UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - UNCTADstat / UNCTAD Data Hub

Name: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - UNCTADstat / UNCTAD Data Hub
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/

Open · redistributedCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)International Trade

Source: United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

5,107

Temporal coverage

1970-01-01 – 2019-01-01

Licensing & provenance

License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
Required attribution: Source: United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Yes
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/
Provider terms: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html

How to cite

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - UNCTADstat / UNCTAD Data Hub. Retrieved from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download unctad_fdiiaofasa series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/unctad_fdiiaofasa
Automated refresh: not yet wired — the data here is the verified initial load. See the Source Status board.

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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