El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG)

El Salvador
2.11 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1.98 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
El Salvador rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th

Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 2.11 billion NFL, current US$ against 1.98 billion NFL, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 127.70 million NFL, current US$.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

El Salvador ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 116 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 12.50 million NFL, current US$ 1.33 billion NFL, current US$ 1.31 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s -13.23 million NFL, current US$ 1.97 billion NFL, current US$ 1.99 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s -2.66 million NFL, current US$ -499.09 million NFL, current US$ 496.43 million NFL, current US$ El Salvador
2000s 129.81 million NFL, current US$ 2.69 billion NFL, current US$ 2.56 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 261.73 million NFL, current US$ 15.52 billion NFL, current US$ 15.26 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s 547.19 million NFL, current US$ 3.55 billion NFL, current US$ 3.00 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial banks and other lending (ppg + png), El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 2.11 billion NFL, current US$ against 1.98 billion NFL, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in commercial banks and other lending (ppg + png) between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
127.70 million NFL, current US$, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for commercial banks and other lending (ppg + png)?
El Salvador ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 116 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 4,652 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Commercial bank and other lending includes net commercial bank lending (public and publicly guaranteed and private non- guaranteed) and other private credits. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Proposed: Commercial bank and other lending includes net commercial bank and other private creditors lending excluding bonds (public and publicly guaranteed + private nonguaranteed).