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Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Indicators

2000–2023

Free

Open dataset

Sample structure: 100 / 100

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Seller: waseemahmad

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License: Not documented — confirm reuse terms with the seller
Source / creator: Supplier-cited: World Bank Open Data
Collection method: Supplier description: Cross-national dataset of sovereign debt, fiscal policy, and financial indicators for 214 countries from 2000 to 2023. Sourced from the World Bank Open Data API, this dataset covers 28 key indicators including: central government debt (% of GDP), government revenue and expenditure, tax revenue composition (income, goods/services, international trade), external debt stocks, debt service ratios, current account balance, foreign reserves, lending and real interest rates, broad money supply, domestic credit, GDP and GDP per capita, GDP growth, foreign direct investment, trade openness, imports/exports, exchange rates, and stock market metrics.
Coverage / snapshot: 2000–2023
Data last updated: Not documented
Update schedule: Not documented

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Sample structure score: 100 / 100

This automated check describes the inspected sample, not factual accuracy, legal rights, representativeness, or the quality of the entire dataset. It is not a customer rating.

Assessed 10 sample records (CSV) on 2026-10-09. All records in the provided sample were checked.

Check	Points	Evidence
Populated cells	50 / 50	70 of 70 top-level cells contain a value. Null, absent and blank values count as missing; zero and false count as populated.
Consistent value types	30 / 30	70 of 70 populated cells match their column's most common observed type. Types are inferred, not checked against real-world truth.
Consistent record shape	20 / 20	10 of 10 records have the expected fields. CSV/TSV use the header width; JSON uses the union of observed keys.

Field-level findings and improvements

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Field	Missing cells	Most common type	Other populated types
country_code	0 / 10	string	0 / 10
country_name	0 / 10	string	0 / 10
year	0 / 10	number	0 / 10
indicator_code	0 / 10	string	0 / 10
indicator_name	0 / 10	string	0 / 10
indicator_description	0 / 10	string	0 / 10
value	0 / 10	number	0 / 10

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About this data

Cross-national dataset covering central government debt, fiscal policy, tax revenue composition, external debt stocks, debt service ratios, and macroeconomic indicators from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Includes 28 key series across 214 countries and territories in long/tidy format.

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Full supplier documentation

Original supplier listing: Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Indicators — 214 Countries (2000–2023) Cross-national dataset of sovereign debt, fiscal policy, and financial indicators for 214 countries from 2000 to 2023. Sourced from the World Bank Open Data API, this dataset covers 28 key indicators including: central government debt (% of GDP), government revenue and expenditure, tax revenue composition (income, goods/services, international trade), external debt stocks, debt service ratios, current account balance, foreign reserves, lending and real interest rates, broad money supply, domestic credit, GDP and GDP per capita, GDP growth, foreign direct investment, trade openness, imports/exports, exchange rates, and stock market metrics. Data is in long/tidy format with 93,782 rows — each row represents one country-year-indicator observation. Covers 214 sovereign nations and territories across 24 years. **Sources:** World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) — 28 indicator series from the World Bank Open Data API. **Use cases:** Sovereign credit risk analysis, fiscal policy research, cross-country economic comparison, debt sustainability assessments, macroeconomic forecasting, and financial market analysis.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
country_code	string
country_name	string
year	string
indicator_code	string
indicator_name	string
indicator_description	string
value	string

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