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Get Japan's Literacy Rate (Age 15+) from World Bank

Source: R/get_japan_literacy_rate.R
get_japan_literacy_rate.Rd

Retrieves Japan's literacy rate for adults aged 15 and above, expressed as a percentage, for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SE.ADT.LITR.ZS.

Usage

get_japan_literacy_rate()

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

  • indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Literacy rate, adult total (

  • country: Country name ("Japan")

  • year: Year of the data (integer)

  • value: Literacy rate as numeric percentage

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

if (interactive()) {
  get_japan_literacy_rate()
}