Retrieves information about geographical entities (countries, regions, etc.) available in the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) API.
Value
A data frame with information about geographical entities:
- entity_id
Character. The unique identifier for the entity.
- entity_name
Character. The name of the geographical entity.
- entity_typ
Character. The type of entity (e.g., country, region).
- region_group
Character or list. Information about the region grouping.
See also
uis_get_versions for retrieving available API versions.
Examples
# \donttest{
# Download entities for default version
uis_get_entities()
#> # A tibble: 467 × 4
#> entity_id entity_name entity_type region_group
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 ABW Aruba NATIONAL NA
#> 2 AFG Afghanistan NATIONAL NA
#> 3 AGO Angola NATIONAL NA
#> 4 AIA Anguilla NATIONAL NA
#> 5 ALA Åland Islands NATIONAL NA
#> 6 ALB Albania NATIONAL NA
#> 7 AND Andorra NATIONAL NA
#> 8 ANT Netherlands Antilles NATIONAL NA
#> 9 ARE United Arab Emirates NATIONAL NA
#> 10 ARG Argentina NATIONAL NA
#> # ℹ 457 more rows
# Download entities for a specific version
uis_get_entities("20240910-b5ad4d82")
#> # A tibble: 475 × 4
#> entity_id entity_name entity_type region_group
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 ABW Aruba NATIONAL NA
#> 2 AFG Afghanistan NATIONAL NA
#> 3 AGO Angola NATIONAL NA
#> 4 AIA Anguilla NATIONAL NA
#> 5 ALA Åland Islands NATIONAL NA
#> 6 ALB Albania NATIONAL NA
#> 7 AND Andorra NATIONAL NA
#> 8 ANT Netherlands Antilles NATIONAL NA
#> 9 ARE United Arab Emirates NATIONAL NA
#> 10 ARG Argentina NATIONAL NA
#> # ℹ 465 more rows
# }