This function returns a tibble of supported regions for querying the World Bank API.The regions include various geographic areas covered by the World Bank's datasets.
Value
A tibble with the following columns:
- region_id
An integer identifier for each region.
- region_code
A character string representing the region code.
- region_iso2code
A character string representing the ISO2 code for the region.
- region_name
A character string representing the name of the region, in the specified language.
Details
This function provides a reference for the supported regions, which
are important for refining queries related to geographic data in the World
Bank's datasets. The region_id column is unique for seven key regions.
Examples
# Download all regions
wdi_get_regions()
#> # A tibble: 44 × 4
#> region_id region_code region_iso2code region_name
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 NA AFE ZH Africa Eastern and Southern
#> 2 NA AFR A9 Africa
#> 3 NA AFW ZI Africa Western and Central
#> 4 NA ARB 1A Arab World
#> 5 NA CAA C9 Sub-Saharan Africa (IFC classification)
#> 6 NA CEA C4 East Asia and the Pacific (IFC classif…
#> 7 NA CEB B8 Central Europe and the Baltics
#> 8 NA CEU C5 Europe and Central Asia (IFC classific…
#> 9 NA CLA C6 Latin America and the Caribbean (IFC c…
#> 10 NA CME C7 Middle East and North Africa (IFC clas…
#> # ℹ 34 more rows