Government Finance Statistics (IMF)
Government Finance Statistics provides data on revenue, expenditure and transactions in assets and liabilities for the state sector and sub-sectors worldwide.
[See also Historical Government Finance Statistics .]
Government Finance Statistics contains time series for all reported sub-sectors of government for 137 countries from 1990 to 2010.
Users are encouraged to read the IMF companion materials and the text files on the GFS CD-rom , under 'documentation'.
There are four complementary views for browsing the database contained within the GFS CD-rom: a 'table view' corresponding to the tables contained within the GFS Yearbook; an 'economic concept view' providing access to comparable analytical concepts across countries; a 'search/view' facility based on the structure of the time series codes; and a multi-year 'matrix view' for enhanced data analysis based on GFS manual statements and tables for combinations of the sub-sectors of general government.
The detailed classification tables are presented in Appendix 4 of the GFS Manual .
Coverage: 1990-2011
Updated: December 2011
For details of the GFSM framework consult this IMF page .
See also Historical Government Finance Statistics .
The Government Finance Statistics online manual is available on this IMF page .
Earlier ICPSR wave supporting documentation is on the ICPSR site .
Access Government Finance Statistics via this Catalogue record .
CD-rom server instructions are on this page .
Use an on-campus computer to access this resource.
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