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Download Eurostat Dictionary

Source: R/get_eurostat_dic.R
get_eurostat_dic.Rd

Download a Eurostat dictionary.

Usage

get_eurostat_dic(dictname, lang = "en")

Arguments

dictname

A character, dictionary for the variable to be downloaded.

lang

A character, language code. Options: "en" (default), "fr", "de".

Value

tibble with two columns: code names and full names.

Details

For given coded variable from Eurostat https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/. The dictionaries link codes with human-readable labels. To translate codes to labels, use label_eurostat().

References

See citation("eurostat"):

# Kindly cite this package by citing the following R Journal article:
#
#   Lahti L., Huovari J., Kainu M., and Biecek P. (2017). Retrieval and
#   analysis of Eurostat open data with the eurostat package. The R
#   Journal 9(1), pp. 385-392. doi: 10.32614/RJ-2017-019
#
# In addition, please provide a citation to the specific software version
# used:
#
#   Lahti L, Huovari J, Kainu M, Biecek P, Hernangomez D, Antal D,
#   Kantanen P (2026). "eurostat: Tools for Eurostat Open Data."
#   doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.eurostat
#   <https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.eurostat>. R package version
#   4.1.1, <https://github.com/rOpenGov/eurostat>.
#
# To see these entries in BibTeX format, use 'print(<citation>,
# bibtex=TRUE)', 'toBibtex(.)', or set
# 'options(citation.bibtex.max=999)'.

See also

label_eurostat(), get_eurostat(), search_eurostat().

Author

Przemyslaw Biecek and Leo Lahti leo.lahti@iki.fi. Thanks to Wietse Dol for contributions. Updated by Pyry Kantanen to support XML codelists.

Examples

# \donttest{
get_eurostat_dic("crop_pro")
#> # A tibble: 25 × 2
#>    code_name full_name                                                       
#>    <chr>     <chr>                                                           
#>  1 C1050     Cereals (excluding rice)                                        
#>  2 C1120     Common wheat and spelt                                          
#>  3 C1130     Durum wheat                                                     
#>  4 C1160     Barley                                                          
#>  5 C1200     Grain maize                                                     
#>  6 C1250     Rice                                                            
#>  7 C1360     Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)           
#>  8 C1370     Sugar beet (excluding seed)                                     
#>  9 C1410     Oilseeds                                                        
#> 10 C1600     Vegetables, melons and strawberries (excluding  kitchen gardens)
#> # ℹ 15 more rows

# Try another language
get_eurostat_dic("crop_pro", lang = "fr")
#> # A tibble: 25 × 2
#>    code_name full_name                                                       
#>    <chr>     <chr>                                                           
#>  1 C1050     Céréales (à l'exception du riz)                                 
#>  2 C1120     Blé tendre et épeautre                                          
#>  3 C1130     Blé dur                                                         
#>  4 C1160     Orge                                                            
#>  5 C1200     Maïs-grain                                                      
#>  6 C1250     Riz                                                             
#>  7 C1360     Pommes de terre (y compris les primeurs et les plants)          
#>  8 C1370     Betterave sucrière (à l'exception des semences)                 
#>  9 C1410     Plantes oléagineuses                                            
#> 10 C1600     Légumes, melons et fraises (à l'exception des jardins familiaux)
#> # ℹ 15 more rows
# }