El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre

El Salvador
1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
978,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
8th
Sri Lanka rank
10th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 978,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, a difference of 124,622 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 8th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th 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 Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 25,334 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 13,986 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 11,348 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 85,748 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 56,439 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 29,310 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 128,992 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 123,726 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 5,266 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 407,062 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 197,402 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 209,660 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 726,417 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 667,435 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 58,982 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 999,966 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 949,242 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre 50,724 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$), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
El Salvador, at 1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre against 978,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
124,622 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 8th and Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), 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.