Continuous national gross domestic product (GDP) time series for 195 countries: past observations (1850–2005) harmonized with future projections according to the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (2006–2100)

Geiger, Tobias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-847-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-847-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-847-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

27 Apr 2018

| 27 Apr 2018

Continuous national gross domestic product (GDP) time series for 195 countries: past observations (1850–2005) harmonized with future projections according to the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (2006–2100)

Tobias Geiger

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RC1: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Full reply to Referee 1', Tobias Geiger, 20 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of Paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Full reply to Referee 2', Tobias Geiger, 20 Feb 2018

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AA by Tobias Geiger on behalf of the Authors (19 Apr 2018) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (19 Apr 2018) by David Carlson

Short summary

National economic development is usually measured as gross domestic product (GDP), a quantity that has only been regularly available since 1960. However, many users of economic data require longer time series that are easily accessible and ready-to-use, also by non-experts. This current paper unites various sources of sparsely available GDP estimates from earlier time periods to provide continuous and complete coverage of national GDP for 195 countries from 1850 to the present.