WPD: World Panel Data Visualization and Analysis Toolkit

A comprehensive package for accessing, analyzing and visualizing global economic and social indicators. The package provides tools for working with panel data, with built-in visualization capabilities and data analysis functions.

Main Functions

• wp_data: Load and filter panel data

• wp_plot_series: Create time series plots

• wp_plot_bar: Create bar charts

• wp_plot_scatter: Create scatter plots

• wp_info: Get information about available data

Country Code Utilities

• wp_ctry2iso: Convert country names to ISO3 codes

• wp_from_iso: Convert ISO codes to country information

• wp_get_category: Get countries belonging to specific categories

Data

The package includes:

• Annual and quarterly macroeconomic indicators

• Cross-country panel data

• Built-in seasonal adjustment capabilities

• Efficient on-demand data loading

References

Package website: https://benjaminpeeters.github.io/WPD