Country Database Library

About the Database Library

The database library contains country database files written in Excel.  Each file holds the Social Accounting Matrix and all required elasticity parameters for a single country. The SAMs are drawn from the global database developed and maintained by GTAP at Purdue University.  We gratefully acknowledge their assistance and support in developing this library.

The UNI-CGE model, like most CGE models, is expressed in a general way. That allows a modeler to swap one database, such as data for Brazil, with a database for another country, such as Pakistan. The same model can therefore be used to analyze any country.

Detailed instructions on how to change databases in the UNI-CGE model are found in the how-to guide in this module, named "How To Upload a Country Data File in the UNI-CGE Model." (PDF document241.7 KB)  

Database Naming Convention

The naming convention for the data files in the library is SAM-XXX.xlsx, where XXX is the 3-letter country code from the ISO 3166 standards.  You can download the full list of country codes HERE (PDF document193.0 KB) .

Database Library

             File Name                         Country
SAM-BRA.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.3 KB)   Brazil
SAM-CHN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.5 KB)     China
SAM-ESP.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.5 KB)     Spain
SAM-IDN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.2 KB)    Indonesia
SAM-IND.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.1 KB)    India
SAM-KEN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.6 KB)   Kenya
SAM-NGA.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet42.5 KB)     Nigeria
SAM-OMN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.3 KB)    Oman
SAM-PAK.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.0 KB)     Pakistan
SAM-SEN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.5 KB)     Senegal
SAM-TUN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.2 KB)     Tunisia
SAM-TUR.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.4 KB)     Turkey
SAM-VEN.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.4 KB)     Venezuela
SAM-VNM.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.4 KB)     Viet Nam
SAM-ZAF.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.2 KB)   South Africa
SAM.ZMB.xlsx (Excel 2007 spreadsheet39.0 KB)     Zambia

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