Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Seychelles from 1800 to 2016

From 1800 to 2016, this dataset provides historical world trade data for Seychelles. It was developed by Giovanni Federico of Università di Pisa and Antonio Tena Junguito of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The data was last updated in the repository on May 5, -2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Seychelles' trade dependency and economic development based on historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the impact of global events on a small island economy based on the 216-year time series.
• Benchmarking historical trade statistics for Seychelles against other nations in the broader database.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time span from 1800 to 2016.
• Created 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

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

Collection Method

Part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Time Range

1800-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:28:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Seychelles