El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
28,625 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
9th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
11th

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

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

El Salvador currently reports 920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 28,625 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 891,824 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 32.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

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

El Salvador ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 20,955 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 867.59 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 20,087 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 74,028 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 4,308 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 69,719 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 106,772 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 8,062 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 98,710 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 332,058 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 8,949 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 323,109 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 626,356 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 17,988 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 608,367 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 844,073 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 27,799 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 816,275 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$), per square, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 28,625 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
891,824 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per square?
El Salvador ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), 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.