Total agricultural exports expressed in current US dollars. Data covers commercial trade, food aid, donations, and estimated unrecorded trade movements into countries. The dataset is compiled by the Africa Development Indicators organization using FAO sources.
Use Cases
- Model annual export value trends for specific countries using the time-series data.
- Analyze correlations between a country's export value and other economic indicators.
- Compare relative trade performance across different countries using the standardized US dollar metric.
- Forecast future agricultural export values based on historical time-series patterns.
Strengths
- Data covers multiple trade components: commercial trade, food aid, donations, and unrecorded estimates.
- Values are standardized in current US dollars for cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Geographic focus may be biased towards African countries given the source organization.
Provenance
- Source
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, via Africa Development Indicators.
- Collection Method
- Compilation of reported and estimated trade movements into countries.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Country-level, likely with a focus on African nations.