Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual 1950 - 1999
* Rounded to Millions
Includes legal tender notes, gold and silver certificates, etc.
The first fiscal year for the U.S. Government started Jan. 1, 1789. Congress changed the beginning of the fiscal year from Jan. 1 to Jul. 1 in 1842, and finally from Jul. 1 to Oct. 1 in 1977 where it remains today.
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Date | Dollar Amount |
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09/30/1999 | 5,656,270,901,615.43 |
09/30/1998 | 5,526,193,008,897.62 |
09/30/1997 | 5,413,146,011,397.34 |
09/30/1996 | 5,224,810,939,135.73 |
09/29/1995 | 4,973,982,900,709.39 |
09/30/1994 | 4,692,749,910,013.32 |
09/30/1993 | 4,411,488,883,139.38 |
09/30/1992 | 4,064,620,655,521.66 |
09/30/1991 | 3,665,303,351,697.03 |
09/28/1990 | 3,233,313,451,777.25 |
09/29/1989 | 2,857,430,960,187.32 |
09/30/1988 | 2,602,337,712,041.16 |
09/30/1987 | 2,350,276,890,953.00 |
09/30/1986 | 2,125,302,616,658.42 |
09/30/1985 | * 1,823,103,000,000.00 |
09/30/1984 | * 1,572,266,000,000.00 |
09/30/1983 | * 1,377,210,000,000.00 |
09/30/1982 | * 1,142,034,000,000.00 |
09/30/1981 | * 997,855,000,000.00 |
09/30/1980 | * 907,701,000,000.00 |
09/30/1979 | * 826,519,000,000.00 |
09/30/1978 | * 771,544,000,000.00 |
09/30/1977 | * 698,840,000,000.00 |
06/30/1976 | * 620,433,000,000.00 |
06/30/1975 | * 533,189,000,000.00 |
06/30/1974 | 475,059,815,731.55 |
06/30/1973 | 458,141,605,312.09 |
06/30/1972 | 427,260,460,940.50 |
06/30/1971 | 398,129,744,455.54 |
06/30/1970 | 370,918,706,949.93 |
06/30/1969 | 353,720,253,841.41 |
06/30/1968 | 347,578,406,425.88 |
06/30/1967 | 326,220,937,794.54 |
06/30/1966 | 319,907,087,795.48 |
06/30/1965 | 317,273,898,983.64 |
06/30/1964 | 311,712,899,257.30 |
06/30/1963 | 305,859,632,996.41 |
06/30/1962 | 298,200,822,720.87 |
06/30/1961 | 288,970,938,610.05 |
06/30/1960 | 286,330,760,848.37 |
06/30/1959 | 284,705,907,078.22 |
06/30/1958 | 276,343,217,745.81 |
06/30/1957 | 270,527,171,896.43 |
06/30/1956 | 272,750,813,649.32 |
06/30/1955 | 274,374,222,802.62 |
06/30/1954 | 271,259,599,108.46 |
06/30/1953 | 266,071,061,638.57 |
06/30/1952 | 259,105,178,785.43 |
06/29/1951 | 255,221,976,814.93 |
06/30/1950 | 257,357,352,351.04 |