eurostat R package
R tools to access open data from Eurostat. Data search, download, manipulation and visualization.
Installation and use
To install the CRAN release version, use:
install.packages("eurostat")For the latest github development version, use:
install_github("ropengov/eurostat")See the the package homepage with links to function documentation and tutorials as well as contact details. The manuscript submitted to R Journal provides a generic overview of the package functionality.
Contribute
Contributions are very welcome:
- Use issue tracker for feedback and bug reports.
- Send pull requests
- Star us on the Github page
- Join the discussion in Gitter
Acknowledgements
Kindly cite this work as follows: Leo Lahti, Przemyslaw Biecek, Markus Kainu and Janne Huovari. Retrieval and analysis of Eurostat open data with the eurostat package. Accepted for publication in R Journal 2017. R package version 3.1.1. URL: http://ropengov.github.io/eurostat
We are greatful to all contributors, including Joona Lehtomäki, Francois Briatte, and Oliver Reiter, and for the Eurostat open data portal! This project is part of rOpenGov.
Disclaimer
This package is in no way officially related to or endorsed by Eurostat.