Argentina vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): PPG, bonds

Argentina
3.71 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
12.81 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
Argentina rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
7th

PPG, bonds over time

  • Argentina
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
-10.0B010.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B197019972024

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 12.81 billion NFL, current US$ against 3.71 billion NFL, current US$ in Argentina, a difference of 9.09 billion NFL, current US$.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 3.4 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 78 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 52.64 million NFL, current US$ 20.00 million NFL, current US$ 32.64 million NFL, current US$ Argentina
1980s 85.33 million NFL, current US$ -24.70 million NFL, current US$ 110.03 million NFL, current US$ Argentina
1990s 4.80 billion NFL, current US$ 1.16 billion NFL, current US$ 3.64 billion NFL, current US$ Argentina
2000s 1.36 billion NFL, current US$ 1.04 billion NFL, current US$ 327.02 million NFL, current US$ Argentina
2010s 8.36 billion NFL, current US$ 11.42 billion NFL, current US$ 3.06 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s 641.89 million NFL, current US$ 2.89 billion NFL, current US$ 2.25 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ppg, bonds, Argentina or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 12.81 billion NFL, current US$ against 3.71 billion NFL, current US$ in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in ppg, bonds between Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
9.09 billion NFL, current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
53 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for ppg, bonds?
Argentina ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 78 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 2,598 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Public and publicly guaranteed debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.