El Salvador vs Paraguay: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Paraguay
0.0796 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
35th
Paraguay rank
32nd

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

  • El Salvador
  • Paraguay
00.10.20.30.4197219982024

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 0.0796 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0036 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was El Salvador ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Paraguay Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0339 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0524 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.0458 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0464 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Paraguay
1990s 0.0496 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0639 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0142 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Paraguay
2000s 0.1056 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1804 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0748 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Paraguay
2010s 0.0786 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0476 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.031 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.078 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.06 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.018 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 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$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Paraguay?
Paraguay, at 0.0796 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Paraguay?
0.0036 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 35th and Paraguay ranks 32nd of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), 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.