wb_topic: World Bank topic data

In worldbank: Client for the 'World Bank' APIs

World Bank topic data

Description

List all topics supported by the World Bank API.

Usage

wb_topic(topic = NULL, lang = "en")

Arguments

topic	(NULL | character()) Topic to query. Default NULL. If NULL, all topics are returned.
lang	(character(1)) Language to query. Default "en".

Value

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

• id: The topic ID.

• value: The topic value.

• source_note: The source note.

Source

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

See Also

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

Examples

topic <- wb_topic()
head(topic)

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