Get Japan's Life Expectancy at Birth from World Bank

Retrieves Japan's life expectancy at birth (in years) for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SP.DYN.LE00.IN.

Usage

get_japan_life_expectancy()

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN

Value

A tibble with the following columns, or NULL if the API is unavailable:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Life expectancy at birth, total (years)")

• country: Country name ("Japan")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: Life expectancy value in numeric form (years)

Details

The function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

Note

Requires internet connection. The data is retrieved in real time from the World Bank API.

See also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

# \donttest{
# Requires internet connection
result <- get_japan_life_expectancy()
if (!is.null(result)) {
  print(result)
}
#> # A tibble: 13 × 4
#>    indicator                               country  year value
#>    <chr>                                   <chr>   <int> <dbl>
#>  1 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2022  84.0
#>  2 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2021  84.4
#>  3 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2020  84.6
#>  4 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2019  84.4
#>  5 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2018  84.2
#>  6 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2017  84.1
#>  7 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2016  84.0
#>  8 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2015  83.8
#>  9 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2014  83.6
#> 10 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2013  83.3
#> 11 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2012  83.1
#> 12 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2011  82.6
#> 13 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Japan    2010  82.8
# }