JapanAPIs (version 0.1.1)

get_japan_unemployment: Get Japan's Unemployment Rate from World Bank

Description

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()

Value

A tibble with the following columns, or NULL if the API is unavailable:

• 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.

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

# \donttest{
# Requires internet connection
result <- get_japan_unemployment()
if (!is.null(result)) {
  print(result)
}
# }