El Salvador vs Lower middle income: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square

El Salvador
140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Lower middle income
19,515 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
10th
Lower middle income rank
7th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 19,515 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income, a difference of 121,025 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 7.2 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 120 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 13,240 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 948.01 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 12,292 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 8,331 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 1,859 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 6,472 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 22,054 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 2,347 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 19,707 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 72,195 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,361 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 68,834 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 88,574 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 11,384 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 77,190 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 113,535 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 17,968 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 95,567 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, short-term (dod, current us$), per square, El Salvador or Lower middle income?
El Salvador, at 140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 19,515 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square between El Salvador and Lower middle income?
121,025 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lower middle income?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Lower middle income rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square?
El Salvador ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), 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.