El Salvador vs Lesotho: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lesotho
0.6794 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
17th
Lesotho rank
15th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.6794 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0588 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 17th and Lesotho ranks 15th of 121 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lesotho Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2113 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1093 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.102 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.4036 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4398 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0362 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
1990s 0.2917 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6477 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.356 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2000s 0.4571 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.517 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0599 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2010s 0.5634 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1372 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.5954 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7155 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.12 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 0.6794 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Lesotho?
0.0588 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 17th and Lesotho ranks 15th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
133 places, 6,263 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, 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.