## World Economic Outlook Database April 2009

_World Economic Outlook_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [World Economic Outlook Database April 2009](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Country Groups

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### Overview
- The WEO database is created during the biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercise.
- Selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report are available.
- The WEO presents 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.

### Data coverage and uses
- Use the database to find data on:
  - national accounts,
  - inflation,
  - unemployment rates,
  - balance of payments,
  - fiscal indicators,
  - trade for countries and country groups (aggregates),
  - commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.
- Data availability:
  - Data are available from 1980 to the present.
  - 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.

### Changes to the April 2009 Database
- Country weights, calculated as nominal GDP at purchasing-power-parity exchange rates in percent of the global GDP, have been updated to reflect revisions to nominal GDP.
- On January 1, 2009, Slovak Republic became the sixteenth country to join the euro area.
- Czech Republic and Slovak Republic are now included in the advanced economies group.
- Data for Iraq are now included.
- Guatemala, Israel, Korea, and Slovak Republic now report chain-weighted national accounts data.
- On January 1, 2009, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan redenominated its currency by transforming 5,000 units of old manats into one unit of new manat.

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## Content in this bundle

- [Co (PDF)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/co.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}

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## References

- [By Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/select-country-group)
- [By Country Groups](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/select-aggr-data)
- [Entire Dataset](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april/download-entire-database)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2009/april_