Bahrain's Historical Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

A 72-year historical record of Bahrain's international trade from 1948 to 2020, compiled by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of the broader Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database and was last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling Bahrain's long-term economic growth based on its historical trade flows.
• Analyzing shifts in trade partnerships and commodity composition over the 20th and 21st centuries.
• Conducting comparative studies of Gulf economies using the broader World Trade Historical Database.
• Investigating the impact of geopolitical events on a small, open economy's trade patterns.

Strengths

• Covers a long and specific time range from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by named academic researchers from recognized institutions.
• Part of a larger, established historical trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national and international trade statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:42:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bahrain