El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square

El Salvador
920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
87,954 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
9th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
7th

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

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

El Salvador currently reports 920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 87,954 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 832,495 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 10.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 54 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 9th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 120 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 20,955 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,386 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 17,569 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 74,028 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 13,379 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 60,649 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 106,772 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 21,452 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 85,319 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 332,058 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 33,432 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 298,626 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 626,356 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 68,969 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 557,387 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 844,073 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 86,093 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 757,981 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 87,954 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
832,495 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square?
El Salvador ranks 9th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.