How does El Salvador rank for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?

El Salvador ranks 17th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.

Is external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?

Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in El Salvador

Name: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in El Salvador
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

El Salvador: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 9.2%

World rank

17th

of 121 countries

All-time high

0.6406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2020

All-time low

0.1757 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2024

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in 2024.

That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in El Salvador peaked at 0.6406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1757 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1970.

El Salvador ranks 17th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1970 to 2024.
Year	DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.1757 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.185 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.3%
1972	0.2124 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.8%
1973	0.1961 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.6%
1974	0.2386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+21.6%
1975	0.2497 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.7%
1976	0.2374 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.9%
1977	0.2032 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.4%
1978	0.214 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.3%
1979	0.2009 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
1980	0.2084 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.8%
1981	0.2738 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+31.3%
1982	0.3531 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+29.0%
1983	0.4583 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+29.8%
1984	0.4618 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.8%
1985	0.4612 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.1%
1986	0.4681 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.5%
1987	0.464 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.9%
1988	0.4401 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.2%
1989	0.4473 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.6%
1990	0.419 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.3%
1991	0.4123 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
1992	0.3854 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
1993	0.2816 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-26.9%
1994	0.2569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
1995	0.2288 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.0%
1996	0.2371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
1997	0.2341 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
1998	0.225 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.9%
1999	0.2371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.4%
2000	0.2425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
2001	0.2773 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.4%
2002	0.3882 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+40.0%
2003	0.5255 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+35.4%
2004	0.534 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.6%
2005	0.5259 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
2006	0.5424 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.1%
2007	0.5016 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.5%
2008	0.5063 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.9%
2009	0.5276 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
2010	0.5642 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
2011	0.5549 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2012	0.5504 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
2013	0.5469 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2014	0.5718 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.6%
2015	0.57 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
2016	0.5717 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.3%
2017	0.5971 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.5%
2018	0.553 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.4%
2019	0.5547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.3%
2020	0.6406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.5%
2021	0.5877 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.3%
2022	0.5602 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
2023	0.5682 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.4%
2024	0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.2%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.2113 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1757 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2497 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.4036 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2084 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4681 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.2917 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.225 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.419 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.4571 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5424 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.5634 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5469 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5971 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.5954 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5602 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

14 Cape Verde 0.6799 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
15 Lesotho 0.6794 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
16 Maldives 0.6328 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5968 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
19 Guinea-Bissau 0.5961 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
20 Mauritius 0.5961 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

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More external debt data for El Salvador

IFC, private nonguaranteed 29.56 million NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 4.66 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0008 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -902.82 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 9.4% (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA -360,000 NFL, current US$ (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -0.0568 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD 43.98 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 25.8% (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in El Salvador?: External debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in El Salvador was 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?: The highest recorded value was 0.6406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020.
What is the lowest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1757 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1970.
How does El Salvador rank for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?: El Salvador ranks 17th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
Is external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?: Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 133 places, 6,263 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.