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Data and Statistics
Last Updated:
May 08, 2008
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The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.
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Most Visited Data and Statistics
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World Economic Outlook Databases (WEO)
Download time series data for GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices, more.
International Financial Statistics (IFS) 
Approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Includes exchange rates, Fund accounts and the main global and country economic indicators.
Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank Statistics on External Debt
External debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.
Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS)
The BOPS yearbook includes annual aggregate and detailed time series for balance of payments and international investment position for countries; provides world and regional tables of balance of payments components and aggregates; and descriptions of methodologies, compilation practices and data sources used by individual countries.
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)
The CPIS collects information on the stock of cross-border holdings of equities and long- and short-term debt securities broken down by the economy of residence of the issuer.
Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER)
End-of-period quarterly data on the currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves. Data presented in CSV and PDF are aggregated data.
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Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
Provides data on the country and area distribution of countries' exports and imports by their partners.
The DOTS yearbook gives seven years of data for about 186 countries.
The DOTS quarterly covers data for the most recent six quarters and the latest year for about 156 countries, and ten quarters and five years for the world and area tables.
Primary Commodity Prices
Indices in terms of dollars or sdrs, indices of market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, actual market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, and average weekly prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum.
Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country and selected topics are also available.
Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs)—Coordinated Compilation Exercise
Provides annual data and detailed metadata provided by 57 countries for 12 core and 28 encouraged FSIs compiled for 2005 under the Coordinated Compilation Exercise (CCE) for FSIs conducted as a pilot project by the IMF.
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook
Contains statistical data on government financial operations for IMF member countries. Detailed annual data are presented on revenue, expenditure, and financing transactions.
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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB)
Established to guide countries in the provision of their economic and financial data to the public.
General Data Dissemination System (GDDS)
Provides recommendations on good practice for the production and dissemination of statistics. See our Guide for Participants and Users and our assessment of the last ten years of GDDS (January, 2008) . The purpose of this Guide is to explain the nature and objectives of the General Data Dissemination System, to describe its operational features, and to provide practical guidance to IMF member countries that are, or are considering, participation in the GDDS. Additional translations (Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish) are being prepared and will be available shortly.
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» External Sector Statistics
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Balance of Payments Manual 
A guide for IMF member countries that regularly report balance of payments data to the IMF.
DRAFT Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition
External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users
Provides comprehensive guidance for the measurement and presentation of external debt statistics; it can be considered an update of the External Debt: Definition, Statistical Coverage and Methodology. عربي | Español | Français | Chinese (Chapters: 1-14; 15-19)
Government Finance Statistics Manual
Covers concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules, and provides a comprehensive analytic framework within which the statistics can be summarized and presented in a form appropriate for analysis, planning, and policy determination.
English | Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish
Manual on Fiscal Transparency
Guidance on the implementation of the Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency
» Monetary and Financial Statistics
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Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual
Covers concepts, definitions, classifications of financial instruments and sectors, and accounting rules, and provides a comprehensive analytic framework for monetary and financial planning and policy determination.
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Online Discussion Groups/Seminars/Conferences
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