El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
1st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
3rd

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

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

El Salvador currently reports 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2858 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 7.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high 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 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd 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 0.0419 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.011 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0309 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.0529 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0281 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0248 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1990s 0.0392 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0274 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0118 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2000s 0.0551 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0243 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0308 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2010s 0.0903 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.026 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0643 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.2237 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0401 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1836 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$), per unit of, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.2858 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 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 debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of?
El Salvador ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.