World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database provides the mean growth rate of surviving exporters at the country-year level. This indicator is derived from customs transaction records to measure the performance of established firms in international trade. The dataset is maintained by the World Bank as part of its trade research resources.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlation between exporter growth rates and national economic policies using country and year fields.
- Model firm survival and expansion trends in international markets based on the mean growth metric.
- Benchmark country-level export sector performance over time with the annual indicator values.
Strengths
- Sourced from official customs transaction data, ensuring a factual basis.
- Provides a standardized economic indicator comparable across countries and years.
Limitations
- Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown.
- Lacks underlying firm-level transaction data, limiting granular analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database
- Collection Method
- Calculated from customs-level export transaction records.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Country-level coverage, specific countries unknown.