Historical Public Debt (HPDD) [HPDD]

The Historical Public Debt Database contains unbalanced panel data on Gross Domestic Product, Gross Government Debt, and Gross Government Debt-to-GDP Ratio for 187 countries. The series spans the years 1800 through 2015 although each country’s data depends on its date of independence and data availability. The database was constructed by bringing together a number of other datasets and information from original sources. For the most recent years, the data are linked to the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database to facilitate regular updates.

Updated by provider on November 30, 2016

Frequency [FREQ]
Reference Area [REF_AREA]
Indicator [INDICATOR]

Dataset has 191 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Notes
  • Temporal Coverage: Annual dates ranging 1800 – 2020 (2015-2020 are projections)
  • Geographic Coverage: 187 countries
  • Methodology: The dataset is comprised of spliced data taken from the WEO and IMF Staff Reports.
  • Sectoral Coverage: Fiscal
  • Code: HPDD
Dimensions codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [AF] Afghanistan
  • [AL] Albania
  • [DZ] Algeria
  • [AO] Angola
  • [AI] Anguilla
  • [AG] Antigua and Barbuda
  • [AR] Argentina
  • [AM] Armenia
  • [AU] Australia
  • [AT] Austria
  • [AZ] Azerbaijan
  • [BS] Bahamas
  • [BH] Bahrain
  • [BD] Bangladesh
  • [BB] Barbados
  • [BY] Belarus
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BZ] Belize
  • [BJ] Benin
  • [BT] Bhutan
  • [BO] Bolivia
  • [BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [BW] Botswana
  • [BR] Brazil
  • [BN] Brunei Darussalam
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [BF] Burkina Faso
  • [BI] Burundi
  • [KH] Cambodia
  • [CM] Cameroon
  • [CA] Canada
  • [CV] Cape Verde
  • [CF] Central African Republic
  • [TD] Chad
  • [CL] Chile
  • [CN] China
  • [CO] Colombia
  • [KM] Comoros
  • [CG] Congo
  • [CD] Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • [CR] Costa Rica
  • [CI] Cote d`Ivoire
  • [HR] Croatia
  • [CY] Cyprus
  • [CZ] Czech Republic
  • [DK] Denmark
  • [DJ] Djibouti
  • [DM] Dominica
  • [DO] Dominican Republic
  • [5Y] Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
  • [EC] Ecuador
  • [EG] Egypt
  • [SV] El Salvador
  • [GQ] Equatorial Guinea
  • [ER] Eritrea
  • [EE] Estonia
  • [ET] Ethiopia
  • [U2] Euro area (Member States and Institutions of the Euro Area) changing composition
  • [FJ] Fiji
  • [FI] Finland
  • [FR] France
  • [GA] Gabon
  • [GM] Gambia
  • [GE] Georgia
  • [DE] Germany
  • [GH] Ghana
  • [GR] Greece
  • [GD] Grenada
  • [GT] Guatemala
  • [GN] Guinea
  • [GW] Guinea-Bissau
  • [GY] Guyana
  • [HT] Haiti
  • [HN] Honduras
  • [HK] Hong Kong, China
  • [HU] Hungary
  • [IS] Iceland
  • [IN] India
  • [ID] Indonesia
  • [IR] Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • [IQ] Iraq
  • [IE] Ireland
  • [IL] Israel
  • [IT] Italy
  • [JM] Jamaica
  • [JP] Japan
  • [JO] Jordan
  • [KZ] Kazakhstan
  • [KE] Kenya
  • [KI] Kiribati
  • [KR] Korea, Republic of
  • [XK] Kosovo
  • [KW] Kuwait
  • [KG] Kyrgyzstan
  • [LA] Lao People`s Democratic Republic
  • [LV] Latvia
  • [LB] Lebanon
  • [LS] Lesotho
  • [LR] Liberia
  • [LY] Libya
  • [LT] Lithuania
  • [LU] Luxembourg
  • [MG] Madagascar
  • [MW] Malawi
  • [MY] Malaysia
  • [MV] Maldives
  • [ML] Mali
  • [MT] Malta
  • [MH] Marshall islands
  • [MR] Mauritania
  • [MU] Mauritius
  • [MX] Mexico
  • [FM] Micronesia, Federated States of
  • [MD] Moldova, Republic of
  • [MN] Mongolia
  • [ME] Montenegro
  • [MA] Morocco
  • [MZ] Mozambique
  • [MM] Myanmar
  • [NA] Namibia
  • [NP] Nepal
  • [NL] Netherlands
  • [NZ] New Zealand
  • [NI] Nicaragua
  • [NE] Niger
  • [NG] Nigeria
  • [MK] North Macedonia, Republic of
  • [NO] Norway
  • [OM] Oman
  • [PK] Pakistan
  • [PA] Panama
  • [PG] Papua New Guinea
  • [PY] Paraguay
  • [PE] Peru
  • [PH] Philippines
  • [PL] Poland
  • [PT] Portugal
  • [PR] Puerto Rico
  • [QA] Qatar
  • [RO] Romania
  • [RU] Russian Federation
  • [RW] Rwanda
  • [KN] Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • [LC] Saint Lucia
  • [VC] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • [WS] Samoa
  • [SM] San Marino
  • [ST] Sao Tome and Principe
  • [SA] Saudi Arabia
  • [SN] Senegal
  • [RS] Serbia
  • [SC] Seychelles
  • [SL] Sierra Leone
  • [SG] Singapore
  • [SK] Slovakia
  • [SI] Slovenia
  • [SB] Solomon Islands
  • [ZA] South Africa
  • [SS] South Sudan
  • [ES] Spain
  • [LK] Sri Lanka
  • [SD] Sudan
  • [SR] Suriname
  • [SZ] Swaziland
  • [SE] Sweden
  • [CH] Switzerland
  • [SY] Syrian Arab Republic
  • [TW] Taiwan, Province of China
  • [TJ] Tajikistan
  • [TZ] Tanzania, United Republic of
  • [TH] Thailand
  • [TG] Togo
  • [TO] Tonga
  • [TT] Trinidad and Tobago
  • [TN] Tunisia
  • [TR] Turkey
  • [TM] Turkmenistan
  • [TV] Tuvalu
  • [UG] Uganda
  • [UA] Ukraine
  • [AE] United Arab Emirates
  • [GB] United Kingdom
  • [US] United States
  • [UY] Uruguay
  • [UZ] Uzbekistan
  • [VU] Vanuatu
  • [VE] Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic
  • [VN] Viet Nam
  • [YE] Yemen
  • [ZM] Zambia
  • [ZW] Zimbabwe
[INDICATOR] Indicator
  • [GGXWDG_GDP] Debt to GDP Ratio
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