El Salvador vs Jamaica: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
El Salvador
0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Jamaica
0.674 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
22nd
Jamaica rank
25th
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.674 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0417 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Jamaica ahead.
El Salvador ranks 22nd and Jamaica ranks 25th of 122 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.6015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.359 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.4689 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 1.21 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.7433 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.3417 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.7752 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.4335 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.5665 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.6719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1054 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.6525 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.9634 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3109 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.7008 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.8407 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.14 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- El Salvador, at 0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.674 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.0417 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 22nd and Jamaica ranks 25th of 122 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
External debt stocks, total (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.