Which has higher total debt service, Dominican Republic or Nicaragua?

Dominican Republic, at 22.0% against 21.4% in Nicaragua as of 2024.

What is the difference in total debt service between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

0.6%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

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

Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua: Total debt service

Dominican Republic

22.0%

in 2024

Nicaragua

21.4%

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

29th

Nicaragua rank

32nd

Total debt service over time

Dominican Republic
Nicaragua

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 22.0% against 21.4% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 29th and Nicaragua ranks 32nd of 120 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1970s	21.2%	13.5%	7.7%	Dominican Republic
1980s	24.4%	22.9%	1.5%	Dominican Republic
1990s	10.7%	44.9%	34.2%	Nicaragua
2000s	12.6%	17.9%	5.3%	Nicaragua
2010s	17.0%	35.7%	18.7%	Nicaragua
2020s	22.5%	24.7%	2.2%	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total debt service, Dominican Republic or Nicaragua?: Dominican Republic, at 22.0% against 21.4% in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in total debt service between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 0.6%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and Nicaragua rank globally for total debt service?: Dominican Republic ranks 29th and Nicaragua ranks 32nd of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total debt service (% 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

Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua: Total debt service. Statizoid, drawing on International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/total-debt-service-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and-primary-income/dominican-republic/nicaragua/

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/total-debt-service-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and-primary-income/dominican-republic/nicaragua/">Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua: Total debt service</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Total debt service (% 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: 132 places, 5,268 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Total debt service to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.