The decline of transport and communication costs relative to 1930
Sea freight corresponds to average international freight charges per tonne. Passenger air transport corresponds to average airline revenue per passenger mile until2000 spliced to US import air passenger fares afterwards. International calls correspond to cost of a three-minute call from New York to London.
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- Difference in the value of goods exported to and imported by the US
- Distribution of global merchandise exports, by region of origin
- Exports between rich and non-rich countries
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
- Globalization over 5 centuries3 sources
- Growth of global exports
- Imports of goods and services
- Intercontinental trade per capita, selected countries
- Merchandise exports by continent of destination
- Merchandise exports by destination
- Share of bilateral and unilateral trade partnerships around the world
- Share of food products in total merchandise exports
- Share of global exports by income level of the trade partners
- Share of manufactures in total merchandise exports
- Share of service in total exports
- Share of services in total exports
- Share of tariffs on imports from least developed countries with a 0% rate
- Tariff rate across all products
- Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products
- Tonne-kilometers of air freight
- Trade as share of GDP
- Trade in services (exports plus imports) as share of GDP
- Trade openness
- Trade openness in Europe
- Value of exported goods as share of GDP
- Value of exported of goods and services
- Value of imported goods as a share of GDP
- Various sources of merchandise trade as a share of GDP
- World GDP over the last two millennia