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Get Mexico's Life Expectancy from World Bank

Source: R/get_mexico_life_expectancy.R
get_mexico_life_expectancy.Rd

Retrieves Mexico'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_mexico_life_expectancy()

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

indicator

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

country

Country name ("Mexico")

year

Year of the data (integer)

value

Life expectancy in years (numeric)

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 a message.

Note

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

See also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_mexico_life_expectancy()
}