Understanding the Role of Humanistic Factors in Trade Network Evolution across the Belt and Road Initiative Countries Using the Exponential Random Graph Model

Table 2

The overall characteristics of the international trade network across the BRI countries.

Year	Edges	Average degree	Weighted average degree	Network density	Average clustering coefficient	Average path length
2001	2196	72.000	5208419	0.600	0.738	1.347
2002	2262	74.164	5947097	0.618	0.739	1.326
2003	2429	79.639	7633007	0.664	0.766	1.308
2004	2477	81.213	10259844	0.677	0.769	1.307
2005	2537	83.180	13086754	0.693	0.782	1.279
2006	2571	84.295	16033802	0.702	0.784	1.276
2007	2649	86.852	20563190	0.724	0.804	1.273
2008	2648	86.820	26633020	0.723	0.803	1.254
2009	2624	86.033	20449284	0.717	0.796	1.263
2010	2812	92.197	26178402	0.768	0.819	1.219
2011	2748	90.098	33058908	0.751	0.805	1.225
2012	2818	92.393	35845757	0.770	0.823	1.219
2013	2838	93.049	37434188	0.775	0.829	1.213
2014	2812	92.197	38056127	0.768	0.823	1.220
2015	2867	94.000	33533847	0.783	0.836	1.204
2016	2751	90.197	31485917	0.752	0.811	1.223
2017	2840	93.115	37327285	0.776	0.829	1.198
2018	2765	90.656	41480002	0.755	0.817	1.205
2019	3011	98.721	45155808	0.823	0.871	1.1171