Exporter-level information from customs transactions forms the basis of this database. The World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database aggregates this data into country-year level indicators. The specific temporal coverage and volume of underlying records are not detailed.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between the number_of_exporters and a country's GDP growth over time.
- Model the concentration of trade activity by comparing the number_of_exporters to total export value across countries.
- Benchmark a country's export sector diversification against peers using its annual number_of_exporters indicator.
Strengths
- Data originates from official customs transaction records, providing a high-authority source.
- Indicators are standardized at the country-year level for cross-national comparison.
Limitations
- The dataset provides only aggregated indicators, not the underlying firm-level transaction data.
- The sample size, time range, and specific column details for the indicators are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from customs declarations and exporter-level transaction records.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Country-level coverage, specific countries unknown.