Originally 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
Feenstra, Robert C., Inklaar, Robert, Timmer, Marcel P.
Distributor
University of Groningen
Date of distribution
2016
Statistics type
Subjects
Geography
Geographic coverage
International, 182 countries.
Time period
1950-2014
Periodicity
Annual
Mode of data collection
Derived.
Notes
Base year is 2011.
Access status
Open
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