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 The original project website has been archived and is no longer maintained.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).