getWDItoSYB: Access to World Bank WDI API

In FAOSTAT: Download Data from the FAOSTAT Database

Access to World Bank WDI API

Description

The function downloads data from the World Bank API.

Usage

getWDItoSYB(
  indicator = "SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS",
  name = NULL,
  startDate = 1960,
  endDate = format(Sys.Date(), "%Y"),
  printURL = FALSE,
  getMetaData = TRUE,
  printMetaData = FALSE,
  saveMetaData = FALSE,
  outputFormat = c("wide", "long")
)

Arguments

indicator	The World Bank official indicator name.
name	The new name to be used in the column.
startDate	The start date for the data to begin
endDate	The end date.
printURL	Whether the url link for the data should be printed
getMetaData	Whether the data definition and the meta data should be downloaded as well.
printMetaData	logical, print out the meta data information
saveMetaData	logical, whether meta data should be saved as a local csv file
outputFormat	The format of the data, can be 'long' or 'wide'.

Value

A list containing the following elements

data

The country level data

aggregates

The aggregates provided by the World Bank

metaData

The metaData associated with the data

results

The status of the download, whether success/failed

See Also

getWDI, getFAO

Examples

## pop.df = getWDItoSYB(name = "total_population",
##                      indicator = "SP.POP.TOTL")

FAOSTAT documentation built on March 31, 2023, 8:31 p.m.