World Economic Outlook Database April 2012
World Economic Outlook
Source details
- Canonical URL
- World Economic Outlook Database April 2012
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Authors: Country Groups
Scope and purpose
- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database 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.
Data coverage and availability
- 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.
- 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.
- For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.
Access formats and tools
- Download WEO Data: April 2012 Edition is available:
- By Countries (country-level data)
- By Country Groups (aggregated data) and commodity prices
- Entire Dataset
- World Economic Outlook on Google Public Data Explorer offers select indicators from the latest online WEO database, such as GDP growth and inflation.
Changes to the April 2012 Database
- As in the September 2011 World Economic Outlook, fiscal and external debt data for Libya are excluded for 2011 and later due to the uncertain political situation.
- As in the September 2011 World Economic Outlook, Sudan's data for 2011 exclude South Sudan after July 9. Projections for 2012 and onward pertain to the current Sudan.
- Data for the Syrian Arab Republic are excluded for 2011 and onward due to the uncertain political situation.