Quarterly external debt statistics for the West Bank and Gaza, sourced from the World Bank's data portal. The data provide a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows for developing countries, including public sector debt instruments and valuation methods. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in external debt stocks and flows based on quarterly statistics mentioned in the description
- Modeling public sector debt sustainability based on data covering central, state, and local government tiers
- Comparing debt instruments and valuation methods across different countries and time periods
- Researching global financial flows involving high-income countries and emerging markets
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like the World Bank, national statistical organizations, and central banks.
- The dataset provides quarterly granularity for tracking debt trends over time.
- It covers detailed public sector debt, including clearly defined tiers of government and extra-budgetary agencies.
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 10:35:55.189007; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- West Bank and Gaza