The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and individual countries. The WEO dataset is released twice a year: April and September/October. Please fill out this online form for access to the confidential version--not for redistribution or transfer to any unauthorized third party. The public version is available on the IMF website.

The IMF's World Economic Outlook uses a "bottom-up" approach in producing its forecasts; that is, country teams within the IMF generate projections for individual countries. These are then aggregated, and through a series of iterations where the aggregates feed back into individual countries' forecasts, forecasts converge to the projections reported in the WEO.

Because forecasts are made by the individual country teams, the methodology can vary from country to country and series to series depending on many factors. To get more information on a specific country and series forecast, you may contact the country teams directly; from the Countries tab on the IMF website. (From: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=%2Ddatabase%2FDisclaimer.-,Q.,generate%20projections%20for%20individual%20countries.)

Country-wise GDP growth rate forecast for 2025 based on IMF World Economic Outlook data.

In most years since 1980, global GDP growth has been relatively consistent, generally fluctuating between two and five percent growth from year to year. The most notable exceptions to this were during the Great Recession in 2009, and again in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, where the global economy actually shrank in both of these years. As the world economy continues to deal with the economic impact of the pandemic, as well as the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the future remains uncertain, however current estimates suggest that annual growth will return to steady figures of around 3 percent in 2030.

Contains the GDP growth (% change) from 1980 to 2023 (predicted from 2019 and onwards) for countries around the world. The data was sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Outlook (Oct 2018), and from Focus Economics. The spatial data (polygons) were sourced from the World Countries layer by Esri.You can view and download the data here: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLDhttps://www.focus-economics.com/blog/emerging-markets-2019-economic-outlook

** IMF's GDP Data 📈: 1980-2028 Global Trends Explore the economic trajectories of countries worldwide with the "IMF's GDP Data: 1980-2028 Global Trends" dataset. Providing a comprehensive overview of GDP per capita, this dataset measures the average economic output per person in current U.S. dollars. With actual data from 1980 to 2023 and predictions extending to 2028, it's an invaluable asset for understanding past progress and anticipating future growth.

The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may differ from WEO aggregates due to differences in group membership. Composite data for country groups are weighted averages of data for individual countries. Arithmetic weighted averages are used for all concepts except for inflation and broad money, for which geometric averages are used. PPP GDP weights from the WEO database are used for the aggregation of real GDP growth, real non-oil GDP growth, real per capita GDP growth, investment, national savings, broad money, claims on the nonfinancial private sector, and real and nominal effective exchange rates. Aggregates for other concepts are weighted by GDP in U.S. dollars at market exchange rates.

IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database. The "http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=29">IMF World Economic Outlook is a twice-yearly survey by IMF staff that presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Associated with the report is the "http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28">World Economic Outlook Database, a country-level dataset of major macro-economic variables (GDP, Unemployment, Debt etc). It is the data from that database which is provided here.

Data

The source database is made of annual values for each country on 45 indicators since 1980. In addition the database includes the IMF projects approximately 6 years into the future.

We extract this data and normalize into 2 files:

• Indicators - data/indicators.csv - the list of indicators
• Values - data/values.csv - set of values for each indicator, country, year tuple.

Sources

Note the XLS files actual turn out to be tsv files!

• Listing page for WEO Database
• 2014 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/weodata/index.aspx
  • http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/weodata/WEOApr2014all.xls
• 2011 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/index.aspx
  • http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/WEOSep2011all.xls

Preparation

Code to extract the data from the source WEO Database is in the scripts directory.

The statistic shows global gross domestic product (GDP) from 1985 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2020, global GDP amounted to about 85.76 trillion U.S. dollars, two and a half trillion lower than in 2019. Gross domestic product Gross domestic product, also known as GDP, is the accumulated value of all finished goods and services produced in a country, often measured annually. GDP is significant in determining the economic health, growth and productivity in the country, and is a stat often used when comparing several countries at a time, most likely in order to determine which country has seen the most progress. Until 2020, Global GDP had experienced a growth every year since 2010. However, a strong growth rate does not necessarily lead to all positive outcomes and often has a negative effect on inflation rates. A severe growth in GDP leads to lower unemployment, however lower unemployment often leads to higher inflation rates due to demand increasing at a much higher rate than supply and as a result prices rise accordingly. In terms of unemployment, growth had been fairly stagnant since the economic downturn of 2007-2009, but it remains to be seen what the total impact of the coronavirus pandemic will be on total employment.

Based on IMF forecasts from April 2025, the real GDP growth in industrial countries will slow in 2030, only growing by *** percent. This is because of the impact of the high global inflation rates. On the other hand, the GDP of emerging and developing countries is expected to grow by around * percent both in 2022, 2030, and 2024.

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook GDP per Capita projections 2000-2016

Full Year GDP Growth in World remained unchanged at 2.90 percent in 2024 from 2.90 percent in 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for World Full Year GDP Growth.

EU:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductBased on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) Per Capita GDP: Constant Prices data was reported at 37,574.780 PPP 2011 Intl $ in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 36,676.830 PPP 2011 Intl $ for 2016. EU:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductBased on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) Per Capita GDP: Constant Prices data is updated yearly, averaging 29,083.946 PPP 2011 Intl $ from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37,574.780 PPP 2011 Intl $ in 2017 and a record low of 21,181.800 PPP 2011 Intl $ in 1981. EU:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductBased on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) Per Capita GDP: Constant Prices data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund - World Economic Outlook. The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Aggregate: Euro Area and European Union – Table EU.IMF.WEO: Gross Domestic Product: European Union (EU28).

This dataset provides annual GDP data for 196 countries from 2005 to 2025, measured in USD billions. Data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Coverage: 196 countries + header row Time span: 2005–2024 (reported), 2025 (projected) Notable trends: The data clearly shows the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic on world economies. Missing values: In some cases, GDP values are unavailable because countries did not report them.

Usability

Trend analysis — Study global and regional GDP growth patterns across two decades.

Forecasting models — Train ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, or other models to predict future GDP.

Comparative studies — Benchmark economic performance between countries, continents, or economic blocs (e.g., G7, BRICS).

Impact assessment — Analyze the effect of global events such as the 2008 crisis and COVID-19 on GDP.

Correlation research — Combine with other datasets (population, inflation, CO₂ emissions) for cross indicator analysis.

Visualization projects — Build dashboards, choropleth maps, or interactive charts to illustrate global growth.

Educational use — Teach concepts of macroeconomics, time series data, and forecasting in classrooms.

Investment & policy insights — Support macro level decision making, financial market analysis, or policy research.

Graph and download economic data for Real GDP Per Capita for Chad (TCDNGDPRPCPCPPPT) from 2000 to 2026 about Chad, REO, per capita, real, GDP, and rate.

By the year 2030, it is projected that China will eclipse the United States and have the largest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, at 31.7 trillion U.S. dollars. The United States is projected to have the second largest GDP, at 22.9 trillion U.S. dollars.

What is gross domestic product?

Gross domestic product, or GDP, is an economic measure of a country’s production in time. It includes all goods and services produced by a country and is used by economists to determine the health of a country’s economy. However, since GDP just shows the size of an economy and is not adjusted for the country’s size, this can make direct country comparisons complicated.

The growth of the global economy

Currently, the United States has the largest GDP in the world, at 20.5 trillion U.S. dollars. China has the second largest GDP, at 13.4 trillion U.S. dollars. In the coming years, production will become faster and more global, which will help to grow the global economy.

Imports of environmental goods comprise all environmental goods entering the national territory. A relatively high share of environmental goods imports indicates that an economy purchases a significant share of environmental goods from other economies. Exports of environmental goods comprise all environmental goods leaving the national territory. A relatively high share of environmental goods exports indicates that an economy produces and sells a significant share of environmental goods to other economies. An economy’s environmental goods trade balance is the difference between its exports and imports of environmental goods.Comparative advantage is a measure of the relative advantage or disadvantage a particular economy has in a certain class of goods (in this case, environmental goods), and can be used to evaluate export potential in that class of goods. A value greater than one indicates a relative advantage in environmental goods, while a value of less than one indicates a relative disadvantage.Sources: Department of Economic and Social Affairs/United Nations. 2022. United Nations Comtrade database. https://comtrade.un.org. Accessed on 2023-06-28; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS). https://data.imf.org/dot. Accessed on 2023-06-28. World Economic Outlook (WEO) Database. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/April. Accessed on 2023-06-28; IMF staff calculations.Category: Cross-Border IndicatorsData series: Comparative advantage in environmental goodsEnvironmental goods exportsEnvironmental goods exports as percent of GDPEnvironmental goods exports as share of total exportsEnvironmental goods importsEnvironmental goods imports as percent of GDPEnvironmental goods imports as share of total importsEnvironmental goods trade balanceEnvironmental goods trade balance as percent of GDPTotal trade in environmental goodsTotal trade in environmental goods as percent of GDPMetadata:Sources: Trade data from UN Comtrade Database (https://comtrade.un.org/). Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) 2017. Trade aggregates from IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) (data.imf.org/dot). GDP data from World Economic Outlook.Methodology:Environmental goods imports and exports are estimated by aggregating HS 6-digit commodities identified as environmental goods based on OECD and Eurostat, The Environmental Goods & Services Industry: Manual for Data Collection and Analysis, 1999, and IMF research. Total goods imports and exports are estimated by aggregating all commodities. Environmental goods trade balance is calculated as environmental goods exports less environmental goods imports. A positive trade balance means an economy has a surplus in environmental goods, while a negative trade balance means an economy has a deficit in environmental goods.Total goods are estimated by aggregating all commodities. Comparative advantage is calculated as the proportion of an economy’s exports that are environmental goods to the proportion of global exports that are environmental goods. Total trade in environmental goods is calculated as the sum of environmental goods exports and environmental goods imports. This measure provides an indication of an economy’s involvement (openness) to trade in environmental goods.National-accounts basis GDP at current prices from the World Economic Outlook is used to calculate the percent of GDP. This measure provides an indication of an economy’s involvement (openness) to trade in environmental goods.Methodology Attachment Environmental Goods Harmonized System Codes

Thailand TH: IMF Forecast: General Government: Primary Balance: % of GDP data was reported at -0.658 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.649 % for 2022. Thailand TH: IMF Forecast: General Government: Primary Balance: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging -0.107 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.254 % in 2006 and a record low of -5.505 % in 2002. Thailand TH: IMF Forecast: General Government: Primary Balance: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.IMF.FM: Government Finance Statistics.

In 2025, the United States had the largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product of over 30 trillion U.S. dollars. China had the second largest economy, at around 19.23 trillion U.S. dollars. Recent adjustments in the list have seen Germany's economy overtake Japan's to become the third-largest in the world in 2023, while Brazil's economy moved ahead of Russia's in 2024. Global gross domestic product Global gross domestic product amounts to almost 110 trillion U.S. dollars, with the United States making up more than one-quarter of this figure alone. The 12 largest economies in the world include all Group of Seven (G7) economies, as well as the four largest BRICS economies. The U.S. has consistently had the world's largest economy since the interwar period, and while previous reports estimated it would be overtaken by China in the 2020s, more recent projections estimate the U.S. economy will remain the largest by a considerable margin going into the 2030s.The gross domestic product of a country is calculated by taking spending and trade into account, to show how much the country can produce in a certain amount of time, usually per year. It represents the value of all goods and services produced during that year. Those countries considered to have emerging or developing economies account for almost 60 percent of global gross domestic product, while advanced economies make up over 40 percent.

Graph and download economic data for Non-Oil Real GDP Growth in Constant Prices for Qatar (QATNGDPXORPCHPT) from 2000 to 2025 about non-oil, Qatar, REO, real, GDP, and rate.

The Fiscal Monitor surveys and analyzes the latest public finance developments, it updates fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies to put public finances on a sustainable footing.

Country-specific data and projections for key fiscal variables are based on the April 2020 World Economic Outlook database, unless indicated otherwise, and compiled by the IMF staff. Historical data and projections are based on information gathered by IMF country desk officers in the context of their missions and through their ongoing analysis of the evolving situation in each country; they are updated on a continual basis as more information becomes available. Structural breaks in data may be adjusted to produce smooth series through splicing and other techniques. IMF staff estimates serve as proxies when complete information is unavailable. As a result, Fiscal Monitor data can differ from official data in other sources, including the IMF's International Financial Statistics.

The country classification in the Fiscal Monitor divides the world into three major groups: 35 advanced economies, 40 emerging market and middle-income economies, and 40 low-income developing countries. The seven largest advanced economies as measured by GDP (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States) constitute the subgroup of major advanced economies, often referred to as the Group of Seven (G7). The members of the euro area are also distinguished as a subgroup. Composite data shown in the tables for the euro area cover the current members for all years, even though the membership has increased over time. Data for most European Union member countries have been revised following the adoption of the new European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010). The low-income developing countries (LIDCs) are countries that have per capita income levels below a certain threshold (currently set at $2,700 in 2016 as measured by the World Bank's Atlas method), structural features consistent with limited development and structural transformation, and external financial linkages insufficiently close to be widely seen as emerging market economies. Zimbabwe is included in the group. Emerging market and middle-income economies include those not classified as advanced economies or low-income developing countries. See Table A, "Economy Groupings," for more details.

Most fiscal data refer to the general government for advanced economies, while for emerging markets and developing economies, data often refer to the central government or budgetary central government only (for specific details, see Tables B-D). All fiscal data refer to the calendar years, except in the cases of Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, and Thailand, for which they refer to the fiscal year.

Composite data for country groups are weighted averages of individual-country data, unless otherwise specified. Data are weighted by annual nominal GDP converted to U.S. dollars at average market exchange rates as a share of the group GDP.

In many countries, fiscal data follow the IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014. The overall fiscal balance refers to net lending (+) and borrowing ("") of the general government. In some cases, however, the overall balance refers to total revenue and grants minus total expenditure and net lending.

The fiscal gross and net debt data reported in the Fiscal Monitor are drawn from official data sources and IMF staff estimates. While attempts are made to align gross and net debt data with the definitions in the IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual, as a result of data limitations or specific country circumstances, these data can sometimes deviate from the formal definitions.