World Bank data provides a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows for developing countries. The Quarterly External Debt Statistics enable a more complete understanding of global financial flows for high-income countries and emerging markets like Latvia. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.
Use Cases
- Analyze Latvia's external debt stock trends based on quarterly time-series data mentioned in the description
- Model public sector debt composition based on described tiers of government and extra-budgetary agencies
- Compare global financial flows using external debt statistics for high-income and emerging markets
- Study debt instrument valuation methods referenced in the Quarterly Public Sector Debt database description
Strengths
- Data sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks
- Provides quarterly granularity for tracking debt dynamics over time
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open use and redistribution
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
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 2026-04-28 07:13:54.295493; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Latvia