Household Debt
$21.1T
· Jan 2026
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1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 1954
1957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 1958
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
$5T
$10T
$15T
$20T
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
$21.1T
Household Debt — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Household Debt
1951
$0.1T
1952
$0.1T
1953
$0.1T
1954
$0.1T
1955
$0.1T
1956
$0.2T
1957
$0.2T
1958
$0.2T
1959
$0.2T
1960
$0.2T
1961
$0.2T
1962
$0.3T
1963
$0.3T
1964
$0.3T
1965
$0.3T
1966
$0.4T
1967
$0.4T
1968
$0.4T
1969
$0.5T
1970
$0.5T
1971
$0.5T
1972
$0.6T
1973
$0.6T
1974
$0.7T
1975
$0.7T
1976
$0.8T
1977
$1.0T
1978
$1.1T
1979
$1.3T
1980
$1.4T
1981
$1.5T
1982
$1.6T
1983
$1.8T
1984
$2.0T
1985
$2.3T
1986
$2.6T
1987
$2.8T
1988
$3.1T
1989
$3.4T
1990
$3.6T
1991
$3.9T
1992
$4.1T
1993
$4.3T
1994
$4.6T
1995
$5.0T
1996
$5.3T
1997
$5.7T
1998
$6.1T
1999
$6.7T
2000
$7.2T
2001
$7.9T
2002
$8.7T
2003
$9.7T
2004
$10.9T
2005
$12.1T
2006
$13.3T
2007
$14.2T
2008
$14.2T
2009
$14.0T
2010
$13.8T
2011
$13.7T
2012
$13.6T
2013
$13.8T
2014
$13.9T
2015
$14.1T
2016
$14.5T
2017
$15.0T
2018
$15.5T
2019
$16.1T
2020
$16.6T
2021
$18.2T
2022
$19.4T
2023
$20.0T
2024
$20.3T
2025
$20.9T
2026
$21.1T
Source: FRED · CMDEBT · econscout.com