El Salvador vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Public and publicly guaranteed debt service

El Salvador
25.8%
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
12.6%
in 2024
El Salvador rank
5th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
2nd

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service over time

  • El Salvador
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0102030197219982024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 25.8% against 12.6% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 13.2%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.0 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

El Salvador ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 120 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 16.4% 22.9% 6.4% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 18.8% 20.8% 2.0% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 16.1% 12.9% 3.2% El Salvador
2010s 15.3% 7.9% 7.4% El Salvador
2020s 17.9% 12.0% 5.9% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public and publicly guaranteed debt service, El Salvador or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 25.8% against 12.6% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in public and publicly guaranteed debt service between El Salvador and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
13.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
41 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for public and publicly guaranteed debt service?
El Salvador ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Unit
% of exports of goods, services and primary income
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
152 places, 5,881 data points, 1970–2024
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Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.