Dynamic Gravity Dataset 1948-2016

The gravity data describes country characteristics and relationships between two trading partners. This data covers a total of 285 countries between 1948 and 2016 and contains more than 60 variables describing macroeconomic indicators, geographic characteristics, trade facilitation measures, cultural relationships, and institutional stability measures. In order to accurately reflect the dynamic nature of the globe, the dataset follows the formation and dissolution of countries each year and features extensive time variation in corresponding variables.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
bureauCode {378:00}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
dataQuality true
identifier https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/dataset.htm
issued 2018-04-06
landingPage https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/index.htm
language {en-US}
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2018-04-01
programCode {000:000}
publisher Office of Economics
publisher_hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. International Trade Commission > Office of Economics
references {https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/frequently_asked_questions_faqs.htm,https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/working_papers/gurevich_herman_2018_dynamic_gravity_dataset_201802a.pdf,https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/data/gravity/dynamic_gravity_technical_documentation_v1_00_1.pdf}
resource-type Dataset
rights This dataset is a U.S. Government Work and is not covered by copyright in the United States of America
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 6d36a435d7b04049bd43946c20805dc36a3db4c0
source_schema_version 1.1
temporal 1948/2016
theme {"gravity modeling of international trade"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • country-characteristics
  • export
  • gravity-dataset
  • import
  • trading-partners
isopen True
license_id cc-zero
license_title Creative Commons CCZero
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-zero
maintainer Serge Shikher
maintainer_email gravity@usitc.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T20:16:24.886260
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T20:16:24.886268
notes The gravity data describes country characteristics and relationships between two trading partners. This data covers a total of 285 countries between 1948 and 2016 and contains more than 60 variables describing macroeconomic indicators, geographic characteristics, trade facilitation measures, cultural relationships, and institutional stability measures. In order to accurately reflect the dynamic nature of the globe, the dataset follows the formation and dissolution of countries each year and features extensive time variation in corresponding variables.
num_resources 5
num_tags 13
title Dynamic Gravity Dataset 1948-2016