Ghana vs Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Debt service on external debt, total

Ghana
2.73 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
2.14 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
Ghana rank
44th
Lao People’s Democratic Republic rank
47th

Debt service on external debt, total over time

  • Ghana
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B10.0B197019972024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 2.73 billion TDS, current US$ against 2.14 billion TDS, current US$ in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a difference of 590.77 million TDS, current US$.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.3 times Lao People’s Democratic Republic's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 44th and Lao People’s Democratic Republic ranks 47th of 121 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Lao People’s Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1970s 53.10 million TDS, current US$ 6.12 million TDS, current US$ 46.98 million TDS, current US$ Ghana
1980s 246.86 million TDS, current US$ 7.35 million TDS, current US$ 239.51 million TDS, current US$ Ghana
1990s 422.15 million TDS, current US$ 22.49 million TDS, current US$ 399.67 million TDS, current US$ Ghana
2000s 342.41 million TDS, current US$ 137.85 million TDS, current US$ 204.55 million TDS, current US$ Ghana
2010s 3.14 billion TDS, current US$ 508.10 million TDS, current US$ 2.63 billion TDS, current US$ Ghana
2020s 3.73 billion TDS, current US$ 1.59 billion TDS, current US$ 2.14 billion TDS, current US$ Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher debt service on external debt, total, Ghana or Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
Ghana, at 2.73 billion TDS, current US$ against 2.14 billion TDS, current US$ in Lao People’s Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in debt service on external debt, total between Ghana and Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
590.77 million TDS, current US$, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Lao People’s Democratic Republic rank globally for debt service on external debt, total?
Ghana ranks 44th and Lao People’s Democratic Republic ranks 47th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ghana vs Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Debt service on external debt, total. Statizoid, drawing on International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/debt-service-on-external-debt-total-tds-current-us/ghana/lao-pdr/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/debt-service-on-external-debt-total-tds-current-us/ghana/lao-pdr/">Ghana vs Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Debt service on external debt, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)
Unit
TDS, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,429 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.