The statistic shows the level of debt held by the public from 2000 to 2019 as well as a forecast for public debt from 2020 to 2030. Public debt amounted to about 16.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2019. The forecast predicts that public debt will increase to about 31.45 trillion U.S. dollars by 2030.
Public debt levels in the United States - past and forecast from 2000 to 2019, projected up to 2030
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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US Congressional Budget Office. (January 28, 2020). Public debt levels in the United States - past and forecast from 2000 to 2019, projected up to 2030 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217404/public-debt-in-the-us-past-and-forecast/
US Congressional Budget Office. "Public debt levels in the United States - past and forecast from 2000 to 2019, projected up to 2030 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217404/public-debt-in-the-us-past-and-forecast/
US Congressional Budget Office. (2020). Public debt levels in the United States - past and forecast from 2000 to 2019, projected up to 2030 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217404/public-debt-in-the-us-past-and-forecast/
US Congressional Budget Office. "Public Debt Levels in The United States - past and Forecast from 2000 to 2019, Projected up to 2030 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217404/public-debt-in-the-us-past-and-forecast/
US Congressional Budget Office, Public debt levels in the United States - past and forecast from 2000 to 2019, projected up to 2030 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217404/public-debt-in-the-us-past-and-forecast/ (last visited May 31, 2020)
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