Costa Rica's International Trade Data from 1800 to 2016

Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database provides a long-term view of global commerce. This Costa Rica subset, developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito, likely contains annual trade statistics such as imports, exports, and partners. The data spans over two centuries, from 1800 to 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling Costa Rica's economic development based on its historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the impact of global events on a national economy based on the 216-year time series.
• Studying shifts in trade partnerships and commodity composition over time.
• Benchmarking trade policy effects using a consistent historical record.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year period from 1800 to 2016, enabling long-term trend analysis.
• Created by established economic historians Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Part of a larger, structured project on world trade history, suggesting methodological consistency.

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 ML tasks.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national accounts, customs records, and archival sources.

Time Range

1800-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:17:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica