Switzerland's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Switzerland's trade records from 1948 to 2020, compiled by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. It was last updated in the dataverse on May 5, -2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Switzerland's trade balance evolution based on the historical time series
• Analyzing the impact of global events on Swiss trade flows based on the 72-year coverage
• Benchmarking economic integration theories using Switzerland's bilateral trade data
• Visualizing long-term trends in Swiss imports and exports based on the database structure

Strengths

• Covers a significant 72-year time range from 1948 to 2020
• Created by a named academic team from multiple universities
• Part of a broader, established world trade 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

Likely compiled from historical national and international trade statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:21:39; freshness should be verified

Geography

Switzerland