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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, or NULL if the API is unavailable:

  • 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. Note that literacy rate data for Japan may not be available for all years in the World Bank database.

See also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

# \donttest{
# Requires internet connection
result <- get_japan_literacy_rate()
if (!is.null(result)) {
  print(result)
}
#> # A tibble: 13 × 4
#>    indicator                                                 country  year value
#>    <chr>                                                     <chr>   <int> <lgl>
#>  1 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2022 NA   
#>  2 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2021 NA   
#>  3 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2020 NA   
#>  4 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2019 NA   
#>  5 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2018 NA   
#>  6 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2017 NA   
#>  7 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2016 NA   
#>  8 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2015 NA   
#>  9 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2014 NA   
#> 10 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2013 NA   
#> 11 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2012 NA   
#> 12 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2011 NA   
#> 13 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and abov… Japan    2010 NA   
# }