World Bank data provides a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows for developing countries. The dataset likely contains quarterly external debt statistics for high-income countries and emerging markets, as well as public sector debt data on valuation methods and instruments. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.
Use Cases
- Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on quarterly external debt statistics.
- Analyzing public sector debt composition based on data about government tiers and extra-budgetary agencies.
- Studying global financial flows using detailed debt stock and flow data for developing countries.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
- The description indicates coverage of both external debt and detailed public sector debt tiers and instruments.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad use with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-04-27 22:11:00.691836; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 22:11:00.691836.
- Geography
- Barbados