Visualizing the National Debt

Visualizing the National Debt The U.S. external debt was 13.45 trillion in July 2009. $13,450,000,000,000 cia.gov That's... or or $43,000 $215,000 for every family of five $2,000 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. for every person on Earth, roughly 6.7 billion To put it in perspective, here's ho w our debt compares to... The Past 30 Years of Film Revenue $264.1 Billion National Debt Total U.S. box office boxofficemojo.com revenues since 1980 Personal Credit Card Debt 01014 $726.9 Billion Nilson Report crediteards.com Total outstanding credit card debt to top 15 U.S. banks through 2009 Rest of Western Hemisphere's Debt cla.gov $1.55 Trillion The combined debt of Canada, Mexico, and all of South America U.S. War Expenses In inflation-adjusted dollars $4 Trillion U.S. spending on World War II reuters.com latimes.com $1.08 Trillion $686 Billion U.S. spending on Combined U.S. spending to date on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan The Vietnam War Lost Household Wealth $11.1 Trillion WALL Decline of household wealth in 2009, due largely to the stock-market slowdown nytimes.com Kiplinger