US National Debt: by Presidential Term, per Capita, and as Percentage of GDP

US National Debt by Presidential Term, Percentage of GDP,1976-2008

National Debt, Total

Gross Domestic Product

Year

% Change

Debt

Ending

President

Current $ ⁽¹⁾

YoY

During Presid.

Avg. Annual

Current $ ⁽²⁾

as % of

12/31/1976

FORD

$ 653,544,000,000

$1,825,300,000,000

35.8%

12/31/1977

CARTER

$ 718,943,000,000

10%

$2,030,900,000,000

35.4%

12/31/1978

CARTER

$ 789,207,000,000

10%

$2,294,700,000,000

34.4%

12/31/1979

CARTER

$ 845,116,000,000

$2,563,300,000,000

33.0%

12/31/1980

CARTER

$ 930,210,000,000

10%

42%

10.6%

$2,789,500,000,000

33.3%

12/31/1981

REAGAN

$ 1,028,729,000,000

11%

$3,128,400,000,000

32.9%

12/31/1982

REAGAN

$ 1,197,073,000,000

16%

$3,255,000,000,000

36.8%

12/31/1983

REAGAN

$ 1,410,702,000,000

18%

$3,536,700,000,000

39.9%

12/31/1984

REAGAN

$ 1,662,966,000,000

18%

$3,933,200,000,000

42.3%

12/31/1985

REAGAN

$ 1,945,912,000,000

17%

$4,220,300,000,000

46.1%

12/31/1986

REAGAN

$ 2,214,835,000,000

14%

$4,462,800,000,000

49.6%

12/31/1987

REAGAN

$ 2,431,715,000,000

10%

$4,739,500,000,000

51.3%

12/31/1988

REAGAN

$ 2,684,392,000,000

10%

189%

23.6%

$5,103,800,000,000

52.6%

12/31/1989

BUSH

$ 2,952,994,000,000

10%

$5,484,400,000,000

53.8%

12/31/1990

BUSH

$ 3,364,820,000,000

14%

$5,803,100,000,000

58.0%

12/31/1991

BUSH

$ 3,801,800,000,000

13%

$5,995,900,000,000

63.4%

12/31/1992

BUSH

$ 4,177,009,000,000

10%

55.6%

13.9%

$6,337,700,000,000

65.9%

12/31/1993

CLINTON

$ 4,535,687,054,406

$6,657,400,000,000

68.1%

12/31/1994

CLINTON

$ 4,800,149,946,143

$7,072,200,000,000

67.9%

12/31/1995

CLINTON

$ 4,988,664,979,014

$7,397,700,000,000

67.4%

12/31/1996

CLINTON

$ 5,323,171,750,783

$7,816,900,000,000

68.1%

12/31/1997

CLINTON

$ 5,502,388,012,375

$8,304,300,000,000

66.3%

12/31/1998

CLINTON

$ 5,614,217,021,195

$8,747,000,000,000

64.2%

12/31/1999

CLINTON

$ 5,776,091,314,225

$9,268,400,000,000

62.3%

12/31/2000

CLINTON

$ 5,662,216,013,697

-2%

36%

4.4%

$9,817,000,000,000

57.7%

12/31/2001

BUSH

$ 5,943,438,563,436

$10,128,000,000,000

58.7%

12/31/2002

BUSH

$ 6,405,707,456,847

$10,469,600,000,000

61.2%

12/31/2003

BUSH

$ 7,001,312,247,818

$10,960,800,000,000

63.9%

12/31/2004

BUSH

$ 7,596,165,867,424

$11,685,900,000,000

65.0%

12/30/2005

BUSH

$ 8,170,424,541,313

$12,433,900,000,000

65.0%

12/29/2006

BUSH

$ 8,680,224,380,086

$13,194,700,000,000

65.7%

12/28/2007

BUSH

$ 9,229,172,659,218

63%

9.0%

$13,927,000,000,000

66.3%

12/31/2008

BUSH

PENDING

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US National Debt by Presidential Term, per Capita,1976-2008

National Debt

National Debt, per Capita

Year

Total

Est

Debt,

% Change

Personal Income

per Capita Income

Ending

President

Current $ ⁽¹⁾

Population ⁽³⁾

per Capita

YoY

During Presidency

Avg. Annual

Current $⁽⁴⁾

Debt as % of

Current $⁽⁵⁾

Debt as % of

12/31/1976

FORD

$ 653,544,000,000

218,035,164

$ 2,997

$5,972

50%

$5,271

57%

12/31/1977

CARTER

$ 718,943,000,000

220,239,425

$ 3,264

8.9%

$6,517

50%

$5,785

56%

12/31/1978

CARTER

$ 789,207,000,000

222,584,545

$ 3,546

8.6%

$7,224

49%

$6,455

55%

12/31/1979

CARTER

$ 845,116,000,000

225,055,487

$ 3,755

5.9%

$7,967

47%

$7,168

52%

12/31/1980

CARTER

$ 930,210,000,000

227,224,681

$ 4,094

9.0%

36.6%

9.1%

$8,822

46%

$7,787

53%

12/31/1981

REAGAN

$ 1,028,729,000,000

229,465,714

$ 4,483

9.5%

$9,765

46%

$8,476

53%

12/31/1982

REAGAN

$ 1,197,073,000,000

231,664,458

$ 5,167

15.3%

$10,426

50%

$8,980

58%

12/31/1983

REAGAN

$ 1,410,702,000,000

233,791,994

$ 6,034

16.8%

$11,131

54%

$9,494

64%

12/31/1984

REAGAN

$ 1,662,966,000,000

235,824,902

$ 7,052

16.9%

$12,319

57%

$10,328

68%

12/31/1985

REAGAN

$ 1,945,912,000,000

237,923,795

$ 8,179

16.0%

$13,037

63%

$11,013

74%

12/31/1986

REAGAN

$ 2,214,835,000,000

240,132,887

$ 9,223

12.8%

$13,649

68%

$11,670

79%

12/31/1987

REAGAN

$ 2,431,715,000,000

242,288,918

$ 10,036

8.8%

$14,241

70%

$12,391

81%

12/31/1988

REAGAN

$ 2,684,392,000,000

244,498,982

$ 10,979

9.4%

168%

21.0%

$15,297

72%

$13,123

84%

12/31/1989

BUSH

$ 2,952,994,000,000

246,819,230

$ 11,964

9.0%

$16,257

74%

$14,056

85%

12/31/1990

BUSH

$ 3,364,820,000,000

249,464,396

$ 13,488

12.7%

$17,131

79%

$14,387

94%

12/31/1991

BUSH

$ 3,801,800,000,000

252,153,092

$ 15,077

11.8%

$17,609

86%

$14,617

103%

12/31/1992

BUSH

$ 4,177,009,000,000

255,029,699

$ 16,379

8.6%

49.2%

12.3%

$18,494

89%

$14,847

110%

12/31/1993

CLINTON

$ 4,535,687,054,406

257,782,608

$ 17,595

7.4%

$18,872

93%

$15,777

112%

12/31/1994

CLINTON

$ 4,800,149,946,143

260,327,021

$ 18,439

4.8%

$19,555

94%

$16,555

111%

12/31/1995

CLINTON

$ 4,988,664,979,014

262,803,276

$ 18,983

2.9%

$23,076

82%

$17,227

110%

12/31/1996

CLINTON

$ 5,323,171,750,783

265,228,572

$ 20,070

5.7%

$21,091

95%

$18,136

111%

12/31/1997

CLINTON

$ 5,502,388,012,375

267,783,607

$ 20,548

2.4%

$21,940

94%

$19,241

107%

12/31/1998

CLINTON

$ 5,614,217,021,195

270,248,003

$ 20,774

1.1%

$23,161

90%

$20,120

103%

12/31/1999

CLINTON

$ 5,776,091,314,225

272,690,813

$ 21,182

2.0%

$23,968

88%

$21,239

100%

12/31/2000

CLINTON

$ 5,662,216,013,697

282,192,162

$ 20,065

-5.3%

22.5%

2.8%

$25,472

79%

$22,346

90%

12/31/2001

BUSH

$ 5,943,438,563,436

285,102,075

$ 20,847

3.9%

$26,235

79%

$22,851

91%

12/31/2002

BUSH

$ 6,405,707,456,847

287,941,220

$ 22,247

6.7%

$27,164

82%

$22,794

98%

12/31/2003

BUSH

$ 7,001,312,247,818

290,788,976

$ 24,077

8.2%

$28,039

86%

$23,276

103%

12/31/2004

BUSH

$ 7,596,165,867,424

293,655,404

$ 25,868

7.4%

$29,536

88%

$23,857

108%

12/30/2005

BUSH

$ 8,170,424,541,313

296,410,414

$ 27,565

6.6%

$30,458

91%

$25,036

110%

12/28/2006

BUSH

$ 8,680,224,380,086

300,897,000

$ 28,848

4.7%

$32,561

89%

$25,857

112%

12/31/2007

BUSH

$ 9,229,172,659,218

303,146,103

$ 30,445

5.5%

51.7%

7.4%

$34,128

89%

$26,879

113%

12/31/2008

BUSH

PENDING

^Est.

(1)

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?applica

(4)

http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp?Selected=Y#S2

(2)

http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm#gdp

(5)

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/p01ar.html

(3)

http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/

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