Which has higher short-term debt, Bosnia and Herzegovina or El Salvador?

Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 22.9% against 22.4% in El Salvador as of 2024.

What is the difference in short-term debt between Bosnia and Herzegovina and El Salvador?

0.5%, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and El Salvador?

26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs El Salvador: Short-term debt

Bosnia and Herzegovina

22.9%

in 2024

El Salvador

22.4%

in 2024

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

32nd

El Salvador rank

33rd

Short-term debt over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
El Salvador

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 22.9% against 22.4% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was El Salvador ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 32nd and El Salvador ranks 33rd of 119 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	El Salvador	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.9%	45.1%	43.2%	El Salvador
2000s	14.2%	45.9%	31.7%	El Salvador
2010s	17.2%	26.6%	9.3%	El Salvador
2020s	25.3%	25.5%	0.2%	El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher short-term debt, Bosnia and Herzegovina or El Salvador?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 22.9% against 22.4% in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in short-term debt between Bosnia and Herzegovina and El Salvador?: 0.5%, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and El Salvador?: 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and El Salvador rank globally for short-term debt?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 32nd and El Salvador ranks 33rd of 119 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs El Salvador: Short-term debt. Statizoid, drawing on International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/short-term-debt-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and-primary-income/bosnia-and-herzegovina/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/short-term-debt-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and-primary-income/bosnia-and-herzegovina/el-salvador/">Bosnia and Herzegovina vs El Salvador: Short-term debt</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Unit: % of exports of goods, services and primary income
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 151 places, 5,838 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.