Senegal's International Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

1948-2020 historical trade data for Senegal, 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

• Analyze Senegal's long-term trade balance evolution based on historical trade flows.
• Model the impact of global events on Senegal's import/export patterns based on the 72-year time series.
• Study economic development and sectoral shifts through trade composition changes over time.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time span from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by a named academic research team from multiple universities.

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-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 07:26:46; freshness should be verified

Geography

Senegal