Pakistan's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

1948-2020 trade data for Pakistan, compiled by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project. It was last updated in the dataverse repository on May 5, -2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Pakistan's long-term trade balance trends based on historical coverage.
• Modeling the impact of geopolitical events on Pakistan's trade flows based on the 1948-2020 time range.
• Studying the evolution of Pakistan's integration into the global economy based on world trade data.
• Comparing Pakistan's trade patterns with other countries in the broader historical database project.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by named academic researchers from institutions including Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and New York University Dubai.
• Part of a larger, structured world trade historical database project.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Project developed by researchers; likely compiled from historical trade records.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:09:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pakistan