English: A graph, created using Microsoft Excel, depicting the U.S. federal debt from 1940 to 2009, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). Senate terms of Democratic (blue), Republican (red), and bipartisan (purple) majorities are shown.
GDP data are from [1]. Gross federal debt data are from [2], Table 7.1.
Year Gross_Domestic_Product Total_Gross_Federal_Debt Gross_Federal_Debt_(as_a_Percentage_of_GDP) Senate_Majority
1940 $101,400,000,000.00 $50,696,000,000.00 50.0% Democrat
1941 $126,700,000,000.00 $57,531,000,000.00 45.4% Democrat
1942 $161,900,000,000.00 $79,200,000,000.00 48.9% Democrat
1943 $198,600,000,000.00 $142,648,000,000.00 71.8% Democrat
1944 $219,800,000,000.00 $204,079,000,000.00 92.8% Democrat
1945 $223,000,000,000.00 $260,123,000,000.00 116.6% Democrat
1946 $222,200,000,000.00 $270,991,000,000.00 122.0% Republican
1947 $244,100,000,000.00 $257,149,000,000.00 105.3% Republican
1948 $269,100,000,000.00 $252,031,000,000.00 93.7% Democrat
1949 $267,200,000,000.00 $252,610,000,000.00 94.5% Democrat
1950 $293,700,000,000.00 $256,853,000,000.00 87.5% Bipartisan
1951 $339,300,000,000.00 $255,288,000,000.00 75.2% Bipartisan
1952 $358,300,000,000.00 $259,097,000,000.00 72.3% Republican
1953 $379,300,000,000.00 $265,963,000,000.00 70.1% Republican
1954 $380,400,000,000.00 $270,812,000,000.00 71.2% Democrat
1955 $414,700,000,000.00 $274,366,000,000.00 66.2% Democrat
1956 $437,400,000,000.00 $272,693,000,000.00 62.3% Democrat
1957 $461,100,000,000.00 $272,252,000,000.00 59.0% Democrat
1958 $467,200,000,000.00 $279,666,000,000.00 59.9% Democrat
1959 $506,600,000,000.00 $287,465,000,000.00 56.7% Democrat
1960 $526,400,000,000.00 $290,525,000,000.00 55.2% Democrat
1961 $544,800,000,000.00 $292,648,000,000.00 53.7% Democrat
1962 $585,700,000,000.00 $302,928,000,000.00 51.7% Democrat
1963 $617,800,000,000.00 $310,324,000,000.00 50.2% Democrat
1964 $663,600,000,000.00 $316,059,000,000.00 47.6% Democrat
1965 $719,100,000,000.00 $322,318,000,000.00 44.8% Democrat
1966 $787,700,000,000.00 $328,498,000,000.00 41.7% Democrat
1967 $832,400,000,000.00 $340,445,000,000.00 40.9% Democrat
1968 $909,800,000,000.00 $368,685,000,000.00 40.5% Democrat
1969 $984,400,000,000.00 $365,769,000,000.00 37.2% Democrat
1970 $1,038,300,000,000.00 $380,921,000,000.00 36.7% Democrat
1971 $1,126,800,000,000.00 $408,176,000,000.00 36.2% Democrat
1972 $1,237,900,000,000.00 $435,936,000,000.00 35.2% Democrat
1973 $1,382,300,000,000.00 $466,291,000,000.00 33.7% Democrat
1974 $1,499,500,000,000.00 $483,893,000,000.00 32.3% Democrat
1975 $1,637,700,000,000.00 $541,925,000,000.00 33.1% Democrat
1976 $1,824,600,000,000.00 $628,970,000,000.00 34.5% Democrat
1977 $2,030,100,000,000.00 $706,398,000,000.00 34.8% Democrat
1978 $2,293,800,000,000.00 $776,602,000,000.00 33.9% Democrat
1979 $2,562,200,000,000.00 $829,467,000,000.00 32.4% Democrat
1980 $2,788,100,000,000.00 $909,041,000,000.00 32.6% Republican
1981 $3,126,800,000,000.00 $994,828,000,000.00 31.8% Republican
1982 $3,253,200,000,000.00 $1,137,315,000,000.00 35.0% Republican
1983 $3,534,600,000,000.00 $1,371,660,000,000.00 38.8% Republican
1984 $3,930,900,000,000.00 $1,564,586,000,000.00 39.8% Republican
1985 $4,217,500,000,000.00 $1,817,423,000,000.00 43.1% Republican
1986 $4,460,100,000,000.00 $2,120,501,000,000.00 47.5% Democrat
1987 $4,736,400,000,000.00 $2,345,956,000,000.00 49.5% Democrat
1988 $5,100,400,000,000.00 $2,601,104,000,000.00 51.0% Democrat
1989 $5,482,100,000,000.00 $2,867,800,000,000.00 52.3% Democrat
1990 $5,800,500,000,000.00 $3,206,290,000,000.00 55.3% Democrat
1991 $5,992,100,000,000.00 $3,598,178,000,000.00 60.0% Democrat
1992 $6,342,300,000,000.00 $4,001,787,000,000.00 63.1% Democrat
1993 $6,667,400,000,000.00 $4,351,044,000,000.00 65.3% Democrat
1994 $7,085,200,000,000.00 $4,643,307,000,000.00 65.5% Republican
1995 $7,414,700,000,000.00 $4,920,586,000,000.00 66.4% Republican
1996 $7,838,500,000,000.00 $5,181,465,000,000.00 66.1% Republican
1997 $8,332,400,000,000.00 $5,369,206,000,000.00 64.4% Republican
1998 $8,793,500,000,000.00 $5,478,189,000,000.00 62.3% Republican
1999 $9,353,500,000,000.00 $5,605,523,000,000.00 59.9% Republican
2000 $9,951,500,000,000.00 $5,628,700,000,000.00 56.6% Bipartisan
2001 $10,286,200,000,000.00 $5,769,881,000,000.00 56.1% Bipartisan
2002 $10,642,300,000,000.00 $6,198,401,000,000.00 58.2% Republican
2003 $11,142,100,000,000.00 $6,760,014,000,000.00 60.7% Republican
2004 $11,867,800,000,000.00 $7,354,657,000,000.00 62.0% Republican
2005 $12,638,400,000,000.00 $7,905,300,000,000.00 62.5% Republican
2006 $13,398,900,000,000.00 $8,451,350,000,000.00 63.1% Democrat
2007 $14,077,600,000,000.00 $8,950,744,000,000.00 63.6% Democrat
2008 $14,441,400,000,000.00 $9,986,082,000,000.00 69.1% Democrat
2009 $14,258,200,000,000.00 $11,875,851,000,000.00 83.3% Democrat