## World Economic Outlook Database October 2010

_World Economic Outlook_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [World Economic Outlook Database October 2010](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Country Groups

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### Database purpose and release schedule
- The WEO database is created during the biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercise.
- 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.

### Coverage and data series
- Contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report.
- 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 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.

### Data formats and access
- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is now available in SDMX format from the Entire Dataset.
- For more information about SDMX, consult SDMX.org.

### Changes in the October 2010 database
- The emerging and developing economies’ Western Hemisphere region has been renamed Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
- Country weights calculated as nominal GDP valued at purchasing-power-parity (PPP) exchange rates as a share of total world GDP have been updated to reflect revisions to countries’ historical GDP data and projections.
- Unless noted otherwise, group composites are computed if 90 percent or more of the share of group weights is represented.
- Data for Kosovo are included in the emerging and developing economies aggregates.
- Unemployment rates and general government series for revenue, total expenditure, net lending/borrowing, primary net lending/borrowing, gross debt, and net debt, where available, are now published for all countries.
- The local currency data for Suriname are expressed in the new currency. In 2004, Suriname redenominated its currency by replacing 1,000 Surinamese guilder with 1 Surinamese dollar.

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## Content in this bundle

- [Historical WEO Forecasts Database (XLSX)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/data/weohistorical.xlsx){rel="external" type="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"}

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## References

- [By Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/select-country-group)
- [By Country Groups](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/select-aggr-data)
- [Entire Dataset](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october/download-entire-database)
- [commodity priceswhose data are reported by the IMF.](https://www.imf.org/en/Research/commodity-prices)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2010/october_