National Debt API

Overview

To use National Debt, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

GET Endpoint

https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nationaldebt

Example

How to call the National Debt API in different programming languages.

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nationaldebt?date=2023-06-15" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"

const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nationaldebt?date=2023-06-15', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nationaldebt?date=2023-06-15', headers=headers)

data = response.json()
print(data)

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"

)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nationaldebt?date=2023-06-15", nil)

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "date": "2024-02-01",
    "totalDebt": 34186489456789.12,
    "totalDebtFormatted": "$34.19 trillion",
    "publicDebt": 26912345678901.23,
    "publicDebtFormatted": "$26.91 trillion",
    "intragovernmentalDebt": 7274143777887.89,
    "intragovernmentalDebtFormatted": "$7.27 trillion",
    "perCapita": 102049,
    "perCapitaFormatted": "$102,049",
    "population": 335000000,
    "publicDebtRatio": 78.73,
    "perHousehold": 255122.24,
    "perHouseholdFormatted": "$255,122"
  }
}

Authentication

The National Debt API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Learn more about authentication →

Interactive API Playground

Test the National Debt API directly in your browser with live requests and responses.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for the National Debt API:

Response

The National Debt API returns responses in JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV formats. The JSON response is shown in the Example section above; alternative formats below.

Other Response Formats

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
  <data>
    <date>2024-02-01</date>
    <totalDebt>34186489456789.12</totalDebt>
    <totalDebtFormatted>$34.19 trillion</totalDebtFormatted>
    <publicDebt>26912345678901.23</publicDebt>
    <publicDebtFormatted>$26.91 trillion</publicDebtFormatted>
    <intragovernmentalDebt>7274143777887.89</intragovernmentalDebt>
    <intragovernmentalDebtFormatted>$7.27 trillion</intragovernmentalDebtFormatted>
    <perCapita>102049</perCapita>
    <perCapitaFormatted>$102,049</perCapitaFormatted>
    <population>335000000</population>
    <publicDebtRatio>78.73</publicDebtRatio>
    <perHousehold>255122.24</perHousehold>
    <perHouseholdFormatted>$255,122</perHouseholdFormatted>
  </data>
</response>

status: ok
error: null
data:
  date: '2024-02-01'
  totalDebt: 34186489456789.12
  totalDebtFormatted: $34.19 trillion
  publicDebt: 26912345678901.23
  publicDebtFormatted: $26.91 trillion
  intragovernmentalDebt: 7274143777887.89
  intragovernmentalDebtFormatted: $7.27 trillion
  perCapita: 102049
  perCapitaFormatted: $102,049
  population: 335000000
  publicDebtRatio: 78.73
  perHousehold: 255122.24
  perHouseholdFormatted: $255,122

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

Learn more about response formats →

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

Headers

Only X-API-Key is required. Optional headers include Accept for response format negotiation (JSON, XML, or YAML), User-Agent, and X-Request-ID for request tracing. See all request headers →

GraphQL AccessALPHA

Access National Debt through GraphQL to combine it with other API calls in a single request. Query only the national debt data you need with precise field selection, and orchestrate complex data fetching workflows.

Credit Cost: Each API called in your GraphQL query consumes its standard credit cost.

POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/graphql

query {
  nationaldebt(
    input: {
      date: "2023-06-15"
    }
  ) {
    date
    totalDebt
    totalDebtFormatted
    publicDebt
    publicDebtFormatted
    intragovernmentalDebt
    intragovernmentalDebtFormatted
    perCapita
    perCapitaFormatted
    population
    publicDebtRatio
    perHousehold
    perHouseholdFormatted
  }
}

Note: Authentication is handled via the x-api-key header in your GraphQL request, not as a query parameter.

CORS Support

The National Debt API accepts cross-origin requests from any origin, so it can be called directly from browser-based applications without a proxy. See CORS support →

Rate Limiting

National Debt requests are throttled per minute on the Free plan and unthrottled on paid plans. Exceeding the limit returns 429 Too Many Requests; rate-limit usage is reported in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset response headers. See per-plan limits and best practices →

Error Codes

The National Debt API uses standard HTTP status codes — 200 on success, 400 for invalid parameters, 401 for missing or invalid keys, 403 for insufficient credits, 429 for rate-limit exhaustion, and 500/503 for server-side issues. Each error response includes an X-Request-ID header you can quote when contacting support. See full error handling guide →

SDKs for National Debt

Official National Debt packages on npm, PyPI, NuGet, and JitPack — plus a Postman collection and an OpenAPI spec. See the SDK guide →

JitPack

No-Code Integrations

National Debt works with Zapier, Make, Pipedream, n8n, and Power Automate using the same API key. See setup guides →

Zapier

Make

Pipedream

n8n

Power Automate

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