El Salvador vs Lower middle income: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre

El Salvador
1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Lower middle income
119,849 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
8th
Lower middle income rank
6th

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 119,849 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income, a difference of 983,511 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 9.2 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 54 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 6th of 120 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 25,334 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 3,073 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 22,261 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 85,748 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 13,195 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 72,554 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 128,992 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 23,462 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 105,530 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 407,062 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 30,075 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 376,987 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 726,417 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 70,383 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 656,033 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 999,966 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 112,926 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 887,040 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Lower middle income?
El Salvador, at 1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 119,849 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Lower middle income?
983,511 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lower middle income?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Lower middle income rank globally for external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 6th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
132 places, 6,189 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, total (DOD, 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.