El Salvador vs Zimbabwe: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)
El Salvador
3.72 billion DOD, current US$
in 2025
Zimbabwe
4.70 billion DOD, current US$
in 2025
El Salvador rank
39th
Zimbabwe rank
36th
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) over time
- El Salvador
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 4.70 billion DOD, current US$ against 3.72 billion DOD, current US$ in El Salvador, a difference of 971.30 million DOD, current US$.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 36th of 123 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 274.33 million DOD, current US$ | 36.33 million DOD, current US$ | 238.00 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 172.62 million DOD, current US$ | 346.60 million DOD, current US$ | 173.97 million DOD, current US$ | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 456.95 million DOD, current US$ | 693.58 million DOD, current US$ | 236.62 million DOD, current US$ | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 1.50 billion DOD, current US$ | 1.15 billion DOD, current US$ | 349.19 million DOD, current US$ | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.84 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.86 billion DOD, current US$ | 1.02 billion DOD, current US$ | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 2.63 billion DOD, current US$ | 4.05 billion DOD, current US$ | 1.41 billion DOD, current US$ | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher external debt stocks, short-term, El Salvador or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 4.70 billion DOD, current US$ against 3.72 billion DOD, current US$ in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in external debt stocks, short-term between El Salvador and Zimbabwe?
- 971.30 million DOD, current US$, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Zimbabwe?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Zimbabwe rank globally for external debt stocks, short-term?
- El Salvador ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 36th of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.