El Salvador vs Middle income: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita

El Salvador
1,827 TDS, current US$ per person
in 2024
Middle income
214.32 TDS, current US$ per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
3rd
Middle income rank
5th

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Middle income
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1,827 TDS, current US$ per person against 214.32 TDS, current US$ per person in Middle income, a difference of 1,613 TDS, current US$ per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 8.5 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 3rd and Middle income ranks 5th 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 Middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 20.44 TDS, current US$ per person 7.45 TDS, current US$ per person 12.99 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
1980s 40.81 TDS, current US$ per person 25.83 TDS, current US$ per person 14.99 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
1990s 53.43 TDS, current US$ per person 41.93 TDS, current US$ per person 11.5 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2000s 138.92 TDS, current US$ per person 70.66 TDS, current US$ per person 68.25 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2010s 351.76 TDS, current US$ per person 130.87 TDS, current US$ per person 220.89 TDS, current US$ per person El Salvador
2020s 1,115 TDS, current US$ per person 208.59 TDS, current US$ per person 906.49 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, total (tds, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Middle income?
El Salvador, at 1,827 TDS, current US$ per person against 214.32 TDS, current US$ per person in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per capita between El Salvador and Middle income?
1,613 TDS, current US$ per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Middle income?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Middle income rank globally for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 3rd and Middle income ranks 5th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita
Unit
TDS, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
133 places, 6,429 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Debt service on external debt, total (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.