Catalog / International Monetary Fund — World Revenue Longitudinal Database (direct from api.imf.org)

imf_world_direct

International Monetary Fund — World Revenue Longitudinal Database (direct from api.imf.org)

Name: International Monetary Fund — World Revenue Longitudinal Database (direct from api.imf.org)
Creator: International Monetary Fund
License: IMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)

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Source: International Monetary Fund, World Revenue Longitudinal Database. 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

3,244

Temporal coverage

1980-12-31 – 2024-12-31

Licensing & provenance

License: IMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)
Required attribution: Source: International Monetary Fund, World Revenue Longitudinal Database. 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 - World Revenue Longitudinal Database. 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_world_direct series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/imf_world_direct
Automated refresh: live — this database is on the daily update run

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets