Retrieve data from the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database for specific series, countries, and years.
Usage
weo_get(
entities = NULL,
series = NULL,
start_year = 1980L,
end_year = NULL,
year = NULL,
release = NULL,
quiet = TRUE
)Arguments
- entities
An optional character vector of ISO3 country codes or country group identifiers. See weo_get_entities.
- series
A optional character vector of series codes. See weo_get_series.
- start_year
Minimum year to include. Defaults to 1980.
- end_year
Maximum year to include. Defaults to current year + 5 years.
- year
The year of a WEO publication (e.g., 2024). Defaults to latest publication year.
- release
The release of a WEO publication ("Spring" or "Fall"). Defaults to latest publication release.
- quiet
A logical indicating whether to print download information. Defaults to TRUE.
Value
A data frame with columns:
- entity_id
ISO3 country code or country group ID
- entity_name
Entity name
- series_code
WEO series code
- series_name
Series name
- units
Units of measurement
- year
Year
- value
Value
Examples
# \donttest{
# Get GDP growth for selected countries
weo_get(
entities = c("USA", "GBR", "DEU"),
series = "NGDP_RPCH",
start_year = 2015,
end_year = 2020
)
#> # A tibble: 792 × 7
#> entity_name entity_id series_name units series_id year value
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <dbl>
#> 1 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2015 278.
#> 2 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2016 315.
#> 3 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2017 303.
#> 4 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2018 342.
#> 5 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2019 312.
#> 6 Germany DEU Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2020 249.
#> 7 United Kingdom GBR Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2015 -145.
#> 8 United Kingdom GBR Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2016 -147.
#> 9 United Kingdom GBR Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2017 -93.7
#> 10 United Kingdom GBR Current account balance U.S.… BCA 2018 -113.
#> # ℹ 782 more rows
# }