Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square

Bangladesh
640,156 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
814,640 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
11th
Sri Lanka rank
10th

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Sri Lanka
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k197019962023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 814,640 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 640,156 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 174,484 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 11th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 120 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 11,327 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 11,154 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 173 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Bangladesh
1980s 47,380 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 45,583 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 1,796 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Bangladesh
1990s 105,866 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 108,616 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 2,751 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2000s 138,186 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 168,843 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 30,656 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2010s 251,997 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 530,801 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 278,804 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2020s 555,532 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 777,043 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 221,511 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 814,640 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 640,156 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
174,484 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
52 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rank globally for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square?
Bangladesh ranks 11th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre. 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

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/external-debt-stocks-long-term-dod-current-us-per-square-kilometre/bangladesh/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/external-debt-stocks-long-term-dod-current-us-per-square-kilometre/bangladesh/sri-lanka/">Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
132 places, 6,185 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, 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.