MexicoDataAPI

The MexicoDataAPI package provides a unified interface to access open data from the World Bank API, REST Countries API, and Nager.Date API, with a focus on Mexico. It allows users to retrieve up-to-date information on topics such as economic indicators, population figures, literacy rates, unemployment levels, basic geopolitical information, and official public holidays.

In addition to API-access functions, the package includes a set of curated datasets related to Mexico. These cover areas such as air quality monitoring, state-level income surveys, postal abbreviations, election results, and regional forest classification.

Installation

You can install the MexicoDataAPI package from CRAN with the following R function:

install.packages("MexicoDataAPI")

Usage

After installation, load the package and start exploring and using its functions and datasets.

library(MexicoDataAPI)

MexicoDataAPI Functions

• get_country_info_mx(): Get Key Country Information about Mexico from the REST Countries API

• get_mexico_cpi(): Get Mexico’s Consumer Price Index (2010 = 100) from World Bank

• get_mexico_gdp(): Get Mexico’s GDP (Current US$) from World Bank

• get_mexico_holidays(): Get official public holidays in Mexico for a given year, e.g., get_mexico_holidays(2025).

• get_mexico_life_expectancy(): Get Mexico’s Life Expectancy from World Bank

• get_mexico_literacy_rate(): Get Mexico’s Literacy Rate (Age 15+) from World Bank

• get_mexico_population(): Get Mexico’s Population (Total) from World Bank

• get_mexico_unemployment(): Get Mexico’s Unemployment Rate (%) from World Bank

• view_datasets_MexicoDataAPI(): Lists all curated datasets included in the MexicoDataAPI package

Dataset Suffixes

Each dataset in MexicoDataAPI is labeled with a suffix to indicate its structure and type:

• _df: A standard data frame.

• _tbl_df: A tibble data frame object.

• _chr: A character object.

Datasets Included in MexicoDataAPI

In addition to API access functions, MexicoDataAPI provides several preloaded datasets related to Mexico’s environment, demographics, and public data. Here are some featured examples:

• mexico_elections_df: Data frame containing a subset of the 2012 Mexico Elections Panel Study.

• mex_income_2016_tbl_df: Tibble containing household-level income data and associated demographic characteristics from the 2016 ENIGH (Household Income and Expenditure Survey).

• mexico_abb_chr: Character vector containing the official two- or three-letter postal abbreviations for the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

Example Code:

# Load the package
library(MexicoDataAPI)

# Selected, essential information about Mexico
get_country_info_mx()

# Get Mexico's Population (Total) from World Bank
get_mexico_population()

# Load a dataset
data("mex_income_2016_tbl_df")

# Shows six rows of the dataset
head(mex_income_2016_tbl_df)

# Display the structure of the dataset
str(mex_income_2016_tbl_df)

# Shows the whole dataset

View(mex_income_2016_tbl_df)