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worldbank

Client for the 'World Bank' APIs

v0.9.1 · Jun 29, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Download and search data from the 'World Bank' APIs, including the 'Indicators' API, the 'Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)' API, the 'Finances One' API, and the 'Projects' API. See <https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview> for further details.

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6.5K

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Trend: -1.9% (30d vs prior 30d)

r2u CRAN

3

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44

Last 90 days

163

Last year

Trend: -87% (30d vs prior 30d)

autoCRAN

4

Last 7 days

12

Last 30 days

1

All-time

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
NOTE 12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 7, 2026
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Code

Structure

Lines of code

4,843

Files

60

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,472 (30.4%)Tests 1,997 (41.2%)Docs 1,374 (28.4%)

API

Exported functions

27

Internal functions

33

Recent export changes

v0.9.0+2 wb_bulk, wb_search
v0.8.0+3 pip_cp, wb_cache_clear, wb_project

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

1.36

testthat edition

3

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

100%

\dontrun example ratio

13%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

33.3%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.1.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

12

First release

2024-07-02

Latest release

2026-06-29

Avg cadence

57 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

2

LOC over versions

v0.1.0: 2,538 LOCv0.2.0: 2,638 LOCv0.3.0: 3,585 LOCv0.4.0: 3,708 LOCv0.5.0: 3,730 LOCv0.6.0: 3,750 LOCv0.6.1: 3,781 LOCv0.7.0: 3,950 LOCv0.7.1: 3,983 LOCv0.8.0: 4,460 LOCv0.9.0: 4,855 LOCv0.9.1: 4,843 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies httr2 worldbank

Version History

13 tracked
updated 0.9.1 ← 0.9.0 diff Jun 29, 2026
updated 0.9.0 ← 0.8.0 diff May 3, 2026
updated 0.8.0 ← 0.7.1 diff Mar 15, 2026
new 0.7.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.7.1 ← 0.7.0 diff Dec 6, 2025
updated 0.7.0 ← 0.6.1 diff Nov 9, 2025
updated 0.6.1 ← 0.6.0 diff Aug 28, 2025
updated 0.6.0 ← 0.5.0 diff May 28, 2025
updated 0.5.0 ← 0.4.0 diff Jan 26, 2025
updated 0.4.0 ← 0.3.0 diff Dec 8, 2024
updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.0 diff Aug 25, 2024
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Jul 31, 2024
new 0.1.0 Jul 1, 2024