Historical Trade Data for Ceylon and Sri Lanka, 1800-2016

Over two centuries of world trade data from 1800 to 2016, focusing on Ceylon and Sri Lanka. The dataset was developed by Giovanni Federico of Università di Pisa and Antonio Tena Junguito of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It was last updated on May 5, —.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term trade dependencies based on the 1800-2016 time series mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing the economic transition from Ceylon to Sri Lanka based on the historical scope.
• Benchmarking trade flow models for small nations based on the single-country focus.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1800 to 2016.
• Developed by named academic researchers from recognized institutions.
• Last updated metadata indicates recent platform activity (2024-05-05).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Project developed as part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:29:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ceylon - Sri Lanka