Data source: Feenstra, Inklaar and Timmer
PWT version 11.0 is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 185 countries between 1950 and 2023.
Please check the main codebook at: https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/docs/pwt_71vs80_variable_correspondence.pdf. The document with the revisions done to this version is found here: https://dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34894/FABVLR
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Feenstra et al.,
2015)
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pwt_cs
Capital services at constant 2021 national prices (2021= 1). Millions of US$. Capital services at constant national prices, based on investment and prices of structures and equipment.
pwt_csppp
Capital services using prices for structures and equipment that are constant across countries. Capital services levels at current PPPs (USA = 1).
pwt_gc
Share of government consumption at current purchasing power parities (PPPs).
pwt_hci
Human 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 (Psac ...
pwt_me
Share of merchandise exports at current PPPs.
pwt_mi
Share of merchandise imports at current PPPs.
pwt_plcf
Price level of capital formation, price level of USA GDPo in 2021=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 d ...
pwt_plcs
Price 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 b ...
pwt_ple
Price level of exports, price level of USA GDPo in 2021=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 b ...
pwt_plgc
Price level of government consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2021=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 ...
pwt_plhc
Price level of household consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2021=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 ...
pwt_pli
Price level of imports, price level of USA GDPo in 2021=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 b ...
pwt_rgdp
Real GDP at constant 2021 national prices (in million US Dollars), obtained from national accounts data for each country.
Share of residual trade and GDP statistical discrepancy at current PPPs.
pwt_sgcf
Share of gross capital formation at current PPPs.
pwt_shhc
Share of household consumption at current PPPs.
pwt_slcgdp
Share of labour compensation in GDP at current national prices.
pwt_tfp
Total Factor Productivity (TFP) at constant national prices (2021=1). TFP index, computed with Real GDP at constant national prices, capital services at constant national prices based on investment ...
pwt_tfpppp
Total 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 va ...
pwt_xr
Exchange rate, national currency/USD (market+estimated).