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readoecd (version 0.3.0)

Download and Tidy Data from the OECD

Description

Provides clean, tidy access to key economic indicators published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), covering GDP, CPI inflation, unemployment, tax revenue, government deficit, health expenditure, education expenditure, income inequality, labour productivity, and current account balance across all 38 OECD member countries. Data is downloaded from the OECD Data Explorer API on first use and cached locally for subsequent calls. Returns tidy long-format data frames ready for analysis and visualisation.

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install.packages('readoecd')

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0.3.0

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MIT + file LICENSE

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Charles Coverdale

Last Published

March 12th, 2026

Functions in readoecd (0.3.0)

get_oecd_productivity

Get OECD productivity data
check_oecd_api

Check OECD API connectivity
clear_oecd_cache

Clear the readoecd local cache
get_oecd_health

Get OECD health expenditure data
get_oecd_deficit

Get OECD government deficit data
get_oecd_current_account

Get OECD trade (balance of payments) data
get_oecd_gdp

Get OECD GDP data
get_oecd_cpi

Get OECD CPI inflation data
get_oecd_inequality

Get OECD income inequality data
get_oecd_education

Get OECD education expenditure data
get_oecd_unemployment

Get OECD unemployment rates
list_oecd_countries

List OECD member countries
get_oecd_tax

Get OECD tax revenue data