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.
You can install the MexicoDataAPI package from CRAN with
the following R function:
install.packages("MexicoDataAPI")After installation, load the package and start exploring and using its functions and datasets.
library(MexicoDataAPI)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
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.
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.
# 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)