World Input-Output Database

The WIOD Project

This subsection of the GGDC website hosts the data and documentation of the World Input-Output Database (WIOD), previously found on www.wiod.org. The original project website has been archived and is no longer maintained. For questions concerning the WIOD, please send an email to wiod@rug.nl.

The World Input-Output Database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

Release 2016

World Input-Output Tables and underlying data, covering 43 countries, and a model for the rest of the world for the period 2000-2014. Data for 56 sectors are classified according to the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 4 (ISIC Rev. 4). The tables adhere to the 2008 version of the SNA.

Release 2013

World Input-Output Tables and underlying data, covering 40 countries, and a model for the rest of the world for the period 1995-2011. Data for 35 sectors are classified according to the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 3 (ISIC Rev. 3). The tables adhere to the 1993 version of the SNA.

Long-run WIOD

In a separate, but related project, a long-run time series of World Input-Output Tables have been estimated for the period 1965-2000. The tables include data for 25 countries and 23 sectors of the economy, classified according to the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 3 (ISIC Rev. 3). The tables adhere to the 1993 version of the SNA.

When using this database, a reference should be made to the following paper:
Timmer, M. P., Dietzenbacher, E., Los, B., Stehrer, R. and de Vries, G. J. (2015), "An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input–Output Database: the Case of Global Automotive Production" , Review of International Economics., 23: 575–605

For an overview of the sources and characteristics of the new 2016 release see:
Timmer, M. P., Los, B., Stehrer, R. and de Vries, G. J. (2016), "An Anatomy of the Global Trade Slowdown based on the WIOD 2016 Release" , GGDC research memorandum number 162, University of Groningen

Acknowledgement

The World Input-Output Database project was financially supported by the European Commission, Research Directorate General as part of the 7th Framework Programme, Theme 8: Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities. Grant Agreement no: 225 281. The WIOD 2016 release was funded by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) (grant number 453-14-012) and European Commission Services (project ECFIN 2015/019B).