El Salvador vs Lesotho: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lesotho
0.7415 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
22nd
Lesotho rank
20th

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.7415 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0258 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 22nd and Lesotho ranks 20th of 122 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lesotho Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1125 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.13 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.4689 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4645 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0044 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1990s 0.3417 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6844 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3427 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2000s 0.5665 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5742 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2010s 0.6525 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.473 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1795 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.7008 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7899 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0892 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 0.7415 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Lesotho?
0.0258 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 22nd and Lesotho ranks 20th of 122 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External debt stocks, total (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
134 places, 6,284 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

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.