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!Code in Source
!Code in Source
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|GovtGenGDebt%GDPFM
|GovRevGenTotRev%GDP
|Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|Revenue, general government, total revenue, percent of GDP
|0
|0
|
|ECONOMY
|GGXWDG_NGDP.A
|TotRev
|-
|GovRevGenTaxRev%GDP
|Revenue, general government, tax revenue, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.TaxRev
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|GovRevGenTaxInc%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profit, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.1.TaxInc
|-
|GovRevGenTaxIncI%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profit of individuals, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.1.a.TaxIncI
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|GovRevGenTaxIncC%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profits of corporations, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.1.b.TaxIncC
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|GovRevGenTaxIncCRes%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profits of extractive industries, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.1.b.i.TaxIncCRes
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|GovRevGenTaxIncO%GDP
|Revenue, general government, other taxes on income and profit, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.1.c.TaxIncO
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|GovRevGenTaxPro%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on property, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.2.TaxPro
|-
|GovRevGenTaxSal%GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on sales and production, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.3.TaxSal
|-
|GovRevGenTaxSalG%GDP
|Revenue, general government, general sales taxes, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.3.a.TaxSalG
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|GovRevGenTaxSalGI%GDP
|Revenue, general government, general sales taxes collected on imports, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.3.a.i.TaxSalGI
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|GovRevGenTaxSalExc%GDP
|Revenue, general government, excise taxes, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|I.3.b.TaxSalExc
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|-
|GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
|GovRevGenTaxSalUnal%GDP
|Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|Revenue, general government, unallocated taxes on sales and production, percent of GDP
|0
|0
|
|ECONOMY
|GGXWDN_NGDP.A
|I.3.c.TaxSalUnal
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|-
|GovtGenExp%GDPFM
|GovRevGenTaxTra%GDP
|Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes on international trade, percent of GDP
|1
|0
|ECONOMY
|ECONOMY
|GGX_NGDP.A
|I.4.TaxTra
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|-
|GovtGenRev%GDPFM
|GovRevGenTaxOth%GDP
|Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP
|Revenue, general government, taxes not elsewhere classified, percent of GDP
|1
|0
|ECONOMY
|ECONOMY
|GGR_NGDP.A
|I.5.TaxOth
|-
|GovRevGenSocialCon%GDP
|Revenue, general government, social contributions, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|II.SocialCon
|-
|GovRevGenGrants%GDP
|Revenue, general government, grants revenue, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|III.Grants
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|GovRevGenRevOth%GDP
|Revenue, general government, other revenue, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|IV.RevOth
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|GovRevGenNonTaxRes%GDP
|Revenue, general government, non-tax revenue from extractive industries, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|IV.1.NonTaxRes
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|GovRevGenNonTaxOth%GDP
|Revenue, general government, other non-tax revenue, percent of GDP
|0
|ECONOMY
|IV.2.NonTaxOth
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|}


= Data Pulling Instructions =
= 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 =
= Data Notes =
If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. Côte d'Ivoire, "São Tomé and Príncipe", Türkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.
If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. Côte d'Ivoire, "São Tomé and Príncipe", Türkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

Latest revision as of 23:24, 2 February 2026

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

Variable Definition UsedInPreprocessor UsedInPreprocessorFileName Code in Source
GovRevGenTotRev%GDP Revenue, general government, total revenue, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY TotRev
GovRevGenTaxRev%GDP Revenue, general government, tax revenue, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.TaxRev
GovRevGenTaxInc%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profit, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.1.TaxInc
GovRevGenTaxIncI%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profit of individuals, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.1.a.TaxIncI
GovRevGenTaxIncC%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profits of corporations, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.1.b.TaxIncC
GovRevGenTaxIncCRes%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on income and profits of extractive industries, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.1.b.i.TaxIncCRes
GovRevGenTaxIncO%GDP Revenue, general government, other taxes on income and profit, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.1.c.TaxIncO
GovRevGenTaxPro%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on property, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.2.TaxPro
GovRevGenTaxSal%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on sales and production, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.3.TaxSal
GovRevGenTaxSalG%GDP Revenue, general government, general sales taxes, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.3.a.TaxSalG
GovRevGenTaxSalGI%GDP Revenue, general government, general sales taxes collected on imports, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.3.a.i.TaxSalGI
GovRevGenTaxSalExc%GDP Revenue, general government, excise taxes, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.3.b.TaxSalExc
GovRevGenTaxSalUnal%GDP Revenue, general government, unallocated taxes on sales and production, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.3.c.TaxSalUnal
GovRevGenTaxTra%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes on international trade, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.4.TaxTra
GovRevGenTaxOth%GDP Revenue, general government, taxes not elsewhere classified, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY I.5.TaxOth
GovRevGenSocialCon%GDP Revenue, general government, social contributions, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY II.SocialCon
GovRevGenGrants%GDP Revenue, general government, grants revenue, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY III.Grants
GovRevGenRevOth%GDP Revenue, general government, other revenue, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY IV.RevOth
GovRevGenNonTaxRes%GDP Revenue, general government, non-tax revenue from extractive industries, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY IV.1.NonTaxRes
GovRevGenNonTaxOth%GDP Revenue, general government, other non-tax revenue, percent of GDP 0 ECONOMY IV.2.NonTaxOth

Data Pulling Instructions

Data Notes

If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. Côte d'Ivoire, "São Tomé and Príncipe", Türkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.