### Question
What does debt to GDP ratio mean?


### Answer
**Debt to GDP ratio** has the following meaning in *31 U.S.C. § 3130*:

> the percentage obtained by dividing the level of the total public debt or net public debt, as the case may be, by the gross domestic product

#### Citation:
  - *31 U.S.C. § 3130*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE III-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT > CHAPTER 31-PUBLIC DEBT > SUBCHAPTER II-ADMINISTRATIVE**

