pip_data: Return main poverty and inequality statistics

In worldbank: Client for World Banks's 'Indicators' and 'Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)' APIs

Return main poverty and inequality statistics

Description

Return main poverty and inequality statistics

Usage

pip_data(
  country = NULL,
  year = NULL,
  povline = 2.15,
  popshare = NULL,
  fill_gaps = FALSE,
  welfare_type = c("all", "consumption", "income"),
  reporting_level = c("all", "national", "rural", "urban"),
  additional_ind = FALSE,
  release_version = NULL,
  ppp_version = NULL,
  version = NULL
)

Arguments

country	(character()) countries for which statistics are to be computed, specified as ISO3 codes. Default NULL.
year	(character() | numeric()) year(s) for which statistics are to be computed, specified as YYYY. Default NULL.
povline	(numeric(1)) poverty line to be used to compute poverty mesures. Poverty lines are only accepted up to 3 decimals. Default 2.15.
popshare	(numeric(1)) proportion of the population living below the poverty line. Will be ignored if povline is specified. Default NULL.
fill_gaps	(logical(1)) whether to fill gaps in the data. Default FALSE.
welfare_type	(character(1)) type of welfare measure to be used. Default "all".
reporting_level	(character(1)) level of reporting for the statistics. Default "all".
additional_ind	(logical(1)) whether to include additional indicators. Default FALSE.
release_version	(character(1)) version of the data release in YYYYMMDD format. Default NULL.
ppp_version	(character(1) | numeric(1)) version of the data. Default NULL.
version	(character(1)) version of the data. Default NULL.

Value

A data.frame() with the requested statistics.

Source

https://pip.worldbank.org/api

See Also

Other poverty and inequality statistics: pip_aux(), pip_citation(), pip_group(), pip_health_check(), pip_info(), pip_valid_params(), pip_versions()

Examples

pip_data(c("ZAF", "ZMB"))

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