Syria's Historical Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

1948-2020 historical trade data for Syria, 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 Syria's long-term trade balance and economic integration based on historical trade flows.
• Modeling the impact of geopolitical events on a national economy using decades of trade data.
• Conducting comparative studies of Middle Eastern trade policies using a country-specific historical series.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time span from 1948 to 2020, providing a long-term perspective.
• Developed by named academic researchers from institutions including Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and New York University Dubai.

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

Part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:54:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syria