World Bank data on the gross public sector debt of budgetary central governments. The dataset likely contains quarterly time series of nominal debt values in US dollars, covering all maturities and instruments. It is published by the World Bank's Quarterly Public Sector Debt organization.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in central government debt-to-GDP ratios over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking a country's debt stock against peers using standardized nominal USD values (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the impact of fiscal policy changes on gross debt levels (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Bank platform.
- Derived from the authoritative Quarterly Public Sector Debt organization.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, Quarterly Public Sector Debt
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
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