Projected public debt as a share of GDP, FY2014–FY2025

Year President’s budget Current law CPC budget
2014 74.08% 74.08% 74.08%
2015 74.97% 74.19% 76.52%
2016 74.92% 73.79% 77.06%
2017 74.64% 73.23% 75.34%
2018 74.50% 72.88% 73.53%
2019 74.56% 73.14% 72.27%
2020 74.55% 73.53% 71.06%
2021 74.55% 74.02% 69.85%
2022 74.54% 74.93% 69.03%
2023 74.46% 75.68% 68.07%
2024 74.29% 76.23% 66.90%
2025 74.20% 77.15% 66.04%

 

Note: For the president’s budget, this figure uses CBO’s projections of GDP. Data for 2014 represent actual spending.

Source: EPI Policy Center analysis of Congressional Budget Office, Citizens for Tax Justice, Joint Committee on Taxation, Office of Management and Budget, and Tax Policy Center data

View the underlying data on epi.org.