This post introduces a new dataset for a large cross-section of numerous macroeconomic variables at a yearly frequency over a long period. This dataset was initially collected to perform an international classification of countries in the center-periphery axis and as a set of control variables for different papers, including "Cyclical Pattern in International Financial Flows to the Semi-periphery" and, in collaboration with Prof. J.-C. Defraigne, "Medium-Term Cycles and Financial Crises in Semi-periphery Countries." The dataset contains 163 countries between 1970 and 2020.
DOWNLOAD LINKS: RData, CSV, Microsoft Excel
Sources
Three groups of variables are included in the dataset. The first category contains demographic data provided by the World Bank database, United Nations (UN) Population Division database and Penn World Table. They contain information about the total population, percentage of the population under 14 years old, under-five mortality (deaths under age 5 per 1,000 live births), life expectancy at birth (both sexes combined, in years), fertility and adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19), the annual old-age dependency ratio [65+ / 20-64] in %, and percentage of the urban population. The second and third categories include economic variables from the World Bank database, Penn World Table, Barro-Lee Dataset, Our World in Data website, Historical National Accounts, OECD database, EUKLEMS Database, 10 sector database, Economic Transformation Database, and World Input–Output Database. The difference between these two groups relies on their economic nature as well as the quality and availability of data.
For further information, please refer to the attached PDF, which provides detailed descriptions of the sources utilized: link to pdf
Countries
Using the current ISO 3166 country codes, the dataset includes:
AFG AGO ALB ARE ARG ARM AUS AUT AZE BDI BEL BEN BFA BGD BGR BHR BIH BLR BOL BRA BTN BWA CAF CAN CHE CHL CHN CIV CMR COD COG COL COM CPV CRI CUB CYP CZE DEU DJI DNK DOM DZA ECU EGY ESP EST ETH FIN FJI FRA GAB GBR GEO GHA GIN GMB GNB GNQ GRC GTM GUY HKG HND HRV HTI HUN IDN IND IRL IRN IRQ ISR ITA JAM JOR JPN KAZ KEN KGZ KHM KOR KWT LAO LBN LBR LBY LKA LSO LTU LUX LVA MAC MAR MDA MDG MDV MEX MKD MLI MMR MNE MNG MOZ MRT MUS MWI MYS NAM NER NGA NIC NLD NOR NPL NZL OMN PAK PAN PER PHL POL PRI PRT PRY QAT ROU RUS RWA SAU SDN SEN SGP SLE SLV SRB SUR SVK SVN SWE SWZ SYR TCD TGO THA TJK TKM TTO TUN TUR TWN TZA UGA UKR URY USA UZB VEN VNM YEM ZAF ZMB ZWE
NB: This dataset has been utilized for research and educational purposes. The online version available here is not the most updated, as I continually develop it and add new data over time. Additionally, the information provided in the RData and Excel files is relatively sparse. If you have any questions regarding the methodology or the variables included, wish to collaborate on the project, or require a more updated version, please contact me here.