Iceland's Historical World Trade Data from 1800 to 2016

From 1800 to 2016, this dataset provides historical world trade data for Iceland. It was developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito as part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. The data was last updated in the repository on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Iceland's long-term economic integration based on the historical trade series.
• Analyzing the impact of global events on a small national economy based on the 216-year time span.
• Benchmarking trade growth and volatility for Iceland against other nations in the broader database.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range 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 world trade database, suggesting consistent methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database by Giovanni Federico (Università di Pisa) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national accounts, customs records, and trade statistics.

Time Range

1800-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:43:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iceland