> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GetNationalDebt > GetNationalDebt retrieves national debt clock data for all countries. PRO-gated. Requires an active Pro subscription. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api/EconomicService.openapi.yaml get /api/economic/v1/get-national-debt openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: EconomicService API version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.worldmonitor.app security: - WorldMonitorKey: [] - ApiKeyHeader: [] paths: /api/economic/v1/get-national-debt: get: tags: - EconomicService summary: GetNationalDebt description: >- GetNationalDebt retrieves national debt clock data for all countries. PRO-gated. Requires an active Pro subscription. operationId: GetNationalDebt parameters: - name: jmespath in: query description: >- Optional JMESPath expression applied server-side to project or reduce the JSON response before it is returned (mirrors the MCP jmespath argument). Invalid expressions, expressions larger than 1024 UTF-8 bytes, or projections that exceed the 256 KB output cap return HTTP 400 with a {_jmespath_error, original_keys} envelope. Grammar and worked examples: https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/mcp-jmespath. required: false example: keys(@) schema: type: string responses: '200': description: Successful response content: application/json: example: entries: - annualGrowth: 1.5 baselineTs: '1717200000000' debtToGdp: 1.5 debtUsd: 1.5 gdpUsd: 1.5 seededAt: '2026-01-15T12:00:00Z' unavailable: false schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetNationalDebtResponse' '400': description: Validation error content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JmespathProjectionError' '401': description: Missing or invalid API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' '403': description: Pro subscription required. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' '429': description: Rate limit exceeded. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: description: Maximum requests allowed in the active rate-limit window. schema: type: string X-RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in the active rate-limit window. schema: type: string X-RateLimit-Reset: description: >- Unix epoch milliseconds when the active rate-limit window resets. schema: type: string Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError' default: description: Gateway or handler error response. content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayError' security: - WorldMonitorKey: [] - ApiKeyHeader: [] - BearerAuth: [] components: schemas: GetNationalDebtResponse: type: object properties: entries: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NationalDebtEntry' seededAt: type: string description: ISO 8601 timestamp when seed data was written. unavailable: type: boolean description: |- True when upstream data is unavailable (fallback result). True when the upstream or seed-backed variant is unavailable; empty payload fields are graceful degradation, not confirmed zero data. description: GetNationalDebtResponse wraps the full list of national debt entries. ValidationError: type: object properties: violations: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldViolation' description: List of validation violations required: - violations description: >- ValidationError is returned when request validation fails. It contains a list of field violations describing what went wrong. JmespathProjectionError: description: >- Returned when a REST jmespath projection is invalid or exceeds the expression/output byte limits. properties: _jmespath_error: description: Projection error discriminator and details. type: string original_keys: description: Top-level keys or shape of the unprojected response. items: type: string type: array required: - _jmespath_error - original_keys type: object UnauthorizedError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable error message. required: - error description: >- Returned when the API key is missing, malformed, or lacks current API access. ForbiddenError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable entitlement failure reason. requiredTier: type: integer format: int32 description: Minimum entitlement tier required for this endpoint. currentTier: type: integer format: int32 description: Caller entitlement tier when known. planKey: type: string description: Caller plan key when known. required: - error description: >- Returned when a PRO-gated endpoint denies access because the caller has no resolved authenticated user, entitlements cannot be verified, or the caller lacks the required entitlement tier. Error: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Error message (e.g., 'user not found', 'database connection failed') description: >- Error is returned when a handler encounters an error. It contains a simple error message that the developer can customize. RateLimitError: type: object description: Returned when a gateway or handler rate limit rejects the request. properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable rate-limit failure reason. required: - error GatewayError: type: object description: >- Returned by gateway infrastructure errors before an RPC handler runs, such as origin, routing, method, authentication, or quota checks. properties: error: oneOf: - type: string - type: object additionalProperties: true description: Gateway error reason or structured gateway failure details. required: - error NationalDebtEntry: type: object properties: iso3: type: string description: ISO3 country code (e.g. "USA"). debtUsd: type: number format: double description: Total debt in USD at baseline_ts. gdpUsd: type: number format: double description: GDP in USD (nominal, latest year). debtToGdp: type: number format: double description: Debt as % of GDP. annualGrowth: type: number format: double description: Year-over-year debt growth percent (2023->2024). perSecondRate: type: number format: double description: Deficit-derived accrual in USD per second. perDayRate: type: number format: double description: Deficit-derived accrual in USD per day. baselineTs: type: string format: int64 description: >- UTC ms timestamp anchoring the debt_usd figure (2024-01-01T00:00:00Z). source: type: string description: Human-readable source string. description: NationalDebtEntry holds debt data for a single country. FieldViolation: type: object properties: field: type: string description: >- The field path that failed validation (e.g., 'user.email' for nested fields). For header validation, this will be the header name (e.g., 'X-API-Key') description: type: string description: >- Human-readable description of the validation violation (e.g., 'must be a valid email address', 'required field missing') required: - field - description description: FieldViolation describes a single validation error for a specific field. securitySchemes: WorldMonitorKey: type: apiKey in: header name: X-WorldMonitor-Key description: User-issued WorldMonitor API key. ApiKeyHeader: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Api-Key description: Alias header for the WorldMonitor API key (X-WorldMonitor-Key). BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Bearer token: a Clerk-issued JWT for browser session flows, passed as Authorization: Bearer . ````