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Adata frame with 217 rows and 11 variables from the World Development Indicators (WDI) available from the World Bank. The rows contain only country level data. Regional groupings such as the European Union (EU) and financial groupings such as low income countries have been eliminated. World Bank Country codes (iso2c, iso3c) have been dropped. The data were downloaded from the World Bank on 17 July 2024 using the R package WDI, version 2.8.8, Arel-Bundock V (2022). WDI: World Development Indicators and Other World Bank Data. R package version 2.7.8, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=WDI. These data update the dataset wdi.2011 in the previous version of the package, which is outdated and has been removed. Some variable names have been changed for readability and some constructed variables (e.g., log(gdp)) have not been included. Missing values have been retained.

Usage

wdi_2022

Format

A data frame with 217 rows and 11 columns

country

Character variable with country name

gni_percap

Numeric, gross national income (GNI) per capita, based on purchasing power parity (PPP) in international $

gdp_percap

Numeric, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, based on PPP in international $

life_expect

Numeric, life expectancy at birth, in years

adolesc_fert_rate

Numeric, adolescent fertility rate, births per 1,000 women age 15 - 19

total_fert_rate

Numeric, total fertility rate, births per woman

infant_mortality_rate

Numeric, infant deaths per 1,000 live births

perc_basic_sanit

Numeric, percent of the population with access to basic sanitation

adult_lit_rate

Numeric, adult literacy rate, percent of population above the age of 15 considered literate

govt_expend_edu

Numeric, government expenditures on education as a percent of GDP

female_prim_edu

Numeric, primary school completion rate among the relevant population of women