El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of

El Salvador
0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0494 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
1st
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
2nd

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

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0494 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2825 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 6.7 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 1st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 121 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0419 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0329 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.009 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.0529 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.056 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0031 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.0392 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0442 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.005 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 0.0551 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0528 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0023 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2010s 0.0903 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0412 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.049 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.2237 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0619 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1618 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 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$), per unit of, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0494 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.2825 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of?
El Salvador ranks 1st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
133 places, 6,252 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

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