El Salvador vs Low & middle income: Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG)

El Salvador
482.85 TDS, current US$ per person
in 2024
Low & middle income
70.11 TDS, current US$ per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
7th
Low & middle income rank
5th

Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 482.85 TDS, current US$ per person against 70.11 TDS, current US$ per person in Low & middle income, a difference of 412.74 TDS, current US$ per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 6.9 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 7th and Low & middle income ranks 5th of 122 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 8.09 TDS, current US$ per person 4.4 TDS, current US$ per person 3.69 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
1980s 29.73 TDS, current US$ per person 16.36 TDS, current US$ per person 13.37 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
1990s 47.2 TDS, current US$ per person 25.48 TDS, current US$ per person 21.72 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2000s 95.61 TDS, current US$ per person 29.83 TDS, current US$ per person 65.78 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2010s 164.62 TDS, current US$ per person 37.46 TDS, current US$ per person 127.16 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2020s 282.78 TDS, current US$ per person 61.08 TDS, current US$ per person 221.69 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg), El Salvador or Low & middle income?
El Salvador, at 482.85 TDS, current US$ per person against 70.11 TDS, current US$ per person in Low & middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) between El Salvador and Low & middle income?
412.74 TDS, current US$ per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Low & middle income?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Low & middle income rank globally for debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg)?
El Salvador ranks 7th and Low & middle income ranks 5th of 122 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), per capita
Unit
TDS, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
134 places, 6,413 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.