choroplethr (version 3.7.0)

choroplethr_wdi: Create a country-level choropleth using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI)

Description

Create a country-level choropleth using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI)

Usage

choroplethr_wdi(
  code = "SP.POP.TOTL",
  year = 2012,
  title = "",
  num_colors = 7,
  zoom = NULL
)

Value

A choropleth.

Arguments

code

The WDI code to use.

year

The year of data to use.

title

A title for the map. If not specified, automatically generated to include WDI code and year.

num_colors

The number of colors to use on the map. A value of 1 will use a continuous scale, and a value in [2, 9] will use that many colors.

zoom

An optional list of countries to zoom in on. Must come from the "name" column in ?country.regions.

References

Uses the WDI function from the WDI package by Vincent Arel-Bundock.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# See http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
choroplethr_wdi(code="SP.POP.TOTL", year=2012, title="2012 Population Estimates", num_colors=1)

# See http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN 
choroplethr_wdi(code="SP.DYN.LE00.IN", year=2012, title="2012 Life Expectancy Estimates")

# See http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD 
choroplethr_wdi(code="NY.GDP.PCAP.CD", year=2012, title="2012 Per Capita Income") 
}