Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD)

Bangladesh
569,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
669,124 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
12th
Sri Lanka rank
10th

External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD) over time

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

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 669,124 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 569,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 99,386 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 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 12th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 121 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 11,150 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 176.99 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Bangladesh
1980s 47,380 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 44,545 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 2,834 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Bangladesh
1990s 105,866 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 106,713 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 847.85 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2000s 137,147 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 161,076 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 23,929 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2010s 229,256 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 435,378 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 206,122 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2020s 497,352 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 630,214 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 132,862 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, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod), Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 669,124 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 569,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod) between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
99,386 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, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod)?
Bangladesh ranks 12th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (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, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/external-debt-stocks-public-and-publicly-guaranteed-ppg-dod-current-us-per-square/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-public-and-publicly-guaranteed-ppg-dod-current-us-per-square/bangladesh/sri-lanka/">Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (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
133 places, 6,212 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (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.