IMF World Economic Outlook Database
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IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database. The IMF World Economic Outlook is a twice-yearly survey by IMF staff that presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during th...
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indicators
id
title
description
units
scale
BCA
BCA_NGDPD
FLIBOR6
GGR
GGR_NGDP
GGSB
GGSB_NPGDP
GGX
GGXCNL
GGXCNL_NGDP
GGXONLB
GGXONLB_NGDP
GGXWDG
GGXWDG_NGDP
Current account balance (U.S. dollars)
Current account balance (U.S. dollars)
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
U.S. dollars
Billions
Current account balance (Percent of GDP)
Current account balance (Percent of GDP)
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
Percent of GDP
Six-month London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) (Percent)
Six-month London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) (Percent)
Percent
General government revenue (National currency)
General government revenue (National currency)
Revenue consists of taxes, social contributions, grants receivable, and other revenue. Revenue increases government?s net worth, which is the difference between its assets and liabilities (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.20). Note: Transactions that merely change the composition of the balance sheet do not change the net worth position, for example, proceeds from sales of nonfinancial and financial assets or incurrence of liabilities.
Revenue consists of taxes, social contributions, grants receivable, and other revenue. Revenue increases government?s net worth, which is the difference between its assets and liabilities (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.20). Note: Transactions that merely change the composition of the balance sheet do not change the net worth position, for example, proceeds from sales of nonfinancial and financial assets or incurrence of liabilities.
National currency
Billions
General government revenue (Percent of GDP)
General government revenue (Percent of GDP)
Revenue consists of taxes, social contributions, grants receivable, and other revenue. Revenue increases government?s net worth, which is the difference between its assets and liabilities (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.20). Note: Transactions that merely change the composition of the balance sheet do not change the net worth position, for example, proceeds from sales of nonfinancial and financial assets or incurrence of liabilities.
Revenue consists of taxes, social contributions, grants receivable, and other revenue. Revenue increases government?s net worth, which is the difference between its assets and liabilities (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.20). Note: Transactions that merely change the composition of the balance sheet do not change the net worth position, for example, proceeds from sales of nonfinancial and financial assets or incurrence of liabilities.
Percent of GDP
General government structural balance (National currency)
General government structural balance (National currency)
National currency
Billions
General government structural balance (Percent of potential GDP)
General government structural balance (Percent of potential GDP)
Percent of potential GDP
Percent of potential GDP
General government total expenditure (National currency)
General government total expenditure (National currency)
Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. Note: Apart from being on an accrual basis, total expenditure differs from the GFSM 1986 definition of total expenditure in the sense that it also takes the disposals of nonfinancial assets into account.
Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. Note: Apart from being on an accrual basis, total expenditure differs from the GFSM 1986 definition of total expenditure in the sense that it also takes the disposals of nonfinancial assets into account.
National currency
Billions
General government net lending/borrowing (National currency)
General government net lending/borrowing (National currency)
Net lending (+)/ borrowing (?) is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure. This is a core GFS balance that measures the extent to which general government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy and nonresidents (net lending), or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors and nonresidents (net borrowing). This balance may be viewed as an indicator of the financial impact of general government activity on the rest of the economy and nonresidents (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.17). Note: Net lending (+)/borrowing (?) is also equal to net acquisition of financial assets minus net incurrence of liabilities.
Net lending (+)/ borrowing (?) is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure. This is a core GFS balance that measures the extent to which general government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy and nonresidents (net lending), or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors and nonresidents (net borrowing). This balance may be viewed as an indicator of the financial impact of general government activity on the rest of the economy and nonresidents (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.17). Note: Net lending (+)/borrowing (?) is also equal to net acquisition of financial assets minus net incurrence of liabilities.
National currency
Billions
General government net lending/borrowing (Percent of GDP)
General government net lending/borrowing (Percent of GDP)
Net lending (+)/ borrowing (?) is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure. This is a core GFS balance that measures the extent to which general government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy and nonresidents (net lending), or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors and nonresidents (net borrowing). This balance may be viewed as an indicator of the financial impact of general government activity on the rest of the economy and nonresidents (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.17). Note: Net lending (+)/borrowing (?) is also equal to net acquisition of financial assets minus net incurrence of liabilities.
Net lending (+)/ borrowing (?) is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure. This is a core GFS balance that measures the extent to which general government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy and nonresidents (net lending), or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors and nonresidents (net borrowing). This balance may be viewed as an indicator of the financial impact of general government activity on the rest of the economy and nonresidents (GFSM 2001, paragraph 4.17). Note: Net lending (+)/borrowing (?) is also equal to net acquisition of financial assets minus net incurrence of liabilities.
Percent of GDP
General government primary net lending/borrowing (National currency)
General government primary net lending/borrowing (National currency)
Primary net lending/borrowing is net lending (+)/borrowing (?) plus net interest payable/paid (interest expense minus interest revenue).
Primary net lending/borrowing is net lending (+)/borrowing (?) plus net interest payable/paid (interest expense minus interest revenue).
National currency
Billions
General government primary net lending/borrowing (Percent of GDP)
General government primary net lending/borrowing (Percent of GDP)
Primary net lending/borrowing is net lending (+)/borrowing (?) plus net interest payable/paid (interest expense minus interest revenue).
Primary net lending/borrowing is net lending (+)/borrowing (?) plus net interest payable/paid (interest expense minus interest revenue).
Percent of GDP
General government gross debt (National currency)
General government gross debt (National currency)
Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).
Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).
National currency
Billions
General government gross debt (Percent of GDP)
General government gross debt (Percent of GDP)
Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).
Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).
Percent of GDP
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values
Country
Indicator
Year
0
2020
Value
−2,000,000,000,000
36T
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
AFG
NGDP_R
2002
183.26
NGDP_R
2003
198.736
NGDP_R
2004
200.069
NGDP_R
2005
223.737
NGDP_R
2006
235.731
NGDP_R
2007
267.177
NGDP_R
2008
277.498
NGDP_R
2009
334.621
NGDP_R
2010
362.857
NGDP_R
2011
386.368
NGDP_R
2012
440.336
NGDP_R
2013
456.453
NGDP_R
2014
463.455
NGDP_R
2015
479.649
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IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database. The IMF World Economic Outlook is a twice-yearly survey by IMF staff that presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Associated with the report is the World Economic Outlook Database, a country-level dataset of major macro-economic variables (GDP, Unemployment, Debt etc). It is the data from that database which is provided here.
Data
The source database is made of annual values for each country on 45 indicators since 1980. In addition the database includes the IMF projects approximately 6 years into the future.
We extract this data and normalize into 2 files:
- Indicators -
data/indicators.csv- the list of indicators - Values -
data/values.csv- set of values for each indicator, country, year tuple. - Country - 'data/country.csv' - set of value for mapping each ISO country code, WEO country code, and CLDR English Name
Sources
Note the XLS files actual turn out to be tsv files!
- Listing page for WEO Database
- 2015 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/01/weodata/index.aspx
- 2014 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/weodata/index.aspx
- 2011 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/index.aspx
Preparation
Code to extract the data from the source WEO Database is in the scripts
directory.
License
This Data Package is licensed by its maintainers under the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).