FAOSTAT (version 2.4.0)

getWDImetaData: World Bank Indicator Metadata

Description

A function to extract the definition and the meta data from the World Bank API

Usage

getWDImetaData(
  indicator,
  printMetaData = FALSE,
  saveMetaData = FALSE,
  saveName = "worldBankMetaData"
)

Arguments

indicator

The World Bank official indicator name.

printMetaData

logical, print out the meta data information

saveMetaData

logical, whether meta data should be saved as a local csv file.

saveName

The name of the file for the meta data to save to.

Examples

## pop.df = getWDImetaData("SP.POP.TOTL",
##                         printMetaData = TRUE, saveMetaData = TRUE)