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ETD – Economic Transformation Database
Open and free to use, the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD) provides comprehensive, long-term, and internationally comparable sectoral data on employment and productivity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The ETD covers:
- measures of economic growth and labour inputs for 51 economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America;
- 12 sectors of the total economy;
- time series with annual data from 1990 until 2018;
- data on value added, price deflators, and persons employed.
The ETD is the successor of the GGDC 10-sector database developed by the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) of the University of Groningen. The ETD project has been supported by UNU-WIDER financially and through joint research work.
The ETD is also accessible through GGDC's webpages.
Change log
Please consult the change log for an overview of the changes.
On 15 July 2021 we updated the ETD.
September 2023
A mistake for sectoral employment in the wholesale and retail trade sector of Bangladesh in 2014 is corrected.
An issue with the value added price deflators for business services, financial services, and the real estate sector in Myanmar for the period 1990-2014 is corrected.
The numbers representing persons engaged have been rounded to reflect individual count.