owid: Get data from Our World in Data

In owidR: Import Data from Our World in Data

Get data from Our World in Data

Description

Get a dataset used in an OWID chart.

Usage

owid(chart_id = NULL, rename = NULL, tidy.date = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

chart_id	The chart_id as returned by owid_search
rename	Rename the value column. Currently only works if their is just one value column.
tidy.date	If TRUE then a year column that should be a date column will automatically detected and transformed. If FALSE then the Year column will be kept as is. Defaults to TRUE.
...	Not to be used.

Value

A data.table of an owid dataset with the added class 'owid'.

Examples

owid_search("emissions")
emissions <- owid("per-capita-ghg-emissions")

owidR documentation built on Nov. 2, 2023, 6:03 p.m.