World Revenue Longitudinal Database, IMF - Revision history

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 = Data Pulling Instructions =
 = Data Notes =
 If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. CÃ´te d'Ivoire, "SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe", TÃ¼rkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

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	The IMF’s World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD) tracks government revenue trends in 193 countries since the early 1990s. WoRLD tracks directly 9 key components of tax and non-tax revenues, which together contribute about 82 percent of government revenue globally. ~~Some key insights include~~:		<div style = "display:flex; flex-flow: column wrap; text-align: left;">
			= Summary =
			The IMF’s World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD) tracks government revenue trends in 193 countries since the early 1990s. WoRLD tracks directly 9 key components of tax and non-tax revenues, which together contribute about 82 percent of government revenue globally.

			= Tables In IFs =
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			\|Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
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			\|GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
			\|Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
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			= Data Pulling Instructions =
			'''Step 1:''' To pull WEO data, first navigate to the [https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending WEO Databases] page [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 193435.png\|center\|thumb\|800x800px\|IMF WEO Database website]]'''Step 2:''' To pull the most recent data (October 2025). Click on the anchor text '''IMF Data Portal.''' [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 .png\|center\|thumb\|800x800px\|IMF WEO Database Website]]'''Step 3:''' After getting to the IMF Data Portal, Click on the '''View Data''' button. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 195816.png\|center\|thumb\|800x800px\|IMF Data Platform]]

			'''Step 4:''' After clicking the View Data, you'll be at the IMF WEO data page. From there you can adjust the filters(like Indicator, Country, Time Period...etc). Then you can click download. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 202817.png\|center\|thumb\|800x800px\|IMF WEO Data]]

			'''Optional(After Step 1):''' If you want pull specific years dataset Scroll down and click the Database with the month and year desired (ex. October 2016). After adjusting the filters, you can go a head and download the data by clicking on the '''Download''' button.[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 02.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|IMFWEO Database Selection Screen]]

			You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 03.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Report Main Page]]

			Scroll down to the heading titled Download WEO Data and click By Countries for country-level data[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 04.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Report Data Type Selection]]

			You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 05.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Country Group Selection]]

			Scroll down and click All Countries[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 06.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Country Group Selection]]

			You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 07.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Country Selection Page]]

			Scroll down to select countries. You can either pre-select all countries in the IFs Country Concordance or click Select All and remove non-IFs countries later, then click Continue[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 08.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Country Selection Page]]

			You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 09.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Subject Selection Page]]

			Scroll down to view available subjects and select the subject in the units desired (ex. Gross domestic product, constant prices in percent change)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 10.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Subject Selection Page]]
			Once a subject is selected, the page will look like this:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 11.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Subject Selection Page]]
			Click Continue and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 12.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Data Range Selection Page]]

			Use the dropdowns to select the desired data range (ex. 1980-2022) and adjust any advanced options as needed (ex. if ISO Country Codes will be used for Concordance)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 14.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Data Range & Advanced Options Selection Page]]
			After you've selected your data range and adjusted advanced options, click Prepare Report and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 15.jpg\|center\|thumb\|750x750px\|Report Download Page]]

			Click Download Report to begin downloading the data, which will download in an .xls format



			= Data Notes =
			If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. CÃ´te d'Ivoire, "SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe", TÃ¼rkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

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The IMF’s World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD) tracks government revenue trends in 193 countries since the early 1990s. WoRLD tracks directly 9 key components of tax and non-tax revenues, which together contribute about 82 percent of government revenue globally. Some key insights include: