How to obtain copies of the Penn-World (Mark 5) Tables
memo dated 9/27/1992
This memo describes two procedures for obtaining copies of the data
described in Robert Summers and Alan Heston's paper 'The Penn
World Table (Mark 5): An Expanded Set of International Comparisons,
1950-1987,' which appeared in the The Quarterly Journal of
Economics, pp. 1 - 41 (May 1991)
An IBM-PC compatible 3.5 disk with the tables and a copy of the QJE
article are available from:
Publications Department
National Bureau of Economic Research
1050 Mass Ave.
Cambridge MA 02138
Please enclose a check for $US5 (US and Canada) or $US15 (other)
The files may also be obtained from an anonymous FTP server at the
NBER without charge by those with Internet access. A copy of the
QJE article will still be required to make use of the data.
Even if you have never used FTP before, you should be able to fetch the
files using the instructions below. The only assumtion made here is that
FTP is indeed available on your machine. This should be the case on
almost
all BITNET sites, but check with your local system administrator if you
can't find it on your system.
First, run the FTP command using local conventions.
command would be:
On most systems the
ftp nber.harvard.edu
FTP will prompt for a login id, respond with:
anonymous
FTP will prompt for a password, respond with:
anonymous
FTP will prompt for commands.
Respond with the following three lines:
cd pub/nber
type a
mget pwt5*.*
The files will now be transferred.
The file names and sizes are:
pwt5.asc
pwt5a1.doc
pwt5a2.doc
pwt5b2.doc
pwt5.doc
1194805
3093
12041
68542
9066
All but the first are documentation files.
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Description of Variables in PWT5.ASC file:
1
2
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
( POP )
= Population in 000's
( RGDPCH )= Real GDP per capita in constant dollars using Chain
(1985 international prices in PWT5)
( C )
= Consumption share of GDP % (1985 int.prices)
( I )
= Investment share of GDP % (1985 int.prices)
( G )
= Government share of GDP % (1985 int.prices)
( RGDPL ) = Real GDP per capita (Laspeyres index) (1985 int.prices)
( RGDPTT )= Real GDP per capita in constant dollars
adjusted for changes in the terms of trade
(1985 International prices for domestic absorption,
current prices for NFB)
( Y )
= CGDP relative to U.S.=100 (current int.prices)
( CGDP ) = Real GDP per capita (current int. prices)
( CC )
= Real Consumption share of GDP (current int.prices)
( CI )
= Investment share of GDP (current int.prices)
( CG )
= Government share of GDP (current int.prices)
( P )
= Price level GDP %
(PPP GDP/ Xrate relative to U.S.)
( PC )
= Price level Consumption%
( PI )
= Price level Investment %
( PG )
= Price level Government %
( XR )
= Exchange Rate
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
(
(
(
(
(
(
(
(
(
(
3
4
5
6
7
RGDPEA )
RGDPW )
KapW )
Kdur )
Knres )
Kother )
Kres )
OPENC)
RGNP )
Ipri )
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
Real GDP per Equivalent Adult (1985 int.prices)
Real GDP per Worker (1985 int.prices)
Capital Stock per Worker (1985 int.prices)
Producer Durables (% of KapW) (1985 int.prices)
Nonresidential construction (% of KapW) (1985 int.prices)
Other Construction (% of KapW) (1985 int.prices)
Residential construction (% of KapW) (1985 int.prices)
Openness (Exports+Imports)/CGDP (current int.prices)
Real Gross National Product (% of CGDP)
Gross Domestic Private Investment (% of Gross Domestic
Investment in current int.prices)
Beginning Column and Field description:
(num is numeric, char is character field)
1:
5:
21:
26:
35:
42:
3.0
15
4
8.0
6.0
6.2
num (LINE code for country)
char (COUNTRY name with blank spaces removed)
char or num (YEAR)
num (POP)
num (RGDPCH)
num (C)
49:
56:
63:
70:
77:
84:
91:
98:
105:
112:
119:
126:
133:
140:
147:
154:
161:
169:
175:
181:
187:
193:
200:
207:
6.2 num (I)
6.2 num (G)
6.0 num (RGDPL)
6.0 num (RGDPTT)
6.2 num (Y)
6.0 num (CGDP)
6.2 num (CC)
6.2 num (CI)
6.2 num (CG)
6.2 num (P)
6.2 num (PC)
6.2 num (PI)
6.2 num (PG)
best6. num (XR) 6 columns using decimals or scientific notation
6.0 num (RGDPEA)
6.0 num (RGDPW)
7.0 num (KAPW)
5.2 num (KPDUR)
5.2 num (KNRES)
5.2 num (KOTHER)
5.2 num (KRES)
6.2 num (OPNE)
6.2 num (RGNP)
6.2 num (IPRI)
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The countries are ordered alphabetically within their continent code
(CCODE) listed below. The three letter code is the World Bank country
code.
CCODE=1
2
2s
3
4
5
AFRICA
CENTRAL & NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
ASIA
EUROPE
OCEANIA
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1 ALGERIA
1
DZA
2 ANGOLA
1
AGO
3 BENIN
1
BEN
4 BOTSWANA
1
BWA
5 BURKINA FASO
1
HVO
6 BURUNDI
1
BDI
7 CAMEROON
1
CMR
8 CAPE VERDE IS. 1
CPV
9 CENTRAL AFR.R. 1
CAF
10 CHAD
1
TCD
11 COMOROS
1
COM
12 CONGO
1
COG
13 EGYPT
1
EGY
14 ETHIOPIA
1
ETH
15 GABON
1
GAB
16 GAMBIA
1
GMB
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
GHANA
1
GUINEA
1
GUINEA-BISS
1
IVORY COAST
1
KENYA
1
LESOTHO
1
LIBERIA
1
MADAGASCAR
1
MALAWI
1
MALI
1
MAURITANIA
1
MAURITIUS
1
MOROCCO
1
MOZAMBIQUE
1
NIGER
1
NIGERIA
1
RWANDA
1
SENEGAL
1
SEYCHELLES
1
SIERRA LEONE
1
SOMALIA
1
SOUTH AFRICA
1
SUDAN
1
SWAZILAND
1
TANZANIA
1
TOGO
1
TUNISIA
1
UGANDA
1
ZAIRE
1
ZAMBIA
1
ZIMBABWE
1
BAHAMAS
2
BARBADOS
2
CANADA
2
COSTA RICA
2
DOMINICA
2
DOMINICAN REP. 2
EL SALVADOR
2
GRENADA
2
GUATEMALA
2
HAITI
2
HONDURAS
2
JAMAICA
2
MEXICO
2
NICARAGUA
2
PANAMA
2
ST.LUCIA
2
ST.VINCENT&GRE 2
TRINIDAD&TOBAGO2
U.S.A.
2
ARGENTINA
2s
BOLIVIA
2s
BRAZIL
2s
CHILE
2s
GHA
GIN
GNB
CIV
KEN
LSO
LBR
MDG
MWI
MLI
MRT
MUS
MAR
MOZ
NER
NGA
RWA
SEN
SYC
SLE
SOM
ZAF
SDN
SWZ
TZA
TGO
TUN
UGA
ZAR
ZMB
ZWE
BHS
BRB
CAN
CRI
DMA
DOM
SLV
GRD
GTM
HTI
HND
JAM
MEX
NIC
PAN
LCA
VCT
TTO
USA
ARG
BOL
BRA
CHL
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
GUYANA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SURINAME
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
AFGHANISTAN
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BURMA(Myanmar)
CHINA
HONG KONG
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISRAEL
JAPAN
JORDAN
KOREA,SOUTH(R)
KUWAIT
MALAYSIA
NEPAL
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PHILIPPINES
SAUDI ARABIA
SINGAPORE
SRI LANKA
SYRIA
TAIWAN
THAILAND
UNITED ARAB E.
YEMEN, N-ARAB
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CYPRUS
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY, WEST
GREECE
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
ITALY
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
2s
2s
2s
2s
2s
2s
2s
2s
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
COL
ECU
GUY
PRY
PER
SUR
URY
VEN
AFG
BHR
BGD
BUR
CHN
HKG
IND
IDN
IRN
IRQ
ISR
JPN
JOR
KOR
KWT
MYS
NPL
OMN
PAK
PHL
SAU
SGP
LKA
SYR
OAN
THA
ARE
YEM
AUT
BEL
CYP
DNK
FIN
FRA
DEU
GRC
HUN
ISL
IRL
ITA
LUX
MLT
NLD
NOR
POL
PRT
125 SPAIN
4
ESP
126 SWEDEN
4
SWE
127 SWITZERLAND
4
CHE
128 TURKEY
4
TUR
129 U.K.
4
GBR
130 YUGOSLAVIA
4
YUG
131 AUSTRALIA
5
AUS
132 FIJI
5
FJI
133 NEW ZEALAND
5
NZL
134 PAPUA N.GUINEA 5
PNG
135 SOLOMON IS.
5
SLB
136 TONGA
5
TON
137 VANUATU
5
VUT
138 WESTERN SAMOA 5
WSM
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