Global Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Indicators by Country (2000-2023)
About this data
Comprehensive 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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