Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre by country
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.39 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
0 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
4,345 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,172
What the numbers show
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.39 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 0 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,345 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 31,009 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 48,688.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 100.0%).
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 1.39 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 543.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 663,921 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,457.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 172,115 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2010 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Grenada | 142,123 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Jamaica | 128,808 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 101,561 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94,722 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 8 | El Salvador | 91,986 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 86,463 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 195.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Dominica | 40,956 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 35,362 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 34,045 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 31,538 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 31,057 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Serbia | 28,508 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Montenegro | 28,234 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Jordan | 26,713 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Armenia | 25,232 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 25,016 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Tonga | 23,001 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Belarus | 21,844 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Philippines | 20,562 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Lebanon | 19,565 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 18,330 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 17,451 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Tunisia | 17,189 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Albania | 16,698 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16,164 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 16,048 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Moldova | 15,758 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 417.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 15,464 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 367.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 15,269 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 361.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Viet Nam | 14,823 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Mexico | 13,919 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Indonesia | 13,764 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 36 | China (People’s Republic of) | 12,652 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 875.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Samoa | 12,582 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Rwanda | 12,335 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 714.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 12,253 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Thailand | 11,180 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Georgia | 9,922 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Iraq | 9,900 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 234.8% | rising |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8,973 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 439.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Guatemala | 8,933 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 8,544 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 8,250 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Morocco | 7,950 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Honduras | 7,745 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 350.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Fiji | 7,720 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.2% | volatile |
| 50 | India | 7,442 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 7,281 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 793.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 6,740 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 837.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Senegal | 6,678 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 412.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Kenya | 5,860 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 639.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Comoros | 5,606 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,721.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 5,303 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,236.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Gabon | 5,237 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 4,860 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 498.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 4,681 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,482 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Eswatini | 4,345 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Gambia | 3,928 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Nigeria | 3,917 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 807.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 3,860 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Brazil | 3,734 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Bhutan | 3,607 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Argentina | 3,528 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Togo | 3,354 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 262.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,244 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 312.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | 3,191 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Paraguay | 3,169 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Congo | 3,057 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Cameroon | 2,976 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 857.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Cambodia | 2,818 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 313.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Nepal | 2,451 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 2,413 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 2,317 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 996.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Lesotho | 2,283 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 2,270 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Djibouti | 2,112 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2,065 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,010.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 1,914 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,695 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,916.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Timor-Leste | 1,542 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48,688.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Haiti | 1,488 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 221.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 1,486 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,437 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 253.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Russia | 1,412 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1,373 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 422.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 1,253 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 1,226 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,325.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 1,174 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Malawi | 1,163 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 1,139 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 453.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Burundi | 1,070 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 970.63 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 314.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Suriname | 934.56 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.5% | rising |
| 98 | Mozambique | 908.02 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 170.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Guinea | 864.64 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 458.0% | rising |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 850.22 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 217.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Zambia | 469.85 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Guyana | 466.3 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Botswana | 378.76 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Liberia | 355.82 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 466.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 348.89 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Chad | 315.98 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 240.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 312.06 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Madagascar | 305.08 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | 243.49 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 220.61 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 176.08 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Yemen | 167.89 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Eritrea | 120.33 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Niger | 116.29 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Sudan | 85.39 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Algeria | 48.16 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Iran | 46.29 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Somalia | 25.53 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 20.27 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 12.19 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 10,373 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- South Asia 8,666 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 8,486 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 7,148 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle income 6,803 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 5,993 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 5,598 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 5,514 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 4,032 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1,983 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA only 1,225 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low income 405.59 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.