get_chile_unemployment: Get Chile's Unemployment Rate (Total) from World Bank

In ChileDataAPI: Access Chilean Data via APIs and Curated Datasets

Get Chile's Unemployment Rate (Total) from World Bank

Description

Retrieves Chile's total unemployment rate, measured as a percentage of the total labor force, for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS.

Usage

get_chile_unemployment()

Details

This function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Unemployment, total (

• country: Country name ("Chile")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: Unemployment rate as a numeric value (percentage)

Note

Requires internet connection.

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_chile_unemployment()
}

ChileDataAPI documentation built on Sept. 11, 2025, 9:09 a.m.