Mexico's external debt statistics from the World Bank's data portal, last updated on 2026-04-28. The data provides a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows for developing countries, with a focus on high-income countries and emerging markets. It includes quarterly external debt statistics and public sector debt data 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.
- Comparing debt tiers for central, state, and local government entities mentioned in the description.
- Studying global financial flows using detailed debt stocks and flows data for developing countries.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like the World Bank, national statistical organizations, and central banks.
- Provides quarterly granularity for external debt analysis.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse.
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 08:51:02.886651; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Mexico