get_mexico_life_expectancy: Get Mexico's Life Expectancy from World Bank

In MexicoDataAPI: Access Mexican Data via APIs and Curated Datasets

Get Mexico's Life Expectancy from World Bank

Description

Retrieves Mexico's life expectancy at birth (in years) for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is 'SP.DYN.LE00.IN'.

Usage

get_mexico_life_expectancy()

Details

The 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 a message.

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

indicator

Indicator name (e.g., "Life expectancy at birth, total (years)")

country

Country name ("Mexico")

year

Year of the data (integer)

value

Life expectancy in years (numeric)

Note

Requires internet connection. Data is retrieved in real time from the World Bank API.

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_mexico_life_expectancy()
}

MexicoDataAPI documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 6:26 p.m.