World Development Indicators series and country information

Description

A list of two character matrices.

Usage

WDI_data

Format

List of 2 data frames

Details

The first character matrix includes a full list of WDI series. This list is updated semi-regularly. Users can refresh the list manually using the WDIcache() function and search in the updated list using the cache argument.

  • id WDI indicator code

  • name Short name of the series

  • sourceNote Detailed description provided by the source

  • source Source database

  • sourceOrganization Source organization

The second character matrix includes extra country information (updated 2012-06-18):

  • iso3c ISO 3-letter country code

  • iso2c ISO 2-letter country code

  • country Country name (long English form)

  • region Region

  • capital Capital

  • longitude Longitude

  • latitude Latitude

  • income Income level as defined by the World Bank

  • lending Lending category, as defined by the World Bank