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imf_gfscofog_direct

International Monetary Fund — International Monetary Fund — Government Finance Statistics (GFS_COFOG) (direct from api.imf.org)

Open · redistributedIMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)Government Finance

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund — Government Finance Statistics (GFS_COFOG). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org).

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued
124,237
Temporal coverage
1972-12-31 – 2025-12-31
Categories
Government Finance

Licensing & provenance

License
IMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)
Required attribution
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund — Government Finance Statistics (GFS_COFOG). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org).
Redistribution
Permitted (served here)
Commercial use
Yes
Modification
Permitted
Provider homepage
https://www.imf.org/en/data
Provider terms
https://www.imf.org/en/about/copyright-and-terms

How to cite

International Monetary Fund - International Monetary Fund — Government Finance Statistics (GFS_COFOG). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org). Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved first-hand from api.imf.org (SDMX 2.1), normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema, de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet.

Access & mirrors

Download
Select & download imf_gfscofog_direct series as CSV →
API
Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing
https://econdatalibrary.com/imf_gfscofog_direct
Automated refresh
live — this database is on the daily update run

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)
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