Hong Kong SAR, China External Debt Statistics from the World Bank
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Description
World Bank data on the external debt of Hong Kong SAR, China. The dataset provides a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows, including quarterly external debt statistics for high-income countries and emerging markets, and public sector debt data on valuation methods and instruments. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and 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.
Studying global financial flows based on detailed debt stocks and flows for developing countries.
Strengths
Data sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
Includes both quarterly external debt statistics and detailed public sector debt data.
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.
Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-04-28.
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.
Time Range
Quarterly time series (inferred from description).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-28 03:21:09.423309
Geography
Hong Kong SAR, China
File format is CSV; no other specific technical gotchas are mentioned.