World Bank data on China's external debt stocks and flows. The dataset likely contains quarterly external debt statistics for high-income and emerging markets, as well as public sector debt data for central, state, and local government. It was last updated on 2026-04-27.
Use Cases
- Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on external debt stocks and flows.
- Analyzing public sector debt composition based on data about government tiers and debt instruments.
- Studying global financial flows using quarterly external debt statistics for emerging markets.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
- Covers multiple tiers of government debt, including central, state, and local levels.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
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, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 22:44:16.905845; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- China