A function to get country code when not available in data.
Construct/Creat new variable.
Absolute change between the year
This function checks whether there are overlapping between the
transitional countries.
Construct Growth rate
Download bulk data from the faostat website
https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
A function to bind the different entity level.
Access FAOSTAT API
Examine dimensions of a dataset
Print labels
Function to translate multipliers
Construct share variable
A function to standardize the unit
Search FAOSTAT dataset_codes, datasets, elements, indicators, and items
Construct indices
Function for merging data from different source.
Least squares growth rate
A function to translate between different country coding systems
Cache files read in by the API
This function perform some check on the data
Change case of column names
Compute Aggregates
This function avoids double counting of China.
Construct year to year change
Access to World Bank WDI API
World Bank Indicator Metadata
Access to World Bank WDI API
REST functions to connect to FAO
Country profile
A complementary package to the FAOSTAT database and the
Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization of
the United Nations.
Geometric growth rate
The search tree for FAOSTAT3
Regional profile