IMF Data

International economic key figures and financial indicators

What is IMF Data?

IMF Data is the International Monetary Fund’s official portal for macroeconomic and financial data. It is an authoritative and reliable source of international economic statistics and a strong supplement to databases such as the World Bank and OECD.

IMF data often goes far back in time. For instance, GDP figures for Denmark are available from 1966. In many cases, you will also find projections and forecasts for both the short term (1–2 years) and the medium term (5–10 years).

Datasets

The website includes the datasets below, which cover economic indicators for all countries worldwide. You will find data on GDP, inflation, balance of payments, foreign exchange reserves, public finances, debt and trade as well as data relating to IMF’s own activities, including lending to member countries.

Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Fiscal Monitor (FM)
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
World Economic Outlook (WEO)

IMF divides its datasets into several overarching data topics:

Fiscal Sector
Financial and Monetary Sector
External Sector
Demographic and Social
Environment and Climate
Economy and Prices
Economic Forecasts and Analysis
Fund Accounts

When is IMF Data useful?

The portal is particularly relevant when you:

Analyse or compare national economies and macroeconomic trends
Need reliable and internationally comparable data
Work with empirical studies, economic models or global financial research

Help using IMF Data

Guides on datasets, API and Excel Add-In

Link to Help Center

How do I find what I am looking for?

Use the search box

When you search the IMF Data Portal, you can use the large blue search box on the front page.

Here you will get results from both “datasets”, “indicators” and “tables” – as well as dashboards, documents and news items that may also contain relevant data.

How to perform a search and navigate search results

Use Data Explorer

Just below the search box, you can choose between “Data Explorer” and “Datasets”.

In Data Explorer you can filter your data extracts by dataset, country, indicator, frequency and time period.

How to filter data

Use Datasets

In Datasets, IMF’s datasets are organised by topic. When you choose a topic, you can filter using the same parameters as in Data Explorer. To access the filters, click the blue “Download” button next to the relevant dataset and then switch off “Download full dataset”.

FAQ om Datasets

Key sources from IMF

World Economic Outlook

A semi-annual publication with occasional updates. It includes analyses and projections for the global economy in the short term (1–2 years) and the medium term. Data is typically available from 1980 onwards.
The historical time series from these publications are collected in the World Economic Outlook (WEO) Databases.

Includes data on:

National accounts
Inflation
Unemployment
Balance of payments
Public finances
Trade and more

International Financial Statistics

This no longer exists as an independent publication or dataset. It has been redistributed across several IMF datasets organised by topic. For an overview of where to find the data now (examples below), see: Accessing International Financial Statistics (IFS).

Exchange Rate Indicators
Consumer Prices Indicators
International Trade Indicators.

Particularly for the financial sector:

Central Bank Indicators
Depository Corporations Indicators
Financial Corporations Indicators.

Create an account and repeat searches

If you create an account with IMF, you can save and repeat complex data queries. This is especially helpful if you have selected columns from different datasets.

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