El Salvador vs Viet Nam: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per capita

El Salvador
417.96 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Viet Nam
367.25 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
32nd
Viet Nam rank
35th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Viet Nam
0100200300400500197720002024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 417.96 DOD, current US$ per person against 367.25 DOD, current US$ per person in Viet Nam, a difference of 50.71 DOD, current US$ per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 32nd and Viet Nam ranks 35th of 121 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1980s 34.01 DOD, current US$ per person 2.45 DOD, current US$ per person 31.56 DOD, current US$ per person El Salvador
1990s 78.72 DOD, current US$ per person 35.56 DOD, current US$ per person 43.17 DOD, current US$ per person El Salvador
2000s 249.46 DOD, current US$ per person 27.2 DOD, current US$ per person 222.26 DOD, current US$ per person El Salvador
2010s 297.27 DOD, current US$ per person 157.1 DOD, current US$ per person 140.17 DOD, current US$ per person El Salvador
2020s 383.54 DOD, current US$ per person 341.42 DOD, current US$ per person 42.12 DOD, current US$ per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Viet Nam?
El Salvador, at 417.96 DOD, current US$ per person against 367.25 DOD, current US$ per person in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita between El Salvador and Viet Nam?
50.71 DOD, current US$ per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Viet Nam?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Viet Nam rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 32nd and Viet Nam ranks 35th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), 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.