CountryData: Many variables on countries from the CIA factbook, 2014.
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The CIA Factbook has geographic, demographic, and economic data on a country-by-country basis. In the description of the variables, the 4-digit number indicates the code used to specify that variable on the data and documentation web site. For instance, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2153.html contains documentation for variable code 2153, network users.

1	data("CountryData")

A data frame on the following 76 variables for each of the Countries in the World. (256 countries are given.)

country: Name of the country.
area: area (sq km), 2147
pop: number of people, 2119
growth: growth rate per year (%),2002
birth: birth rate (#/1000), 2054
death: death rate (#/1000), 2066
migr: net migration per year (#/1000). Difference between incoming and outgoing. 2112
maternal: maternal deaths per 100000 live births. 2223
infant: infant deaths per 1000 live births. 2091
life: life expectancy (years), 2102
fert: children born/woman (#/person), 2127
health: health spending (% of GDP), 2225
HIVrate: people with HIV (% of population), 2155
HIVpeople: people with HIV (#), 2156
HIVdeath: deaths from HIV (#/year), 2157
obesity: fraction of population considered obese (%), 2228
underweight: fraction of population considered underweight (%), 2224
educ: education spending (% of GDP), 2206
unemploymentYouth: youth unemployment (%), 2229
GDP: Gross Domestic Product ($), 2001
GDPgrowth: growth in GDP (%/year), 2003
GDPcapita: GDP per capita ($/person), 2004
saving: yearly money savings (% of GDP), 2260
indProd: Industrial production growth rate (%), 2089
labor: Labor force (people), 2095
unemployment: Unemployment rate (%), 2129
family: Distribution of family income - Gini index (Gini index), 2172
tax: Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP), 2221
budget: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) (% of GDP), 2222
debt: Public debt (% of GDP), 2186
inflation: Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%), 2092
discount: Central bank discount rate (%), 2207
lending: Commercial bank prime lending rate (%), 2208
narrow: Stock of narrow money ($), 2214
broad: Stock of broad money ($), 2215
credit: Stock of domestic credit ($), 2211
shares: Market value of publicly traded shares ($), 2200
balance: Current account balance ($), 2187
exports: Exports ($), 2078
imports: Imports ($), 2087
gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold ($), 2188
externalDebt: Debt - external ($), 2079
homeStock: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home ($), 2198
abroadStock: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad ($), 2199
elecProd: Electricity - production (kWh), 2232
elecCons: Electricity - consumption (kWh), 2233
elecExp: Electricity - exports (kWh), 2234
elecImp: Electricity - imports (kWh), 2235
elecCap: Electricity - installed generating capacity (kW), 2236
elecFossil: Electricity - from fossil fuels (% of total installed capacity), 2237
elecNuc: Electricity - from nuclear fuels (% of total installed capacity), 2239
elecHydro: Electricity - from hydroelectric plants (% of total installed capacity), 2238
elecRenew: Electricity - from other renewable sources (% of total installed capacity), 2240
oilProd: Crude oil - production (bbl/day), 2241
oilExp: Crude oil - exports (bbl/day), 2242
oilImp: Crude oil - imports (bbl/day), 2243
oilRes: Crude oil - proved reserves (bbl), 2244
petroProd: Refined petroleum products - production (bbl/day), 2245
petroCons: Refined petroleum products - consumption (bbl/day), 2246
petroExp: Refined petroleum products - exports (bbl/day), 2247
petroImp: Refined petroleum products - imports (bbl/day), 2248
gasProd: Natural gas - production (cu M), 2249
gasCons: Natural gas - consumption (cu M), 2250
gasExp: Natural gas - exports (cu M), 2251
gasImp: Natural gas - imports (cu M), 2252
gasRes: Natural gas - proved reserves (cu M), 2253
mainlines: Telephones - main lines in use (mainlines in use), 2150
cell: Telephones - mobile cellular (cellphones), 2151
netHosts: Internet hosts (#), 2184
netUsers: Internet users (#), 2153
airports: Airports (#), 2053
railways: Railways (km), 2121
roadways: Roadways (km), 2085
waterways: Waterways (km), 2093
marine: Merchant marine (# of ships), 2108
military: Military expenditures (% of GDP), 2034

These data were collected using the CIAdata() function.

THE DOCUMENTATION NEEDS COMPLETING. See the output of CIAdata() and Google "CIA Factbook NNNN", where NNNN is the 4-digit code used for indexing the data at the CIA.

From the CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ For package maintainers: The lines to construct the file are in inst/datafixes.R.