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Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre by country

Debt service on external debt, total (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
120
Highest
1.68 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
42.38 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Somalia
Median
10,450 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,172

What the numbers show

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 1.68 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 42.38 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 10,450 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 52,163 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 39,572.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 8,080.4%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 81.5%).

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 1.68 million TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 316.5% volatile
2 Mauritius 986,585 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% volatile
3 El Salvador 443,910 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 698.6% volatile
4 Lebanon 425,898 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 60.5% volatile
5 Jamaica 275,070 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 146.1% volatile
6 Grenada 165,230 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 149.0% volatile
7 Saint Lucia 112,289 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 89.8% volatile
8 Dominican Republic 106,898 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 81.8% volatile
9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 101,427 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% volatile
10 Türkiye 99,328 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% volatile
11 Armenia 98,352 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.9% volatile
12 Viet Nam 91,331 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 527.4% volatile
13 Thailand 82,755 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 185.2% volatile
14 North Macedonia 73,449 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
15 Bulgaria 65,642 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% volatile
16 Serbia 65,107 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 32.5% rising
17 Montenegro 60,056 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 90.6% volatile
18 Dominica 59,840 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 101.8% volatile
19 Bangladesh 57,502 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 285.6% volatile
20 Georgia 51,185 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 110.5% volatile
21 Philippines 49,332 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 124.7% volatile
22 China 47,989 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 483.6% volatile
23 Sri Lanka 46,206 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% volatile
24 Jordan 44,139 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 322.7% volatile
25 Republic of Moldova 40,350 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 99.0% volatile
26 Belarus 39,083 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 70.2% volatile
27 Cape Verde 37,953 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 210.2% volatile
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34,901 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
29 Ecuador 33,281 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 162.9% volatile
30 Indonesia 32,064 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.2% volatile
31 Tunisia 31,697 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 99.2% volatile
32 Albania 30,976 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.2% volatile
33 Mexico 28,135 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.1% volatile
34 India 27,722 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 112.7% volatile
35 Brazil 26,955 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 174.7% volatile
36 Azerbaijan 26,571 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% volatile
37 Colombia 25,695 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 182.9% volatile
38 Tonga 24,403 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 166.4% volatile
39 Guatemala 23,931 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% volatile
40 Uzbekistan 22,472 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1,301.7% volatile
41 Rwanda 22,107 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 399.2% volatile
42 Egypt 21,500 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 522.9% volatile
43 Pakistan 20,872 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 131.2% volatile
44 South Africa 18,854 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 69.5% volatile
45 Kazakhstan 17,649 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.0% volatile
46 Ghana 16,949 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 347.2% volatile
47 Argentina 16,868 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 192.7% volatile
48 Honduras 15,767 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 90.9% volatile
49 Cambodia 15,444 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 341.4% volatile
50 Nicaragua 14,780 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% volatile
51 Samoa 14,074 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 155.4% volatile
52 Uganda 13,552 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3,011.3% volatile
53 Ukraine 13,402 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 79.5% volatile
54 Morocco 12,974 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% volatile
55 Papua New Guinea 12,456 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 346.4% volatile
56 Senegal 12,098 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 361.7% volatile
57 Fiji 11,967 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 85.6% volatile
58 Côte d'Ivoire 11,420 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 245.9% volatile
59 Nigeria 10,597 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 819.6% volatile
60 Eswatini 10,515 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 58.9% volatile
61 Peru 10,384 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 77.6% volatile
62 Iraq 10,345 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 137.6% rising
63 Comoros 10,145 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3,102.9% volatile
64 Angola 10,075 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 115.7% volatile
65 Benin 7,795 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 802.1% volatile
66 Sao Tome and Principe 6,729 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
67 Kenya 6,667 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 609.0% volatile
68 Kyrgyzstan 6,168 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 195.3% volatile
69 Gabon 5,996 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% volatile
70 Mozambique 5,714 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 720.1% volatile
71 Gambia 5,466 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 79.9% volatile
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,448 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 265.2% volatile
73 Belize 5,015 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 15.5% volatile
74 Togo 4,867 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 394.2% volatile
75 Paraguay 4,577 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
76 Djibouti 4,360 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 144.4% volatile
77 Lesotho 4,300 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 185.4% volatile
78 Tajikistan 4,051 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.7% volatile
79 Suriname 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 89.7% rising
80 Russian Federation 3,887 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
81 Zimbabwe 3,839 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 152.3% volatile
82 Bhutan 3,700 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 74.1% volatile
83 Cameroon 3,651 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 532.2% volatile
84 Nepal 3,258 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 110.7% volatile
85 Mongolia 3,238 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 261.0% volatile
86 Congo 3,110 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 142.9% volatile
87 Burkina Faso 2,660 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 29.1% volatile
88 Haiti 2,647 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 400.8% volatile
89 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,489 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1,001.0% volatile
90 Turkmenistan 2,469 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 161.4% volatile
91 Sierra Leone 2,151 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 466.8% volatile
92 Vanuatu 2,091 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 253.4% volatile
93 Guinea-Bissau 1,952 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2,104.1% volatile
94 Burundi 1,744 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 38.9% volatile
95 Guyana 1,737 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 487.5% volatile
96 Timor-Leste 1,690 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 8,080.4% volatile
97 Malawi 1,597 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 242.7% volatile
98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1,575 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 210.2% volatile
99 Myanmar 1,397 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 62.9% volatile
100 Ethiopia 1,389 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 139.8% volatile
101 Liberia 1,284 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1,864.0% volatile
102 Zambia 1,274 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 167.9% volatile
103 Guinea 1,265 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 692.4% volatile
104 Solomon Islands 1,068 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 32.4% volatile
105 Madagascar 457.86 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 268.7% volatile
106 Botswana 437.38 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% volatile
107 Mauritania 380.98 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 130.1% volatile
108 Chad 355.03 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 273.6% volatile
109 Mali 287.43 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 217.1% volatile
110 Yemen 263.15 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 48.8% volatile
111 Iran, Islamic Republic of 222.31 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% volatile
112 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 216.58 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
113 Algeria 196.34 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% volatile
114 Syrian Arab Republic 156.17 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3,131.0% volatile
115 Niger 150.8 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 158.7% volatile
116 Eritrea 133.12 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 81.5% volatile
117 Sudan 111.07 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 30.1% volatile
118 Afghanistan 66.8 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 73.7% volatile
119 Central African Republic 62.79 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 509.4% volatile
120 Somalia 42.38 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 4,439.6% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Debt service on external debt, total (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, total (TDS, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
TDS, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
132 places, 6,172 data points, 1970–2023
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Debt service on external debt, total (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.