South Africa World Trade Data from 1800 to 2016

South Africa's trade data from the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, covering the years 1800 to 2016. The project was developed by Giovanni Federico of Università di Pisa and Antonio Tena Junguito of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The dataset was last updated on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Model long-term economic growth based on historical trade flows.
• Analyze the impact of globalization and policy changes on a national economy.
• Study commodity export and import trends over two centuries.
• Benchmark South Africa's trade integration against other regions in the historical database.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016.
• Developed by named academic researchers from recognized institutions.
• Part of a larger, structured world trade historical database project.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

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

Time Range

1800-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:07:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa