Government Finance Statistics
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) contains detailed data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks positions in assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors.

The GFS contains data for all reporting countries in the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM 2014) available to download in the documentation section.

GFS data are compiled either on a cash basis of recording or non-cash basis of recording (e.g., an accrual basis or a commitment basis).

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Bibliographic citation:
International Monetary Fund: Government Finance Statistics (January 2022 Edition). UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5257/imf/gfs/2022-01

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20th January 2022

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Start: 1972
End: 2020
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Copyright: International Monetary Fund

Government Finance StatisticsAbstract

The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) contains detailed data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks positions in assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors.

The GFS contains data for all reporting countries in the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM 2014) available to download in the documentation section.

GFS data are compiled either on a cash basis of recording or non-cash basis of recording (e.g., an accrual basis or a commitment basis).

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Bibliographic citation:
International Monetary Fund: Government Finance Statistics (January 2022 Edition). UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5257/imf/gfs/2022-01

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Government Finance Statistics Manual (PDF)/metadata/IMF/GFS/GFS_Manual.pdfGovernment Finance Statistics Introductory Notes (PDF)/metadata/IMF/GFS/GFS_Introductory_Notes.pdfReference period

Start: 1972
End: 2020

Date last updated

20th January 2022

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Copyright: International Monetary Fund

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