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PWT 10.01

Penn World Table version 10.01
PWT

PWT version 10.01 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:

Published on January 23, 2023, PWT 10.01 constitutes a minor update from PWT 10.0 . Please consult the what is new document for an overview of the changes.


User information

This data set is hosted on Dataverse, it can be accessed in its entirety through the following doi: 10.34894/QT5BCC

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 and the blog on the website of the Productivity Institute are good starting points as well. If you are an experienced PWT user, please consult What is new in PWT 10.01.

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
cc

License and funding
Penn World Table 10.01 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.


Selective data access

Query
Variable Name and Use
Example
Real GDP using national-accounts growth rates, for studies comparing (output-based) growth rates across countries
Dependent variable in (cross-country) growth regressions
Expenditure-side real GDP at current PPPs, to compare relative living standards across countries at a single point in time
Initial level in growth regressions requiring relative living standards
Output-side real GDP at current PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries at a single point in time
Initial level in growth regressions requiring productive capacity or productivity
Expenditure-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative living standards across countries and over time
Living standards of China today compared to the US at some point in the past
Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs, to compare relative productive capacity across countries and over time
Productive capacity of China today compared to the US at some point in the past
DA
Development accounting, the sources of differences in living standards at a point in time
Is the US richer because of more inputs, higher productivity, or both?
GA
Growth accounting, the sources of economic growth over time
Analysis of the sources of economic growth over time

Notes: Real GDP variables are in (millions) of US dollars, not in per-capita terms. A population variable (acronym pop), which can be used to convert GDP into per-capita terms, is included in the relevant queries.

Documentation

Document
Content
Paper introducing new concepts and new results of PWT, starting with version 8.
Note that details the changes in PWT 10.01 relative to PWT 10.0.
Note on the comparison of productivity estimations from four databases; PWT 10.01, OECD Productivity Database, Total Economy Database April 2022 release, and the 2021 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
Exports and imports by Broad Economic Category, including shares in CGDPo and price levels
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.
The Stata data files and do-files necessary to replicate and customize PWT
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:18 July 2023 09.19 a.m.