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Retrieves South Korea's adult literacy rate ( for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SE.ADT.LITR.ZS.

Usage

get_southkorea_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

  • country: Country name ("Korea, Rep.")

  • year: Year of the data (integer)

  • value: Literacy rate as a percentage

Details

This 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.

See also

Examples

# \donttest{
  literacy_data <- get_southkorea_literacy_rate()
  head(literacy_data)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 4
#>   indicator                                                  country  year value
#>   <chr>                                                      <chr>   <int> <dbl>
#> 1 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2022  NA  
#> 2 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2021  NA  
#> 3 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2020  NA  
#> 4 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2019  NA  
#> 5 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2018  98.8
#> 6 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Korea,…  2017  NA  
# }