Data
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.
Data
Global Data
World Economic Outlook Databases (WEO) Updated
Download time series data for GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices.
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
Download time series data for GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices.
IMF Statistics Data
Provides comprehensive access to IFS, BOPS, DOTS, GFS and free access to a range of additional IMF datasets.
Global Housing Watch
A website that tracks developments in housing markets around the world. It provides current data on house prices as well as metrics used to assess valuation in housing markets, such as house price-to-rent and house price-to-income ratios.
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.
Capital Flow Management Measures Taxonomy New
The Taxonomy of Capital Flow Management Measures (the Taxonomy) contains information about measures assessed by Fund staff as capital flow management measures (CFMs) and discussed in published IMF staff reports since the adoption of the Institutional View on the Liberalization and Management of Capital Flows (the IV) in November 2012.
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) New
The CDIS collects data and metadata on inward and outward direct investment positions cross-classified by counterpart economy. Separate data on equity and debt positions, and other breakdowns, are provided.
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) New
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) Updated
Aggregated end-of-period quarterly data on the currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves.
Currency Composition of Official Foreign Currency Assets
The IMF conducted an ad–hoc survey of member countries on their holdings of currencies in Official Foreign Currency Assets. The ad-hoc survey was conducted during April-May, 2015, and requested end-position data for 2013–2014. Click here for the summary results of this survey.
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.
Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
Provides data on the country and area distribution of countries' exports and imports by their partners.
Government Finance Statistics (GFS)
Contains detailed annual statistical data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries.
Financial Access Survey (FAS)
Provides annual geographic and demographic data on access to basic consumer financial services worldwide. This is achieved through the identification and development of appropriate high quality data that are comparable across countries and over time collected by means of periodic surveys.
Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs)
Provides data and detailed metadata reported on a regular basis by a first batch of member countries for 12 core and 28 encouraged FSIs. Countries may report monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual FSIs for dissemination. The IMF will aim over time to expand the list of reporting member countries.
G-20 Surveillance Notes
Notes provided by IMF staff ahead of a series of meetings held by the G-20 deputies and ministers. They provide a summary of global economic prospects at the time of the respective meeting.
Joint External Debt Hub
Database that brings together data on external debt and selected foreign assets available from international agencies (creditor/market sources) and external debt data available from the QEDS database (national/debtor sources).
Macroprudential Policy Survey database New
Provides information on prudential measures taken to contain systemic risks and the institutional arrangements supporting macro-prudential policy in member countries.
Monitoring of Fund Arrangements Database (MONA)
Download comparable data on the economic objectives and outcomes of Fund-supported arrangements since 2002.
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.
Public Sector Debt Statistics Online Centralized Database
A joint World Bank-IMF database that presents public sector debt statistics (general government plus public corporations) with quarterly frequency. Breakdowns by level of government, type of instrument, currency, and maturity are provided, using standard definitions to support cross-country comparisons.
Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS)
External debt data reported by SDDS subscribers (extended to a number of GDDS economies in early 2008), with additional details on currency composition, debt service profile, and other presentations that facilitate cross-country data analysis.
IMF Financial Data
IMF Financial Data by Country
Summary of IMF members' relations with the Fund
IMF Financial Data By Topic
Disbursements & Repayments Historical data since 1984.
Projected Payments to the IMF Members' currently scheduled payments to the IMF.
IMF Credit Outstanding Levels (in SDRs) of IMF credit outstanding since 1984.
Lending Arrangements Similar to a line of credit to support a country's adjustment program.
SDR Allocations & Holdings Member data on SDRs, the international reserve asset created by the IMF.
Protracted Arrears Amounts due from member countries that are six or more months overdue.
Projected Payments to the IMF Members' currently scheduled payments to the IMF.
IMF Credit Outstanding Levels (in SDRs) of IMF credit outstanding since 1984.
Lending Arrangements Similar to a line of credit to support a country's adjustment program.
SDR Allocations & Holdings Member data on SDRs, the international reserve asset created by the IMF.
Protracted Arrears Amounts due from member countries that are six or more months overdue.
IMF Financial Activities
Weekly Summary report of financial assistance to member countries.
IMF Financial Resources & Liquidity
(Monthly)
Total IMF resources, usable resources, and the one-year forward commitment capacity (FCC).
IMF Financial Transactions (Quarterly)
Use of the Fund's quota-based resources to finance operations.
IMF Financial Statements (Quarterly)
Prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
Annual Report
Financial year ending April 30.
SDR Interest Rate, Rate of Remuneration, Rate of Charge and Burden Sharing Adjustments Updated
updated every Monday
SDR Interest Rate Calculation
The interest rate on the SDR is defined as the sum of the multiplicative products in SDR terms of the currency amounts in the SDR valuation basket, the level of the interest rate on the financial instrument of each component currency in the basket, and the exchange rate of each currency against the SDR.
SDR Valuation
The SDR currency value is calculated daily and the valuation basket is reviewed and adjusted every five years.
New SDR Basket
The initial weights assigned to each currency in the SDR basket have been adjusted to take account of changes in the share of each currency in world exports of goods and services and international reserves.
Exchange Rate Data
SDRs per Currency unit
Representative Rates for Selected Currencies
Normally quoted as currency units per U.S. dollar, are reported daily to the Fund by the issuing central bank.
Latest
Current Month
Archives
Latest
Current Month
Archives
Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions
The exchange and trade systems of IMF member countries are presented. (not available in full text online) order
Currency units per SDR
Exchange Rate Archives
1995 to the present
Standards & Codes
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB)
Established to guide countries in the provision of their economic and financial data to the public.
Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
The Enhanced Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) was introduced in 2015 to assist participants in improving data transparency and governance through release of data essential for economic policy making. It focuses on the publication of data and metadata through a standardized platform, the National Summary Data Page, supported by modern IT technology. The Enhanced General Data Dissemination System Guide for Participants and Users, provides details on the objectives and nature of the system, as well as practical guidance on participation.
Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) was established in 1996 within the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives to guide member countries in the dissemination of comprehensive, timely, accessible, and reliable economic and financial statistical data in the context of increasing economic and financial integration. The Special Data Dissemination Standard Guide for Subscriber and Users provides details about the requirements of the SDDS.
Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus (SDDS+)
The Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus Guide for Adherents and Users— The SDDS Plus was established in October 2012 as a third tier of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives to address data gaps revealed during the global crisis. It includes an additional nine data categories. The guide elaborates in detail the requirements for these nine data categories.
Reports on Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs)
Summarize the extent to which countries observe certain internationally recognized standards and codes.
Manuals & Guides
- External Sector Statistics
- Real Sector Statistics
- Government Finance
- Monetary and Financial Stats
- Securities Statistics
External Sector Statistics
Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6)
A guide to collect and compile balance of payments and international investment position data. It updates the fifth edition (BPM5) that was released in 1993.
BPM6 Compilation Guide
Companion document to the BPM6. It updates the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide that was released in 1995 to accompany the BPM5.
Special Purpose Entities: Guidelines for a Data Template
Provides compilers guidance on the application of the IMF’s internationally-agreed definition of special purpose entities (SPEs) for external sector statistics. The Guidelines were developed at the request of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics to facilitate the implementation of the agreed definition in 2018, with a decision tree to identify resident SPEs in host jurisdictions.
Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition (BPM5)
Updated by the sixth edition (BPM6).
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template
Provides operational advice to IMF member countries that are subscribers to the Special Data Dissemination Standard regarding how to complete the prescribed (mandatory) monthly Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity.
2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide)
2013 EDS Guide provides comprehensive guidance for the measurement, compilation, analytical use, and presentation of external debt statistics. The 2013 EDS Guide was produced by the IMF in conjunction with other members from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS).
2003 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2003 EDS Guide) updated by the 2013 EDS Guide.
2003 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2003 EDS Guide) updated by the 2013 EDS Guide.
Update of the External Debt Guide on Issues Emerging from BPM6
中文 | Spanish
Paper discussed and approved at the March 2009 meeting of the Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS). It identifies main changes in BPM6 on which methodological advice and recording treatment will be provided in the Updated External Debt Statistics Guide (2013).
Paper discussed and approved at the March 2009 meeting of the Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS). It identifies main changes in BPM6 on which methodological advice and recording treatment will be provided in the Updated External Debt Statistics Guide (2013).
International Transactions in Remittances: Guide for Compilers and Users
Released in 2009, provides practical guidance on the compilation of remittances based on the concepts set out in BPM6.
2015 CDIS Guide
The final version of the 2015 CDIS Guide is now available. It clarifies and updates the 2010 CDIS Guide and is consistent with the IMF BPM6 and OECD BD4.
CPIS Guide - Third Edition New
The final version of the CPIS Guide, third edition, is now available. It builds on and updates the second edition of the CPIS Guide (2002) to reflect the adoption of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) as the standard framework for compiling cross-border position statistics.
Real Sector Statistics
Quarterly National Accounts Manual—2017 Edition
The manual provides conceptual and practical guidance for compiling quarterly national accounts statistics. It updates the first edition, which was published in 2001.
Export and Import Price Index (XMPI) Manual
The manual contains detailed, comprehensive information and explanations for compiling XMPIs.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Manual
The manual measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. Also available in
Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish | Russian
Producer Price Index (PPI) Manual
The manual measures the rate at which the prices of producer goods and services are changing overtime.
Practical Guide to Producing Consumer Price Indices
The Guide is targeted at developing countries focusing on practical solutions to the problems facing compilers of the consumer price index (CPI) in the developing world. Also available in French | Spanish
System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA)
SNA is an updated version of the System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA). It is the fifth version of the SNA, the first of which was published over fifty years ago.
Handbook on Residential Property Price Indices
The Residential Property Prices Indices (RPPIs) are index numbers measuring the rate at which the prices of residential properties are changing over time.
Also available in French | Spanish
Also available in French | Spanish
Guide to Analyze Natural Resources in the National Accounts
This Guide to Analyze Natural Resources in the National Accounts (The Guide) presents and explains a set of standard Template Tables using the concepts recommended in the United Nations’ System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
Government Finance
Government Finance Statistics (GFS)
List of manuals and guides on government finance statistics.
Second Review of the Implementation of Government Finance Statistics Framework to Strengthen Fiscal Analysis
This paper reports on the further developments since 2013 in the implementation of the 2010 Board decision concerning Government Finance Statistics (GFS) to Strengthen Fiscal Analysis, and develops a path to continued improvement of fiscal data in the Fund. The Board decision approved (i) developing a staggered migration strategy, including tailored capacity development inside and outside the Fund taking into consideration country-specific and fiscal surveillance needs; (ii) encouraging staff to continue the effort to routinely assess financial balance sheets during surveillance; (iii) gradually expanding the coverage of fiscal data, taking into consideration country-specific circumstances and fiscal risk assessments; and (iv) reaffirming the support for the phased implementation of the GFS over the medium term.
Update on the Standard Template to Collect Data on Government Revenues from Natural Resources
The paper discusses: (i) the field-testing of the standard template in six countries, which confirmed the feasibility of applying it more broadly; (ii) the final version of the template based on outcomes of consultation with the international community and the field-testing visits; and (iii) the adoption of the template by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat as a mandatory reporting requirement for its member countries. The standard template serves as a companion to the Guide to Analyze Natural Resources in the National Accounts.
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014
The Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) describes the macroeconomic statistical framework (the GFS framework) designed to support fiscal analysis. The manual provides the economic and statistical reporting principles to be used in compiling the statistics and guidelines for the presentation of fiscal statistics within an analytic framework that includes appropriate balancing items.
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001
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
Quarterly Government Finance Statistics – Guide for Compilers and Users
This Guide is a reference for compilers and users of Government Finance Statistics. We hope that it will contribute to more timely, accurate, and more internationally comparable data and an improved understanding of the complex issues involved.
Public Sector Debt Statistics – Guide for Compilers and Users
The Public Sector Debt Statistics-Guide for Compilers and Users (PSDSG) provides comprehensive guidance for the measurement, compilation, analytical use, and presentation of public sector debt statistics. The PSDSG was produced by the IMF in conjunction with other members from the Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS).
Full text is available in: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Full text is available in: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Government Finance Statistics: Compilation Guide for Developing Countries, September 2011
The GFS Compilation Guide provides detailed information on how to gradually introduce the guidelines of the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 and best practices into the compilation and dissemination of fiscal statistics. The key issues in the compilation of statistics for government institutions in developing countries are discussed, and illustrated with many examples, figures, and tables. Español | Français
Manual on Fiscal Transparency
Guidance on the implementation of the Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency.
Monetary and Financial Stats
Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG) Updated
This Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (Manual) updates and merges into one volume methodological and practical aspects of the compilation process for monetary and financial statistics (MFS). Aimed at compilers and users of MFS, it offers a conceptual framework for the collection, compilation, and analytical presentation of monetary data, which provide a critical input for monetary policy formulation and monitoring.
Versions of the Manual in other languages will follow in due course.
Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual (MFSM 2000)
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.
Monetary and Financial Statistics: Compilation Guide (2008)
Offers detailed guidelines for the compilation of monetary and financial statistics.
Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide (2019) New
This 2019 FSI Guide updates the methodological guidance on the concepts and definitions, data sources and methods for the compilation and dissemination of financial soundness indicators. It includes new indicators to expand the coverage of the financial sector, including other financial intermediaries, money market funds, insurance corporations, pension funds, nonfinancial corporations, and households.
Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide (2006)
The 2006 FSI Guide provides guidance to help countries in compiling indicators of the current financial health and soundness of the entire sector of financial institutions in a country, and of the corporate and household sectors that are the financial institutions’ clients.
Securities Statistics
Handbook on Securities Statistics
The Handbook on Securities Statistics is the first publication of its kind to focus exclusively on securities statistics. It has been prepared jointly by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in response to a request from the Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD) to develop methodological standards for securities statistics and to improve information on securities markets.
Meetings and Related Statistical Materials
Statistics Department at a Glance (2019) New
Methodology in the IMF Statistics Department over the
Past 25 Years
Strengthening Sectoral Position and Flow Data in the Macroeconomic Accounts
IMF and OECD held a Conference on Strengthening Sectoral Position and Flow Data in the Macroeconomic Accounts at IMF headquarters February 28-March 2, 2011. Users and compilers of official statistics from the G-20 and other advanced economies shared experiences, discussed information gaps in their sectoral accounts, and agreed on a template based on existing statistical frameworks that would help to set national priorities for the compilation and dissemination of an internationally comparable minimum set of sectoral balance sheet, accumulation, and flow of funds accounts.
IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
The IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics was established by the IMF’s Executive Board in 1992 to improve the availability, consistency, and reliability of balance of payments and international investment position statistics worldwide.
Annual Reports | Issues for discussion by the Committee
Annual Reports | Issues for discussion by the Committee
Working Group on Securities Databases
In July 2007, the Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD), originally established in 1999, was reconvened in response to various international initiatives and recommendations to improve information on securities markets. The members of the WGSD are the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB) (chair), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) . Selected experts from national central banks, who have participated actively in various international groups that have identified the need to improve data on securities markets, have also been invited to contribute to the deliberations of the WGSD.
In 2009, the first Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-1) was launched, when Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of the Group of 20 Economies (G20) endorsed a report prepared by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Secretariat and the IMF staff, The Financial Crisis and Information Gaps , which included 20 recommendations to address data gaps. In the context of DGI-1, Recommendation 7 on Securities Statistics called "for central banks and, where relevant, statistical offices, particularly those of the G-20 economies, to participate in the BIS data collection on securities and contribute to the further development of the Handbook on Securities Statistics . The WGSD was called upon to develop and implement a communications strategy for the Handbook." Following the completion of DGI-1 Recommendation 7, all G20 economies participate – to various degrees – in the BIS data collection and the Handbook on Securities Statistics was published in May 2015, together with the accompanying communication document.
Task Force on Harmonization of Public Sector Accounting
Task Force on the Harmonization of the Public Sector Accounting (TFHPS).
Statistical Capacity Building: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
The studies focus on countries that were in transition and postconflict situations in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS)
The TFFS sets methodological standards for statistics on external debt and on public debt; promotes data availability on financial stocks, particularly external debt; encourages internationally accepted statistical practices to enhance data quality; and fosters inter-agency collaboration in statistical capacity building.
Global Conferences on the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI)
The IMF and FSB has been hosting global conferences as part of the Data Gaps Initiative since 2009. The Conferences are part of the consultation process leading to the preparation of the following progress reports to be delivered to the G-20 Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors.
The Financial Crisis & Information Gaps - Third Progress Report on the Second Phase of the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2) New
Prepared by the Staff of the IMF and the FSB Secretariat; September 2018. Latest report
Inventory of Statistics on Cross-Border Exposures of Financial and Nonfinancial Corporations
As part of the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative and responding to the needs for better understanding cross-border exposures of financial and nonfinancial corporations, a working group comprising the BIS, the ECB, the IMF, and the OECD have prepared an inventory of these statistics. The inventory identifies 29 databases that are maintained by the BIS, ECB, IMF, OECD, and the World Bank; and include information on various aspects of cross-border exposures of financial and nonfinancial corporations. The inventory can be accessed through the Principal Global Indicators (PGI) website of the Inter-Agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics under the Additional Data Sources tab.
Update on the Financial Soundness Indicators Reference Group (FSIRG) Meeting
The FSIRG met at IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC, during November 15-16, 2011, to review the current list of core (12) and encouraged (28) financial soundness indicators (FSIs) in the context of the G – 20 Data Gaps Initiative.
Representatives from 32 countries and 10 international organizations attended the meeting. The FSIRG's Summary of Key Points and Conclusions has been posted publicly. Based on this document, the IMF's Statistics Department (STA) has developed a work program on FSIs that will culminate with the production of a revised FSIs Compilation Guide (Guide) expected by the end of calendar year 2015. It is envisaged that the revised Guide will address methodological and data compilation issues for newly added FSIs and other modifications to the current list of FSIs, as reported to the IMF's Executive Board in November 2013 (see Board Paper Modifications to the Current List of Financial Soundness Indicators). The FSIRG and the broader community of national authorities of countries that are regular FSIs reporters to STA will remain closely engaged throughout this process.
Representatives from 32 countries and 10 international organizations attended the meeting. The FSIRG's Summary of Key Points and Conclusions has been posted publicly. Based on this document, the IMF's Statistics Department (STA) has developed a work program on FSIs that will culminate with the production of a revised FSIs Compilation Guide (Guide) expected by the end of calendar year 2015. It is envisaged that the revised Guide will address methodological and data compilation issues for newly added FSIs and other modifications to the current list of FSIs, as reported to the IMF's Executive Board in November 2013 (see Board Paper Modifications to the Current List of Financial Soundness Indicators). The FSIRG and the broader community of national authorities of countries that are regular FSIs reporters to STA will remain closely engaged throughout this process.
Meeting of the IMF Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee (GFSAC)
The newly established IMF Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee (GFSAC) promotes the development of high quality government finance statistics (GFS) and related guidance and helps enhance the analytical usefulness of GFS data, including in IMF databases. The GFSAC serves as a forum to exchange experience with the implementation of the Government Finance Statistics Manual. The first GFSAC meeting was held in Washington, D.C. during March 9-10, 2015.