Iran's World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Iran's historical international trade data from 1948 to 2020, compiled by the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. The project 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

• Analyze Iran's long-term trade balance and economic integration based on historical trade flows.
• Model the impact of geopolitical events on Iran's trade patterns based on the 72-year time series.
• Study the evolution of Iran's major export and import commodities over the 20th and 21st centuries.
• Benchmark Iran's trade performance against other countries using the broader World Trade Historical Database framework.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020, providing a 72-year time series.
• Developed by a named academic collaboration involving multiple universities.
• Part of a larger, established world trade database project, suggesting methodological consistency.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national and international trade statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:14:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iran