Reserve System and foreign, state and local governments.


Intragovernment debt comprises Treasury securities held in accounts administered by the federal government, such as the Social Security Trust Fund. (Source: Wikipedia).

US debt size in 100 dollars!

(Source: Kleptocracy)

United States Debt as a percentage of GDP (1940-2012)

(Source: Elefintdesign)

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