Penn world tables version 6.3

Constructed by Robert Summers and Alan Heston of the University of Pennsylvania, together with the late Irving Kravis, the Penn World Tables are the definitive source for real national accounts data. The national accounts for each country, initially in their own currencies, are adjusted using detailed price data to obtain real national accounts in a common currency (U.S. dollars) across countries. These data are invaluable for making comparisons of Gross Domestic Product across countries, and for all manner of research on development and growth.

Series title
Penn world tables
Data creator
Heston, Alan, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten
Date of creation
2009
Distributor
University of Toronto. Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
Date of distribution
2010 Jan 29th
Geography
Geographic coverage

international, 189 countries

Time period
1950-2007
Periodicity
annual
Mode of data collection

derived

Notes

The reference year for PWT 6.3 is 2005.

Funding agency
National Science Foundation grant no., 9911377
Access status
Open