Deutsche Bundesbank — Government Finance of foreign countries (BBXF1)

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This dataset provides official time series on government finance in foreign countries, published by the Deutsche Bundesbank as the BBXF1 dataflow. Data are delivered through an SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint supporting multiple formats: XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON. Users can retrieve specific series by specifying a key path along with optional filters such as startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations, allowing precise extraction of the required data. The dataset is part of the Bundesbank's broader statistical time series database, covering economic and price-related indicators across foreign jurisdictions, and is freely accessible without authentication.{Government Finance of foreign countries (BBXF1) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBXF1 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.

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Data schema (18 fields)

Filterable via the API (8)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_STD_AREABBK_STD_ADJUSTMENTBBK_EXGF_INDICATORBBK_EXGF_INDCOMPBBK_EXWA_TYPEBBK_EXWA_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. A)
BBK_STD_AREA	dimension	21 codes (e.g. AT, BE, BG)
BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR	dimension	2 codes (e.g. B9, LE)
BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP	dimension	2 codes (e.g. BALANCE, CONSOLD)
BBK_EXWA_TYPE	dimension	1 codes (e.g. PGT)
BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX	dimension	1 codes (e.g. I00)
TIME_PERIOD	time	Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMAT	attribute	—
BBK_DECIMALS	attribute	—
BBK_ID	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_METH_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	attribute	—

Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1OBS_VALUE: -3.4 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "-3.4",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022",
  "BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PGT",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP": "BALANCE",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR": "B9",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: -2.6 · TIME_PERIOD: 2023

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "-2.6",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023",
  "BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PGT",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP": "BALANCE",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR": "B9",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: -4.6 · TIME_PERIOD: 2024

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "-4.6",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
  "BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PGT",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP": "BALANCE",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR": "B9",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: -4.2 · TIME_PERIOD: 2025

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "-4.2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PGT",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP": "BALANCE",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR": "B9",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 78.1 · TIME_PERIOD: 2022

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "78.1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022",
  "BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PGT",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDCOMP": "CONSOLD",
  "BBK_EXGF_INDICATOR": "LE",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}

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curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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