Central government debt (current LCU) 1990 - 2022

Description	Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.
Unit of measure	Absolute number

Description

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Unit of measure

Absolute number

Source: International Monetary Fund

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	United States
1990	2,440,950,000,000
1991	2,713,370,000,000
1992	3,002,620,000,000
1993	3,308,990,000,000
1994	3,450,760,000,000
1995	3,606,690,000,000
1996	3,773,520,000,000
1997	3,784,200,000,000
1998	3,727,460,000,000
1999	3,633,580,000,000
2000	3,410,250,000,000
2001	5,549,550,000,000
2002	5,886,700,000,000
2003	6,444,300,000,000
2004	6,922,540,000,000
2005	7,372,210,000,000
2006	7,663,140,000,000
2007	8,056,340,000,000
2008	9,425,400,000,000
2009	10,980,500,000,000
2010	12,786,300,000,000
2011	13,969,100,000,000
2012	15,221,700,000,000
2013	16,091,100,000,000
2014	16,807,700,000,000
2015	17,555,200,000,000
2016	18,415,500,000,000
2017	19,028,000,000,000
2018	20,336,300,000,000
2019	21,547,000,000,000
2020	26,596,800,000,000
2021	28,050,600,000,000
2022	28,417,700,000,000

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