Nigeria's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Nigeria's trade records 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. This dataset was last updated in the dataverse repository on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Nigeria's long-term trade balance evolution based on the 72-year time series.
• Modeling the impact of historical events on Nigerian import/export volumes based on the chronological coverage.
• Studying Nigeria's integration into the global economy based on the world trade database context.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time span from 1948 to 2020.
• Developed by an international academic collaboration from three universities.
• Part of a larger, established world trade 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.

Provenance

Source

Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical trade statistics and records.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:50:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nigeria