Australia's Historical Trade Data from 1800 to 2016

Historical trade data for Australia from 1800 to 2016, compiled by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito. This dataset is part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, which outlines changes in global commerce. The data was harvested from the e-cienciaDatos Dataverse repository and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Australia's long-term trade balance evolution based on the 1800-2016 time series.
• Analyzing Australia's integration into the global economy based on historical trade data.
• Comparing Australia's trade trends with other nations in the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016.
• Created by established academic researchers Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Part of a larger, structured project on world trade history.

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

Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Project developed by Giovanni Federico (Università di Pisa) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:30:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia