pipr

Source: vignettes/articles/pipr.Rmd

The pipr package allows to easily query the PIP API from R.

Here are a few examples to get you started:

Using default options

By default, get_stats() returns all available

  • countries
  • reporting levels (national, urban, rural)
  • for all available survey years
  • at the 2.15 USD a day poverty line (in 2017 PPP)

For the most recent data available.

get_stats()
#> Error in get(paste0(generic, ".", class), envir = get_method_env()) : 
#>   object 'type_sum.accel' not found
#> # A tibble: 2,456 × 44
#>    region_name       region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>    <chr>             <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 Sub-Saharan Afri… SSA         Angola       AGO           2000 national       
#>  2 Sub-Saharan Afri… SSA         Angola       AGO           2008 national       
#>  3 Sub-Saharan Afri… SSA         Angola       AGO           2018 national       
#>  4 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           1996 national       
#>  5 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2002 national       
#>  6 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2005 national       
#>  7 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2008 national       
#>  8 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#>  9 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2014 national       
#> 10 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2015 national       
#> # ℹ 2,446 more rows
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, …

Basic options

Filter by country 

# Specify ONE country
get_stats(country = "ALB")
#> # A tibble: 15 × 44
#>    region_name       region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>    <chr>             <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           1996 national       
#>  2 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2002 national       
#>  3 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2005 national       
#>  4 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2008 national       
#>  5 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#>  6 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2014 national       
#>  7 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2015 national       
#>  8 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#>  9 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#> 10 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2017 national       
#> 11 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2017 national       
#> 12 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2018 national       
#> 13 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2018 national       
#> 14 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2019 national       
#> 15 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2020 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …

# Specify MULTIPLE countries
get_stats(country = c("ALB", "CHN"))
#> # A tibble: 81 × 44
#>    region_name       region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>    <chr>             <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           1996 national       
#>  2 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2002 national       
#>  3 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2005 national       
#>  4 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2008 national       
#>  5 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#>  6 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2014 national       
#>  7 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2015 national       
#>  8 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#>  9 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#> 10 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2017 national       
#> # ℹ 71 more rows
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, …

Filter by year

By default, get_stats will only return data if a survey is available for the requested country and the requested year.

# Survey year available
get_stats(country = "ALB", year = 2012)         # single year
#> # A tibble: 1 × 44
#>   region_name        region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>   <chr>              <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#> 1 Europe & Central … ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …
get_stats(country = "ALB", year = c(1996,2012)) # multiple years
#> # A tibble: 2 × 44
#>   region_name        region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>   <chr>              <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#> 1 Europe & Central … ECA         Albania      ALB           1996 national       
#> 2 Europe & Central … ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …

# Survey year NOT available - Empty response
get_stats(country = "ALB", year = 2000)
#> # A tibble: 0 × 44
#> # ℹ 44 variables: region_name <chr>, region_code <chr>, country_name <chr>,
#> #   country_code <chr>, year <dbl>, reporting_level <chr>,
#> #   survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>, welfare_time <dbl>,
#> #   welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>, comparable_spell <chr>,
#> #   poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>, poverty_gap <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>, median <dbl>, mld <dbl>,
#> #   gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>, decile2 <dbl>, …

# Most Recent Value available
get_stats(country = "ALB", year = "MRV")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 44
#>   region_name        region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>   <chr>              <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#> 1 Europe & Central … ECA         Albania      ALB           2020 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …

Modify the poverty line 

get_stats(country = "ALB", povline = 3.2)
#> # A tibble: 15 × 44
#>    region_name       region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>    <chr>             <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           1996 national       
#>  2 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2002 national       
#>  3 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2005 national       
#>  4 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2008 national       
#>  5 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2012 national       
#>  6 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2014 national       
#>  7 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2015 national       
#>  8 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#>  9 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2016 national       
#> 10 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2017 national       
#> 11 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2017 national       
#> 12 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2018 national       
#> 13 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2018 national       
#> 14 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2019 national       
#> 15 Europe & Central… ECA         Albania      ALB           2020 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …

Other features

Get estimates when survey year is not available

The fill_gaps argument triggers the interpolation / extrapolation of poverty estimates when surveys are not available for a given year.

# fill_gaps = FALSE (default)
get_stats(country = "HTI")
#> # A tibble: 3 × 44
#>   region_name        region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>   <chr>              <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#> 1 Latin America & C… LAC         Haiti        HTI           2001 national       
#> 2 Latin America & C… LAC         Haiti        HTI           2012 national       
#> 3 Latin America & C… LAC         Haiti        HTI           2012 national       
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, decile6 <dbl>,
#> #   decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>, cpi <dbl>, …
# fill_gaps = TRUE
get_stats(country = "HTI", fill_gaps = TRUE)
#> # A tibble: 42 × 44
#>    region_name       region_code country_name country_code  year reporting_level
#>    <chr>             <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1981 national       
#>  2 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1982 national       
#>  3 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1983 national       
#>  4 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1984 national       
#>  5 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1985 national       
#>  6 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1986 national       
#>  7 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1987 national       
#>  8 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1988 national       
#>  9 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1989 national       
#> 10 Latin America & … LAC         Haiti        HTI           1990 national       
#> # ℹ 32 more rows
#> # ℹ 38 more variables: survey_acronym <chr>, survey_coverage <chr>,
#> #   welfare_time <dbl>, welfare_type <chr>, survey_comparability <dbl>,
#> #   comparable_spell <chr>, poverty_line <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   poverty_gap <dbl>, poverty_severity <dbl>, watts <dbl>, mean <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, gini <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, decile1 <dbl>,
#> #   decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>, …

Compute aggregates

get_stats() can also be used to compute aggregate welfare statistics for sub-regions. Only World Bank regions are currently available, but more sub-regional groupings will become available in the future.

# World Bank aggregate
get_stats(country = "all", subgroup = "wb_regions")
# List of World Bank regions
get_regions()