Argentina vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$)

Argentina
12.81 billion DOD, current US$
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
16.85 billion DOD, current US$
in 2025
Argentina rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
10th

PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$) over time

  • Argentina
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 16.85 billion DOD, current US$ against 12.81 billion DOD, current US$ in Argentina, a difference of 4.04 billion DOD, current US$.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Argentina ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 95 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 304.35 million DOD, current US$ 1.28 billion DOD, current US$ 976.36 million DOD, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 1.10 billion DOD, current US$ 5.50 billion DOD, current US$ 4.40 billion DOD, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 4.70 billion DOD, current US$ 7.13 billion DOD, current US$ 2.43 billion DOD, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 7.08 billion DOD, current US$ 2.15 billion DOD, current US$ 4.94 billion DOD, current US$ Argentina
2010s 6.09 billion DOD, current US$ 3.16 billion DOD, current US$ 2.93 billion DOD, current US$ Argentina
2020s 9.81 billion DOD, current US$ 10.61 billion DOD, current US$ 793.87 million DOD, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ppg, ibrd, Argentina or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 16.85 billion DOD, current US$ against 12.81 billion DOD, current US$ in Argentina as of 2025.
What is the difference in ppg, ibrd between Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
4.04 billion DOD, current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Argentina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for ppg, ibrd?
Argentina ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 95 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$)
Unit
DOD, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 4,283 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Public and publicly guaranteed debt outstanding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is nonconcessional. Nonconcessional debt excludes loans with an original grant element of 35 percent or more. Data are in current U.S. dollars.