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Documentation for package ‘FAOSTAT’ version 2.4.0

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FAOSTAT-package A complementary package to the FAOSTAT database and the Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
Aggregation Compute Aggregates
change_case Change case of column names
chConstruct Construct year to year change
check_country_overlap This function perform some check on the data
chgr Absolute change between the year
CHMT This function avoids double counting of China.
constructSYB Construct/Creat new variable.
download_faostat_bulk Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
ebind A function to bind the different entity level.
FAOcountryProfile Country profile
FAOmetaTable The search tree for FAOSTAT3
FAOregionProfile Regional profile
FAOsearch Search FAOSTAT dataset_codes, datasets, elements, indicators, and items
FAOSTAT A complementary package to the FAOSTAT database and the Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
fillCountryCode A function to get country code when not available in data.
geogr Geometric growth rate
getFAO Access FAOSTAT API
getWDI Access to World Bank WDI API
getWDImetaData World Bank Indicator Metadata
getWDItoSYB Access to World Bank WDI API
get_faostat_bulk Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
grConstruct Construct Growth rate
indConstruct Construct indices
lsgr Least squares growth rate
mergeSYB Function for merging data from different source.
overlap This function checks whether there are overlapping between the transitional countries.
printLab Print labels
read_bulk_metadata Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
read_dataset_dimension Examine dimensions of a dataset
read_dimension_metadata Examine dimensions of a dataset
read_fao Access FAOSTAT API
read_faostat_bulk Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
scaleUnit A function to standardize the unit
search_dataset Search FAOSTAT dataset_codes, datasets, elements, indicators, and items
shConstruct Construct share variable
translateCountryCode A function to translate between different country coding systems
translateUnit Function to translate multipliers
translate_countrycodes A function to translate between different country coding systems