Congo's World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Congo's historical trade records from 1948 to 2020, compiled by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, which aggregates international trade statistics. It was last updated on the dataverse platform in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Congo's long-term trade balance evolution based on the historical time series.
• Modeling the impact of global events on Congo's import/export flows based on the 72-year coverage.
• Studying Congo's integration into the global economy based on bilateral trade data likely present.
• Benchmarking economic development indicators against trade statistics for Congo.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by a named team of academic researchers from multiple institutions.
• Part of a larger, structured world trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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 2024-05-05 07:25:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Congo