The Gross External Debt of the United States is $6,584,373 Million (a bit more than $6.5 Trillion). Gross external debt is the overall magnitude of U.S. indebtedness to foreigners, meaning the balance is either owned by the US Public internally or is owned by other US Government entities such as the Social Security Administration or the Federal Reserve Bank.
As of June 2019, federal debt held by the public was $16.17 trillion and
intragovernmental holdings were $5.86 trillion, for a total national debt of $22.03 trillion.
At the end of 2018, debt held by the public was approximately 76.4% of GDP, and approximately 39% of the debt held by the public was owned by foreigners. The United States has the largest external debt in the world.
In 2017, the US debt-to-GDP ratio was ranked 43rd highest out of 207 countries. The Congressional Budget Office forecast in April 2018 that debt held by the public will rise to nearly 100% of GDP by 2028, perhaps higher if current policies are extended beyond their scheduled expiration date.
Total
Public Debt is presently 104.3% of GDP. The prior peak was 113% at the end of WWll. The Public Debt to GDP Ratio has been stable since mid 2016, but increased from 73% to 104% between Q4/2008 and Q4/2016.
Source:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis