## World Economic Outlook Database, October 2017

_World Economic Outlook_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [World Economic Outlook Database, October 2017](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october/bundle-manifest.json)

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### Overview and purpose
- 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 WEO report.
- The WEO report presents IMF staff analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups, and for many individual countries.
- The WEO is released in April and September/October each year.
- Use of the database: find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices as reported by the IMF.

### Coverage, frequency, and formats
- Data coverage: available from 1980 to the present.
- Projections: given for the next two years; medium-term projections available for selected indicators.
- Data completeness: for some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.
- The WEO database is available in SDMX format from the Entire Dataset page; for more information about SDMX, see SDMX.org.

### Changes in the October 2017 database
- Somalia:
  - Data for Somalia have been added.
  - The database now covers a total of 193 countries.
  - Somalia is included in the emerging market and developing economies group composites.
  - Somalia is classified as a member of the Middle East and North Africa region.
- New series:
  - Gross Domestic Product per Capita, constant prices (purchasing power parity; 2011 international dollars) have been added to the online database.
- Debt series revisions:
  - The October 2017 WEO database includes revisions to net and gross debt series for a number of countries.
  - Revisions result from work to better align assets and liabilities included in calculations of net debt with the definition of net debt in the IMF GFS Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014).
  - Specific adjustments described:
    - For a number of countries, changes to the financial assets included in the calculation were made.
    - Where net debt increased, this was typically due to the previous inclusion of equity assets in net debt (examples given: Norway, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden), which have now been excluded.
    - In some cases insufficient assets were being included (example given: Korea), and once additional financial assets were included this reduced net debt.

### Notice on latest GDP data (WEO Update, January 2018)
- For the latest GDP data for the following countries, check the "Projected % Change" in the At A Glance section on the individual country pages:
  - Brazil
  - Canada
  - China
  - France
  - Germany
  - India
  - Italy
  - Japan
  - Mexico
  - Nigeria
  - Russia
  - Saudi Arabia
  - South Africa
  - Spain
  - United Kingdom
  - United States

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## Content in this bundle

- [Co (PDF)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2017/02/weodata/co.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}
- [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

- [WEO Update, January 2018](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2018/01/11/world-economic-outlook-update-january-2018)
- [Canada](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/CAN)
- [France](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/FRA)
- [Germany](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/DEU)
- [Italy](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/ITA)
- [Japan](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/JPN)
- [Mexico](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/MEX)
- [Nigeria](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/NGA)
- [Russia](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/RUS)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/SAU)
- [South Africa](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/ZAF)
- [Spain](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/ESP)
- [United Kingdom](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/GBR)
- [United States](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/USA)
- [commodity priceswhose data are reported by the IMF.](https://www.imf.org/en/Research/commodity-prices)
- [Entire Dataset page. For more information about SDMX, please visit](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october/download-entire-database)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2017/october_