El Salvador vs Laos: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$)
El Salvador
21.65 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Laos
16.54 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
El Salvador rank
44th
Laos rank
47th
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) over time
- El Salvador
- Laos
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 21.65 billion DOD, current US$ against 16.54 billion DOD, current US$ in Laos, a difference of 5.11 billion DOD, current US$.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 44th and Laos ranks 47th of 122 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 435.33 million DOD, current US$ | 98.64 million DOD, current US$ | 336.69 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 1.53 billion DOD, current US$ | 748.82 million DOD, current US$ | 785.04 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 2.21 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.09 billion DOD, current US$ | 121.07 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 6.88 billion DOD, current US$ | 3.53 billion DOD, current US$ | 3.35 billion DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 12.98 billion DOD, current US$ | 10.72 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.26 billion DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 18.32 billion DOD, current US$ | 17.76 billion DOD, current US$ | 558.48 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher external debt stocks, long-term, El Salvador or Laos?
- El Salvador, at 21.65 billion DOD, current US$ against 16.54 billion DOD, current US$ in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in external debt stocks, long-term between El Salvador and Laos?
- 5.11 billion DOD, current US$, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Laos?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Laos rank globally for external debt stocks, long-term?
- El Salvador ranks 44th and Laos ranks 47th of 122 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.