PWT version 10.01 is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 183 countries between 1950 and 2019.
Please check the main codebook at: https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/docs/pwt100-user-guide-to-data-files.pdf. The document with the revisions done to this version here: https://dataverse.nl/api/access/datafile/354100
In the Penn World Table the users are offered two different series of data for China. ''China Version 1'' uses the official growth rates for the whole period. ''China Version 2'' uses the recent modifications of official Chinese growth rates. We have chosen to include China Version 1.
Last updated by source: 2023-01-23
| Dataset type: | Time-Series |
| Dataset level: | Country |
(Feenstra et al.,
2015)
Capital services at constant 2017 national prices (2017= 1). Millions of US$. Capital services at constant national prices, based on investment and prices of structures and equipment.
More about this variableCapital services using prices for structures and equipment that are constant across countries. Capital services levels at current PPPs (USA = 1).
More about this variableShare of government consumption at current purchasing power parities (PPPs).
More about this variableHuman capital index based on the average years of schooling from Barro and Lee (Barro & Lee, 2013) and an assumed rate of return to education, based on Mincer equation estimates around the world (Psacharopoulos, 1994). More information can be found in the document "Human capital in PWT 9.0"
More about this variableShare of merchandise exports at current PPPs.
More about this variableShare of merchandise imports at current PPPs.
More about this variablePrice level of capital formation, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level. GDPo refers to Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries and over time.
More about this variablePrice level of the capital services, price level of USA=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level.
More about this variablePrice level of exports, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level. GDPo refers to Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries and over time.
More about this variablePrice level of government consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level. GDPo refers to Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries and over time.
More about this variablePrice level of household consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level. GDPo refers to Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries and over time.
More about this variablePrice level of imports, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1. Purchasing power parity is in units of the currency of a country per unit of the currency of the base country, it is common to divide it by the nominal exchange rate to obtain the price level.
More about this variableReal GDP at constant 2017 national prices (in million US Dollars), obtained from national accounts data for each country.
More about this variableShare of residual trade and GDP statistical discrepancy at current PPPs.
More about this variableShare of gross capital formation at current Purchasing Power Parities.
More about this variableShare of household consumption at current PPPs.
More about this variableShare of labour compensation in GDP at current national prices.
More about this variableTotal Factor Productivity (TFP) at constant national prices (2017=1). TFP index, computed with Real GDP at constant national prices, capital services at constant national prices based on investment and prices of structures and equipment, labor input data, and the share of labour income in GDP. This variable shows the growth of productivity over time in each country.
More about this variableTotal Factor Productivity (TFP) level at current PPPs (USA=1). TFP level is computed with output-side real GDP, capital services, labor input data, and the share of labour income in GDP. This variable shows the productivity level across countries in each year.
More about this variableExchange rate, national currency/USD (market+estimated).
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