Quarterly external debt statistics and public sector debt data for Benin, sourced from the World Bank. The data provides a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows, including valuation methods, debt instruments, and tiers of government debt. 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 valuation methods and debt instruments.
- Tracking global financial flows to emerging markets using detailed debt stocks and flows data.
- Comparing debt structures across tiers of government (central, state, local) and extra-budgetary agencies.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like the World Bank, national statistical organizations, and central banks.
- Covers multiple dimensions of debt, including stocks, flows, instruments, and government tiers.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
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 20:39:57.085467; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Benin