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unctad_mtba

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) — UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat)

Name: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) — UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat)
Creator: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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 Data Hub (UNCTADstat)

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

Coverage

Series catalogued

584

Temporal coverage

1948-01-01 – 2022-01-01

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 Data Hub (UNCTADstat)
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Yes
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/
Provider terms: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/FAQ.html

How to cite

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) — UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat). Retrieved from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/. 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_mtba series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/unctad_mtba
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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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets