Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 30.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in El Salvador, 1999–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 30.6% for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.9% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 30.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1999.
That places El Salvador 12th out of 116 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.3% | — |
| 2000 | 1.7% | +27.7% |
| 2001 | 4.5% | +165.8% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | +216.0% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 17.8% | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 19.2% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 18.0% | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 23.0% | +27.4% |
| 2010 | 21.9% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 25.0% | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 25.0% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 24.0% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 24.3% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | +25.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.4% | 1.7% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 19.9% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.6% | 30.6% | 30.6% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in El Salvador?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in El Salvador was 30.6% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 30.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1999.
- How does El Salvador rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 12th out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.