The figure amounts to roughly $111,000 of debt for every person in the US, think tank says.
Published On 23 Oct 2025
The United States national debt has topped $38 trillion, as the gap between government spending and revenues in the world’s largest economy expands at a rapid pace.
The US Department of the Treasury included the staggering figure in its latest report on the nation’s finances, with the debt standing at $38,019,813 as of Tuesday.
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The figure amounts to roughly $111,000 of debt for every person in the US, and is equivalent to the value of the economies of China, India, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom combined, according to the Peter G Peterson Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tank.
The milestone comes a little over two months after debt in the US surpassed $37 trillion in mid-August. The debt stood at $36…
