Dominica's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

The Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database provides trade data for Dominica. This dataset covers the period from 1948 to 2020 and was developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The dataset was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Dominica's trade dependency and economic development based on historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the impact of global events on a small island economy based on the 72-year time series.
• Benchmarking Dominica's trade performance against regional partners using the historical database framework.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Developed by an academic consortium from multiple international universities.
• Last update timestamp is 2024-05-05 04:44:03.

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

Project developed by academic researchers, likely compiled from historical trade records.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05 05 04:44:03; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominica