El Salvador vs Paraguay: External debt stocks
External debt stocks over time
- El Salvador
- Paraguay
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 75.4% against 69.7% in Paraguay, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Paraguay ahead.
El Salvador ranks 24th and Paraguay ranks 27th of 122 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.6% | 24.0% | 0.6% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 48.4% | 44.4% | 4.0% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 34.8% | 31.9% | 2.9% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 58.3% | 67.3% | 9.0% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 68.4% | 49.1% | 19.2% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 74.2% | 63.3% | 10.9% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher external debt stocks, El Salvador or Paraguay?
- El Salvador, at 75.4% against 69.7% in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in external debt stocks between El Salvador and Paraguay?
- 5.7%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for external debt stocks?
- El Salvador ranks 24th and Paraguay ranks 27th of 122 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as External debt stocks (% of GNI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.