Uganda's World Trade Historical Data from 1948 to 2020

Historical trade data for Uganda 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 May 2024.

Use Cases

• Model Uganda's long-term economic growth based on its historical trade flows.
• Analyze the impact of global events and policy changes on Uganda's trade patterns from 1948 to 2020.
• Benchmark Uganda's trade performance against other countries using the broader World Trade Historical Database framework.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical time range from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by a named team of academic researchers from multiple institutions.
• Part of a larger, established world trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• 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 trade records and official statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:37:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uganda