Upper middle income
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, El Salvador leads Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in 2024 at 96.20%, while Iran, Islamic Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.28%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.048.172.196.2El SalvadorEl Salvador: 96.20%96.2KazakhstanKazakhstan: 48.43%48.4ColombiaColombia: 43.00%43.0ArgentinaArgentina: 38.25%38.3MongoliaMongolia: 32.04%32.0JamaicaJamaica: 31.85%31.9MontenegroMontenegro: 29.80%29.8DominicaDominica: 29.42%29.4BrazilBrazil: 26.74%26.7GeorgiaGeorgia: 26.56%26.6IndonesiaIndonesia: 24.69%24.7Sri LankaSri Lanka: 23.71%23.7

Country table

#CountryValue
1 El Salvador 96.20%
2 Kazakhstan 48.43%
3 Colombia 43.00%
4 Argentina 38.25%
5 Mongolia 32.04%
6 Jamaica 31.85%
7 Montenegro 29.80%
8 Dominica 29.42%
9 Brazil 26.74%
10 Georgia 26.56%
11 Indonesia 24.69%
12 Sri Lanka 23.71%
13 Turkiye 23.43%
14 Tonga 22.82%
15 Dominican Republic 22.04%
16 Ecuador 21.86%
17 Serbia 20.97%
18 Jordan 18.15%
19 Peru 17.11%
20 Moldova 16.62%
21 South Africa 16.30%
22 Ukraine 15.83%
23 Philippines 14.43%
24 North Macedonia 14.42%
25 Cabo Verde 12.62%
26 Azerbaijan 11.39%
27 Paraguay 11.06%
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.84%
29 Belarus 10.47%
30 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10.09%
31 Guatemala 9.56%
32 Fiji 9.54%
33 Mexico 9.52%
34 Maldives 9.18%
35 Armenia 9.17%
36 Samoa 9.03%
37 China 8.59%
38 Mauritius 8.48%
39 Albania 8.01%
40 Viet Nam 7.72%
41 Belize 7.67%
42 Kosovo 7.18%
43 Grenada 4.85%
44 St. Lucia 4.75%
45 Botswana 4.72%
46 Thailand 4.68%
47 Iraq 2.96%
48 Algeria 0.80%
49 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.28%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in 2024, El Salvador leads with a gap of 47.76% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 49 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Iran, Islamic Rep. at 0.28%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.