Hong Kong SAR, China External Debt Statistics from the World Bank

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