Korea vs Spain: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%)
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) over time
- Korea
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Korea, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Korea's.
Across all 38 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 105th and Spain ranks 103rd of 116 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 4.1% | 3.4% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 3.4% | 2.9% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher outstanding international public debt securities to gdp, Korea or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Korea as of 2020.
- What is the difference in outstanding international public debt securities to gdp between Korea and Spain?
- 0.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Spain?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2020.
- How do Korea and Spain rank globally for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Korea ranks 105th and Spain ranks 103rd of 116 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as Outstanding international public 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
Amount of public 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 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 international public 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.