El Salvador vs Uganda: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- El Salvador
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 17.0% against 14.8% in El Salvador, a difference of 2.2%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 93rd and Uganda ranks 91st of 112 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.0% | 14.0% | 23.0% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 21.1% | 4.1% | 17.0% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 37.1% | 10.4% | 26.6% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 26.2% | 65.6% | 39.4% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 47.5% | 26.4% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 20.3% | 5.4% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, El Salvador or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 17.0% against 14.8% in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves between El Salvador and Uganda?
- 2.2%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Uganda?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Uganda rank globally for total reserves?
- El Salvador ranks 93rd and Uganda ranks 91st of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.