PWT 10.0
PWT version 10.0 is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 183 countries between 1950 and 2019. For questions not covered in the documentation, please contact pwt@rug.nl. Access to the data is provided below:
On June 18, 2021 we updated PWT 10.0. Please consult the change log for an overview of the changes.
User information
(DOI: 10.15141/S5Q94M)
If you are new to PWT, please consult the User Guide to PWT 10.0 for further information and a guide to the available documentation. This Vox column is a good starting point as well. If you are an experienced PWT user, please consult What is new in PWT 10.0.
To stay informed about new releases, follow us on Twitter @PennWorldTable.
Attribution requirement - When using these data (for whatever purpose), please make the following reference:
- Feenstra, Robert C., Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer (2015), "The Next Generation of the Penn World Table" American Economic Review, 105(10), 3150-3182, available for download at www.ggdc.net/pwt
License and funding
Penn World Table 10.0 by Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
. This research received support through grants from the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation and the Transatlantic Platform’s Digging into Data program.
Documentation
| Document | Content |
|---|---|
| The Next Generation of the Penn World Table |
Paper introducing new concepts and new results of PWT, starting with version 8.
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| What is New in PWT 10.0 | Note that details the changes in PWT 10.0 relative to PWT 9.1. |
| Comparing productivity growth across databases | Note on the comparison of productivity estimations from four databases; PWT 10.0, OECD Productivity Database, Total Economy Database July 2020 release, and the 2019 release of EU KLEMS |
Additional data and programs
| File | Content |
|---|---|
| NA data (Excel, Stata) | The National Accounts data in current and constant national prices and exchange rate and population data |
| Trade detail | Exports and imports by Broad Economic Category, including shares in CGDPo and price levels |
| Labor detail | Details on the sources and methods for compiling employment, educational attainment and labor share data |
| Capital detail (Excel, Stata) | Investment, capital stock and capital consumption data by assets. |
| Program package | The Stata data files and do-files necessary to replicate and customize PWT |
| Expenditure share correlations | Bilateral correlations between expenditure (budget) shares in the different global benchmark years |
| NA vintages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017) | Older vintages of NA data with data up to the indicated year |
| ICP benchmark data (1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1996) | PPPs and expenditure at the most detailed level for publicly available benchmark years |
| Last modified: | 26 September 2024 5.02 p.m. |