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List all countries supported by the World Bank API.

Usage

wb_country(
  country = NULL,
  lang = "en",
  region = NULL,
  income_level = NULL,
  lending_type = NULL
)

Arguments

country

(NULL | character())
Country to query. Default NULL. If NULL, all countries are returned.

lang

(character(1))
Language to query. Default "en".

region

(NULL | character())
Region codes to filter by, as listed in the code column of wb_region(). Default NULL.

income_level

(NULL | character())
Income level IDs to filter by, as listed by wb_income_level(). Default NULL.

lending_type

(NULL | character())
Lending type IDs to filter by, as listed by wb_lending_type(). Default NULL.

Value

A data.frame() with the available countries. The columns are:

  • country_id: The country ID.

  • country_code: The country code.

  • country_name: The country name.

  • region_id: The region ID.

  • region_code: The region code.

  • region_value: The region value.

  • admin_region_id: The admin region ID.

  • admin_region_code: The admin region code.

  • admin_region_value: The admin region value.

  • income_level_id: The income level ID.

  • income_level_code: The income level code.

  • income_level_value: The income level value.

  • lending_type_id: The lending type ID.

  • lending_type_code: The lending type code.

  • lending_type_value: The lending type value.

  • capital_city: The capital city.

  • longitude: The longitude.

  • latitude: The latitude.

Examples

# \donttest{
country <- wb_country()
head(country)
#>   country_id country_code                country_name region_id region_code
#> 1        ABW           AW                       Aruba       LCN          ZJ
#> 2        AFE           ZH Africa Eastern and Southern        NA          NA
#> 3        AFG           AF                 Afghanistan       MEA          ZQ
#> 4        AFR           A9                      Africa        NA          NA
#> 5        AFW           ZI  Africa Western and Central        NA          NA
#> 6        AGO           AO                      Angola       SSF          ZG
#>                                        region_value admin_region_id
#> 1                         Latin America & Caribbean            <NA>
#> 2                                        Aggregates            <NA>
#> 3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan             MNA
#> 4                                        Aggregates            <NA>
#> 5                                        Aggregates            <NA>
#> 6                                Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA
#>   admin_region_code
#> 1              <NA>
#> 2              <NA>
#> 3                XQ
#> 4              <NA>
#> 5              <NA>
#> 6                ZF
#>                                                          admin_region_value
#> 1                                                                      <NA>
#> 2                                                                      <NA>
#> 3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
#> 4                                                                      <NA>
#> 5                                                                      <NA>
#> 6                                Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
#>   income_level_id income_level_code  income_level_value lending_type_id
#> 1             HIC                XD         High income             LNX
#> 2              NA                NA          Aggregates            <NA>
#> 3             LIC                XM          Low income             IDX
#> 4              NA                NA          Aggregates            <NA>
#> 5              NA                NA          Aggregates            <NA>
#> 6             LMC                XN Lower middle income             IBD
#>   lending_type_code lending_type_value capital_city longitude latitude
#> 1                XX     Not classified   Oranjestad  -70.0167 12.51670
#> 2              <NA>         Aggregates         <NA>        NA       NA
#> 3                XI                IDA        Kabul   69.1761 34.52280
#> 4              <NA>         Aggregates         <NA>        NA       NA
#> 5              <NA>         Aggregates         <NA>        NA       NA
#> 6                XF               IBRD       Luanda   13.2420 -8.81155

# low income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
wb_country(region = "SSF", income_level = "LIC")
#>    country_id country_code             country_name region_id region_code
#> 1         BDI           BI                  Burundi       SSF          ZG
#> 2         BFA           BF             Burkina Faso       SSF          ZG
#> 3         CAF           CF Central African Republic       SSF          ZG
#> 4         COD           CD         Congo, Dem. Rep.       SSF          ZG
#> 5         ERI           ER                  Eritrea       SSF          ZG
#> 6         ETH           ET                 Ethiopia       SSF          ZG
#> 7         GMB           GM              Gambia, The       SSF          ZG
#> 8         GNB           GW            Guinea-Bissau       SSF          ZG
#> 9         LBR           LR                  Liberia       SSF          ZG
#> 10        MDG           MG               Madagascar       SSF          ZG
#> 11        MLI           ML                     Mali       SSF          ZG
#> 12        MOZ           MZ               Mozambique       SSF          ZG
#> 13        MWI           MW                   Malawi       SSF          ZG
#> 14        NER           NE                    Niger       SSF          ZG
#> 15        RWA           RW                   Rwanda       SSF          ZG
#> 16        SDN           SD                    Sudan       SSF          ZG
#> 17        SLE           SL             Sierra Leone       SSF          ZG
#> 18        SOM           SO       Somalia, Fed. Rep.       SSF          ZG
#> 19        SSD           SS              South Sudan       SSF          ZG
#> 20        TCD           TD                     Chad       SSF          ZG
#> 21        UGA           UG                   Uganda       SSF          ZG
#>          region_value admin_region_id admin_region_code
#> 1  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 2  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 3  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 4  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 5  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 6  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 7  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 8  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 9  Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 10 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 11 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 12 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 13 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 14 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 15 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 16 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 17 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 18 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 19 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 20 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#> 21 Sub-Saharan Africa             SSA                ZF
#>                            admin_region_value income_level_id income_level_code
#> 1  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 2  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 3  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 4  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 5  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 6  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 7  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 8  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 9  Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 10 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 11 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 12 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 13 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 14 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 15 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 16 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 17 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 18 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 19 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 20 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#> 21 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)             LIC                XM
#>    income_level_value lending_type_id lending_type_code lending_type_value
#> 1          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 2          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 3          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 4          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 5          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 6          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 7          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 8          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 9          Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 10         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 11         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 12         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 13         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 14         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 15         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 16         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 17         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 18         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 19         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 20         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#> 21         Low income             IDX                XI                IDA
#>    capital_city longitude   latitude
#> 1     Bujumbura  29.36390  -3.378400
#> 2   Ouagadougou  -1.53395  12.360500
#> 3        Bangui  21.64070   5.630560
#> 4      Kinshasa  15.32220  -4.325000
#> 5        Asmara  38.91830  15.331500
#> 6   Addis Ababa  38.74680   9.022740
#> 7        Banjul -16.58850  13.449500
#> 8        Bissau -15.18040  11.803700
#> 9      Monrovia -10.79570   6.300390
#> 10 Antananarivo  45.71670 -20.466700
#> 11       Bamako  -7.50034  13.566700
#> 12       Maputo  32.57130 -25.966400
#> 13     Lilongwe  33.77030 -13.989900
#> 14       Niamey   2.10730  13.514000
#> 15       Kigali  30.05870  -1.953250
#> 16     Khartoum  32.53630  15.593200
#> 17     Freetown -13.21340   8.482100
#> 18    Mogadishu  45.32540   2.075150
#> 19         Juba  31.60000   4.850000
#> 20    N'Djamena  15.04450  12.104800
#> 21      Kampala  32.57290   0.314269
# }