Bhutan vs Papua New Guinea: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square

Bhutan
24.38 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
41.22 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bhutan rank
114th
Papua New Guinea rank
112th

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

  • Bhutan
  • Papua New Guinea
02.0k4.0k6.0k197619992023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 41.22 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 24.38 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bhutan, a difference of 16.84 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.7 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Bhutan ranks 114th and Papua New Guinea ranks 112th of 120 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 8.59 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 270.54 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 261.95 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 29.3 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 327.64 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 298.34 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s 173.58 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 208.23 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 34.65 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 334.69 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 903.47 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 568.77 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2020s 71.12 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,519 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,448 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square, Bhutan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 41.22 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 24.38 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square between Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
16.84 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square?
Bhutan ranks 114th and Papua New Guinea ranks 112th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), 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, short-term (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
132 places, 6,001 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, short-term (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.