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Get Japan's Unemployment Rate from World Bank

Source: R/get_japan_unemployment.R
get_japan_unemployment.Rd

Retrieves Japan's Unemployment, total ( for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS.

Usage

get_japan_unemployment()

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

  • indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Unemployment, total (

  • country: Country name ("Japan")

  • year: Year of the data (integer)

  • value: Unemployment rate as percentage in numeric form

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_unemployment()
}