Saint Vincent World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Saint Vincent is the geographic focus of this historical trade dataset. It contains international trade records for the country from 1948 through 2020. The project was developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Use Cases

• Modeling Saint Vincent's trade dependency and economic growth based on historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the evolution of Saint Vincent's export and import composition over the 72-year period.
• Conducting comparative studies of Caribbean trade integration using the historical country-level data.
• Building time-series forecasting models for Saint Vincent's trade balance based on the long-term data.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term temporal coverage of 72 years, from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by a collaborative academic project involving multiple universities, suggesting a research-oriented construction.
• Focuses on a specific country, Saint Vincent, allowing for detailed national analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• 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 statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05 07:06:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Vincent