El Salvador vs Guatemala: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP

El Salvador
1.4%
in 2020
Guatemala
1.2%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
77th
Guatemala rank
78th

Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
00.511.522.5199720082020

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.4% against 1.2% in Guatemala, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2004 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 77th and Guatemala ranks 78th of 90 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
2000s 1.9% 0.5% 1.4% El Salvador
2010s 1.8% 1.6% 0.2% El Salvador
2020s 1.4% 1.2% 0.2% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher outstanding international private debt securities to gdp, El Salvador or Guatemala?
El Salvador, at 1.4% against 1.2% in Guatemala as of 2020.
What is the difference in outstanding international private debt securities to gdp between El Salvador and Guatemala?
0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
13 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
El Salvador ranks 77th and Guatemala ranks 78th of 90 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 2,337 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.