El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD)

El Salvador
610,521 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
21,265 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
11th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
11th

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

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

El Salvador currently reports 610,521 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 21,265 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 589,256 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 28.7 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 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 121 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 12,700 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 829.56 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 11,871 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 69,060 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 4,062 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 64,997 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 105,322 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 7,670 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 97,652 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 239,457 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 7,435 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 232,022 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 408,874 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 11,973 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 396,901 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 568,909 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 20,365 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 548,544 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, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod), El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 610,521 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 21,265 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod) between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
589,256 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, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod)?
El Salvador ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th 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.

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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.