weo_get: Get WEO Data

In imfweo: Seamless Access to IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Data

Get WEO Data

Description

Retrieve data from the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database for specific series, countries, and years.

Usage

weo_get(
  entities = NULL,
  series = NULL,
  start_year = 1980L,
  end_year = NULL,
  year = NULL,
  release = NULL,
  quiet = TRUE
)

Arguments

entities	An optional character vector of ISO3 country codes or country group identifiers. See weo_get_entities.
series	A optional character vector of series codes. See weo_get_series.
start_year	Minimum year to include. Defaults to 1980.
end_year	Maximum year to include. Defaults to current year + 5 years.
year	The year of a WEO publication (e.g., 2024). Defaults to latest publication year.
release	The release of a WEO publication ("Spring" or "Fall"). Defaults to latest publication release.
quiet	A logical indicating whether to print download information. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

A data frame with columns:

entity_id

ISO3 country code or country group ID

entity_name

Entity name

series_code

WEO series code

series_name

Series name

units

Units of measurement

year

Year

value

Value

Examples

# Get GDP growth for selected countries
weo_get(
  entities = c("USA", "GBR", "DEU"),
  series = "NGDP_RPCH",
  start_year = 2015,
  end_year = 2020
)

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