wb_region: World Bank region data

In worldbank: Client for the 'World Bank' APIs

World Bank region data

Description

List all regions supported by the World Bank API.

Usage

wb_region(region = NULL, lang = "en")

Arguments

region	(NULL | character()) Region to query. Default NULL. If NULL, all regions are returned.
lang	(character(1)) Language to query. Default "en".

Value

A data.frame() with the available regions. The columns are:

• id: The region ID.

• code: The region code.

• iso2code: The ISO 2 code of the region.

• name: The region name.

Source

https://api.worldbank.org/v2/region

See Also

Other indicators data: wb_country(), wb_income_level(), wb_indicator(), wb_language(), wb_lending_type(), wb_source(), wb_topic()

Examples

region <- wb_region()
head(region)

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