Add GDP to Country Data

Add GDP to Country Data

Usage

add_gdp_column(
  df,
  id_column,
  id_type = "iso3_code",
  date_column = NULL,
  target_column = "gdp",
  usd = TRUE
)

Arguments

df

A data frame containing country identifiers.

id_column

Name of the column containing country identifiers.

id_type

Type of country identifier. Defaults to "iso3_code".

date_column

Optional. Name of the column containing dates for time-specific data.

target_column

Name of the output column. Defaults to "gdp".

usd

Logical. Indicates whether GDP should be in USD or local currency. Defaults to "TRUE".

Value

A data frame with an additional column containing GDP data.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Add most recent GDP values
df <- data.frame(country = c("USA", "CHN", "DEU"))
result <- add_gdp_column(df, id_column = "country")

# Add year-specific GDP values
df <- data.frame(country = c("USA", "CHN"), year = c(2019, 2020))
result <- add_gdp_column(df, id_column = "country", date_column = "year")
# }