The dataset is downloaded from the official website of the International Monetary Fund.

Content

Government Finance Statistics (GFS) database contains Fiscal data for all reporting countries in the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM) 2014. It includes detailed data on expenditures and revenue and includes data for the general government sector and its subsectors (ex. The central government, state government, local government, and social security funds).

The Historical Public Debt Database contains Debt-to-GDP ratios for 187 countries.

The unit of value in data tables is Percent to GDP.

E- Learning related to Data

• Government Finance Statistics Manual
• Sectors of Government Finance Statistics
• Sector Classification in Government Finance Statistics
• Government Revenue Statistics
• Government Expense Statistics

Interesting Ideas

• Explore different country-level financial statistics.
• Time series forecasting
• Combine all 3 datasets and predict debt to GDP ratio.