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

El Salvador
140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
4,788 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
10th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
050.0k100.0k150.0k197019962023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,788 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 135,752 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 29.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

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

El Salvador ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 13,240 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 398.22 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 12,842 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 8,331 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 683.55 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 7,648 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 22,054 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 1,608 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 20,446 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 72,195 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 2,043 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 70,152 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 88,574 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,732 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 84,842 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 113,535 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 4,593 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 108,942 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$), per square, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 140,540 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,788 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
135,752 DOD, current US$ 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)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square?
El Salvador ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), 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.