Historical World Trade Data for Malta, 1800-2016

A historical dataset on Malta's trade activity from 1800 to 2016, developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito. The data is part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, which outlines changes in global commerce. It was harvested from the e-cienciaDatos Dataverse and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Malta's long-term economic integration based on its historical trade data.
• Analyzing trends in Malta's trade flows and openness over two centuries.
• Benchmarking Malta's trade performance against other countries in the historical database.
• Studying the impact of geopolitical events on a small island economy's trade.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time span from 1800 to 2016.
• Developed by named academic researchers from recognized institutions.
• 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-Tena World Trade Historical Database, harvested from e-cienciaDatos Dataverse.

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 07:48:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malta