The WDI package
- The World Development Indicators (WDI) package is a R package to
download and use the World Bank’s World Development Indicators
database.
- WDI
package
# Install WDI package
install.packages("WDI")
Load WDI package and
search the data
# Load WDI package
library(WDI)
# Search GDP, PPP
WDIsearch("GDP, PPP")
## indicator name
## 1558 BG.KAC.FNEI.GD.PP.ZS Gross private capital flows (% of GDP, PPP)
## 1560 BG.KLT.DINV.GD.PP.ZS Gross foreign direct investment (% of GDP, PPP)
## 11422 NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD GDP, PPP (current international $)
## 11423 NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD GDP, PPP (constant 2017 international $)
## 11424 NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD.87 GDP, PPP (constant 1987 international $)
## 17833 TG.VAL.TOTL.GD.PP.ZS Trade (% of GDP, PPP)
# Search GDP per capita, PPP
WDIsearch("GDP per capita, PPP")
## indicator name
## 717 6.0.GDPpc_constant GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $)
## 11434 NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
## 11435 NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)
## 11436 NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD.87 GDP per capita, PPP (constant 1987 international $)
## 11437 NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD.ZG GDP per capita, PPP annual growth (%)
Download and use the
data
- NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG GDP growth (annual %)
- NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD GDP, PPP (constant 2017 international $)
- NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international
$)
- HD.HCI.OVRL Human capital index (HCI) (scale 0-1)
- IC.BUS.DFRN.XQ Ease of doing business score (0 = lowest performance
to 100 = best performance)
# Download the WDI data
WDI <- WDI(indicator = c("GDP_PPP" = "NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD",
"GDP_per_capita" = "NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD",
"GDP_growth" = "NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG",
"Ease_business" = "IC.BUS.DFRN.XQ"),
start = 1989, end = 2023)
# Save the data as CSV
write.csv(WDI, "Data_raw/WDI.csv")