Cape Verde vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP

Cape Verde
0.143 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
8th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
10th

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

  • Cape Verde
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
00.050.10.150.20.25197019972024

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.143 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1044 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 3.7 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 8th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 121 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0127 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0568 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0441 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.0214 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0606 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0392 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 0.0026 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0367 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0341 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 0.1344 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0374 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.097 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Cape Verde
2020s 0.1727 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1302 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp, Cape Verde or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Cape Verde, at 0.143 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp between Cape Verde and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.1044 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Cape Verde ranks 8th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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$), per unit of GDP
Unit
DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
133 places, 6,110 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

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