povcalnet Facilitate interaction with the PovcalNet API

povcalnet(
  country = "all",
  povline = 1.9,
  year = "all",
  aggregate = FALSE,
  fill_gaps = FALSE,
  coverage = "all",
  ppp = NULL,
  url = "http://iresearch.worldbank.org",
  format = "csv"
)

Arguments

country	character: list of country iso3 code (accepts multiple) or `all`. Use `povcalnet_info` for full list of countries.
povline	numeric: poverty line (in 2011 PPP-adjusted USD) to calculate poverty measures
year	numeric: list of years, or `all`.
aggregate	logical: `TRUE` will return aggregate results, `FALSE` country-level results.
fill_gaps	logical: `TRUE` will interpolate / extrapolate values when surveys are not available for a specific year.
coverage	character: Can take one of three values: `national`, `urban`, `rural`
ppp	numeric: Optional - Allows the selection of custom PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) exchange rates
url	character: API root URL. For testing purposes only, should not be changed for 99 percent of users.
format	character: Response format to be requested from the API: `csv` or `json`

Value

data.frame

Examples

# \donttest{
povcalnet(country = "ALB")
#> # A tibble: 9 x 31
#>   countrycode countryname regioncode coveragetype  year datayear datatype
#>   <chr>       <chr>       <chr>      <chr>        <dbl>    <dbl> <chr>   
#> 1 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             1996     1996 consump~
#> 2 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2002     2002 consump~
#> 3 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2005     2005 consump~
#> 4 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2008     2008 consump~
#> 5 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2012     2012 consump~
#> 6 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2014     2014 consump~
#> 7 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2015     2015 consump~
#> 8 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2016     2016 consump~
#> 9 ALB         Albania     ECA        N             2017     2017 consump~
#> # ... with 24 more variables: isinterpolated <dbl>, usemicrodata <dbl>,
#> #   ppp <dbl>, povertyline <dbl>, mean <dbl>, headcount <dbl>,
#> #   povertygap <dbl>, povertygapsq <dbl>, watts <dbl>, gini <dbl>,
#> #   median <dbl>, mld <dbl>, polarization <dbl>, population <dbl>,
#> #   decile1 <dbl>, decile2 <dbl>, decile3 <dbl>, decile4 <dbl>, decile5 <dbl>,
#> #   decile6 <dbl>, decile7 <dbl>, decile8 <dbl>, decile9 <dbl>, decile10 <dbl>
# }