Libya's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

1948-2020 trade data for Libya, part of 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.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Libya's long-term trade balance and economic dependency based on historical trade flows.
• Modeling the impact of political events on trade patterns based on the 72-year time series.
• Comparing Libya's trade integration with global and regional partners over time.
• Studying commodity-specific trade trends for Libya mentioned in the historical database context.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time range from 1948 to 2020.
• Developed by a named academic collaboration involving multiple institutions.
• Part of a larger, structured historical 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-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national and international trade records.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:33:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Libya