PWT version 10.0, updated on February 18, 2021, is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 183 countries between 1950 and 2019.
Variable name
Variable definition
Identifier variables
countrycode
3-letter ISO country code
country
Country name
currency_unit
Currency unit
year
Year
Real GDP, employment and population levels
rgdpe
Expenditure-side real GDP at chained PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
rgdpo
Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
pop
Population (in millions)
emp
Number of persons engaged (in millions)
avh
Average annual hours worked by persons engaged
hc
Human capital index, based on years of schooling and returns to education; see Human capital in PWT9.
Current price GDP, capital and TFP
ccon
Real consumption of households and government, at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
cda
Real domestic absorption, (real consumption plus investment), at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
cgdpe
Expenditure-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
cgdpo
Output-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
cn
Capital stock at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)
ck
Capital services levels at current PPPs (USA=1)
ctfp
TFP level at current PPPs (USA=1)
cwtfp
Welfare-relevant TFP levels at current PPPs (USA=1)
National accounts-based variables
rgdpna
Real GDP at constant 2017 national prices (in mil. 2017US$)
rconna
Real consumption at constant 2017 national prices (in mil. 2017US$)
rdana
Real domestic absorption at constant 2017 national prices (in mil. 2017US$)
rnna
Capital stock at constant 2017 national prices (in mil. 2017US$)
rkna
Capital services at constant 2017 national prices (2017=1)
rtfpna
TFP at constant national prices (2017=1)
rwtfpna
Welfare-relevant TFP at constant national prices (2017=1)
labsh
Share of labour compensation in GDP at current national prices
irr
Real internal rate of return
delta
Average depreciation rate of the capital stock
Exchange rates and GDP price levels
xr
Exchange rate, national currency/USD (market+estimated)
pl_con
Price level of CCON (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_da
Price level of CDA (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_gdpo
Price level of CGDPo (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
Data information variables
i_cig
0/1/2/3/4: relative price data for consumption, investment and government is extrapolated (0), benchmark (1), interpolated (2), ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated (3) or ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated (4)
i_xm
0/1/2: relative price data for exports and imports is extrapolated (0), benchmark (1) or interpolated (2)
i_xr
0/1: the exchange rate is market-based (0) or estimated (1)
i_outlier
0/1: the observation on pl_gdpe or pl_gdpo is not an outlier (0) or an outlier (1)
i_irr
0/1/2/3: the observation for irr is not an outlier (0), may be biased due to a low capital share (1), hit the lower bound of 1 percent (2), or is an outlier (3)
cor_exp
Correlation between expenditure shares of the country and the US (benchmark observations only)
statcap
Statistical capacity indicator (source: World Bank, developing countries only)
Shares in CGDPo
csh_c
Share of household consumption at current PPPs
csh_i
Share of gross capital formation at current PPPs
csh_g
Share of government consumption at current PPPs
csh_x
Share of merchandise exports at current PPPs
csh_m
Share of merchandise imports at current PPPs
csh_r
Share of residual trade and GDP statistical discrepancy at current PPPs
Price levels, expenditure categories and capital
pl_c
Price level of household consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_i
Price level of capital formation, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_g
Price level of government consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_x
Price level of exports, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_m
Price level of imports, price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1
pl_n
Price level of the capital stock, price level of USA in 2017=1
pl_k
Price level of the capital services, price level of USA=1