Bulgaria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per capita

Bulgaria
1,545 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
95.57 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
7th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
9th

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per capita over time

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

Bulgaria currently reports 1,545 DOD, current US$ per person against 95.57 DOD, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1,449 DOD, current US$ per person.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 16.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 121 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 43.53 DOD, current US$ per person 31.16 DOD, current US$ per person 12.37 DOD, current US$ per person Bulgaria
1990s 156.82 DOD, current US$ per person 56.61 DOD, current US$ per person 100.22 DOD, current US$ per person Bulgaria
2000s 966.78 DOD, current US$ per person 55.66 DOD, current US$ per person 911.12 DOD, current US$ per person Bulgaria
2010s 1,594 DOD, current US$ per person 86.15 DOD, current US$ per person 1,508 DOD, current US$ per person Bulgaria
2020s 1,553 DOD, current US$ per person 90.29 DOD, current US$ per person 1,463 DOD, current US$ per person Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita, Bulgaria or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Bulgaria, at 1,545 DOD, current US$ per person against 95.57 DOD, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2022.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita between Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
1,449 DOD, current US$ per person, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
38 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2022.
How do Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita?
Bulgaria ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per capita
Unit
DOD, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
133 places, 6,256 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.