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Read WDI data

Source: R/readWDI.R
readWDI.Rd

Download, read and convert WDI (World development indicators) data.

Usage

downloadWDI()

readWDI(subtype)

convertWDI(x, subtype)

Arguments

subtype

A string. Type of WDI data that should be read. Use the World Bank indicator abbreviation. Available subtypes are:

  • "pop" or "SP.POP.TOTL": Population, total

  • "lab" or "SP.POP.1564.TO": Working age population (15-64 years old)

  • "urb" or "SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS": Urban Population (% of total)

  • "gdp" or "NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD": GDP, PPP (constant 2017 international Dollar)

  • "NV.AGR.TOTL.KD": Ag GDP, MER, (2010 US$)

  • "PA.NUS.PPPC.RF": Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate

  • "AG.SRF.TOTL.K2": Surface area (in square kms)

x

MAgPIE object returned by readWDI

Value

The read-in data, usually a magpie object. If supplementary is TRUE a list including the data and metadata is returned instead. The temporal and data dimensionality should match the source data. The spatial dimension should either match the source data or, if the convert argument is set to TRUE, should be on ISO code country level.

Details

The workflow to update the WDI data is the following: call the download function manually, and rename the new WDI.rds file including the download date. Then change the file_name that is read by readWDI. This ensures, that the past data isn't changed between users.

See also

madrat::readSource() and madrat::downloadSource()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
readSource("WDI", subtype = "pop")
} # }