El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG)

El Salvador
91,986 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1,983 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
10th

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

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

El Salvador currently reports 91,986 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,983 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 90,003 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 46.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 54 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 121 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 1,623 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 67.25 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 1,555 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 7,071 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 295.11 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 6,775 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 13,031 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 407.59 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 12,624 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 27,726 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 574.56 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 27,151 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 49,008 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 1,013 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 47,995 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 70,512 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 1,841 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 68,671 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 91,986 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,983 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
90,003 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg)?
El Salvador ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 121 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 square kilometre. 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$), per square kilometre
Unit
TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
133 places, 6,172 data points, 1970–2023
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Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.