World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020

World Economic Outlook

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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual World Economic Outlook exercise and contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report.
The WEO presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.
The WEO is released in April and September/October each year.
Use the database to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.
Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next two years. Additionally, medium-term projections are available for selected indicators.
For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is available in SDMX format from the Entire Dataset page.
Selected series that are available in the WEO publication are available on the website in country-level data, aggregated data and commodity prices, and as the entire dataset.

Following the recent release of the 2017 International Comparison Program (ICP) survey for new purchasing-power-parity benchmarks, the WEO’s estimates of purchasing-power-parity weights and GDP valued at purchasing power parity have been updated. For more details, see Box 1.1 of the October 2020 WEO.
Starting with the October 2020 WEO, data and forecasts for Bangladesh and Tonga are presented on a fiscal year basis.
Data for West Bank and Gaza are now included in the WEO. West Bank and Gaza is added to the Middle East and Central Asia regional group.

World Economic Outlook Update, January 2021: Download the data for the January 2021 World Economic Outlook Update.
GDP data for the following countries has been updated in the January 2021 WEO update:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
For the latest GDP data, check the “At a Glance” section on the country pages.