A Survey on Data Visualization Techniques for International Trade

Abstract

In the globalized world we live in, international trade plays a massive role in providing people with products from bananas to computers. With this in mind, a good understanding of international trade is important for a firm understanding of the world and essential for any large private or state actors to plan policy. However, with the sheer number of different products to trade and countries to trade them, there is a lot of data to analyze. Data visualization can show this data in a much easier form for humans to understand and analyze. This paper explores various techniques and tools for visualizing international trade data after a brief look at some relevant concepts.