Sri Lanka's International Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

A historical dataset on Sri Lanka's international trade from 1948 to 2020, developed by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The data was harvested from the dataverse platform and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in Sri Lanka's imports and exports based on the historical time series.
• Modeling the impact of global events on a national economy based on the 72-year coverage.
• Comparing Sri Lanka's trade development with other countries in the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time period from 1948 to 2020, providing long-term perspective.
• Developed by a named team of academic researchers from multiple institutions.

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.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Harvested from the dataverse platform via e-cienciaDatos.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:03:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sri Lanka