World Bank Exporter Destination Entry Rate Indicators

Exporter-level information on export transactions from customs data, compiled by the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database. This dataset provides country-year level indicators, specifically the median destination entry rate for surviving entrants. The underlying data originates from national customs administrations.

Use Cases

• Analyze the median destination entry rate to measure how many new markets surviving exporters typically enter in a given year.
• Model the relationship between a country's exporter survival rates and their geographic diversification using country-year panel data.
• Benchmark national export promotion policies by comparing destination entry rates across different countries and years.

Strengths

• Data derived from official national customs records, providing a factual transaction basis.
• Structured as country-year level indicators, enabling longitudinal and cross-country analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are not provided in the input.
• The calculation methodology for 'surviving entrants' and the median rate is not detailed.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database, sourced from national customs administrations.

Collection Method

Aggregated from exporter-level customs transaction records.