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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]]
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| '''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]]
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| '''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]]
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| You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 03.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Main Page]]
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| 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]]
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| You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 05.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]
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| Scroll down and click All Countries[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 06.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]
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| You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 07.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]
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| 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]]
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| You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 09.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
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| 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]]
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| Once a subject is selected, the page will look like this:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 11.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
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| Click Continue and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 12.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range Selection Page]]
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| 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]]
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| 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]]
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| Click Download Report to begin downloading the data, which will download in an .xls format
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| = 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 PrÃncipe", 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 PrÃncipe", Türkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database. |
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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Definition
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UsedInPreprocessor
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UsedInPreprocessorFileName
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Code in Source
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| GovtGenGDebt%GDPFM
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Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
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0
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GGXWDG_NGDP.A
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| GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
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Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
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0
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GGXWDN_NGDP.A
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| GovtGenExp%GDPFM
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Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
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0
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ECONOMY
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GGX_NGDP.A
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| GovtGenRev%GDPFM
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Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP
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0
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ECONOMY
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GGR_NGDP.A
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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. Côte d'Ivoire, "São Tomé and PrÃncipe", Türkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.