Tools to download data from the ilostat database < http://www.ilo.org/ilostat> together with search and manipulation utilities.
The ILO's main online database, ILOSTAT, maintained by the Department of Statistics, is the world's largest repository of labour market statistics. It covers all countries and regions and a wide range of labour-related topics, including employment, unemployment, wages, working time and labour productivity, to name a few. It includes time series going back as far as 1938; annual, quarterly and monthly labour statistics; country-level, regional and global estimates; and even projections of the main labour market indicators.
ILOSTAT's website provides immediate access to all its data and related metadata through different ways. Basic users can simply view the desired data online or download it in Excel or csv formats. More advanced users can take advantage of ILOSTAT's well-structured bulk download facility (user guide), or the SDMX web service (user guide).
The ilostat R package ('Rilostat') was designed to give data users the ability to access the ILOSTAT database, search for data, rearrange the information as needed, download it in the desired format, and
make various data visualizations, all in a programmatic and replicable manner, with the possibility of quickly re-running the queries as required.
POSIXct dates for easy integration into plotting and time-series analysis techniquesggplot2 and dplyrgrep-style searching for data descriptions and namesThe developer of this package drew extensive inspiration from the eurostat R package and its related documentation:
install.packages("Rilostat")To install the development version, use the following command:
if(!require(devtools)){install.packages('devtools')}install_github("ilostat/Rilostat")The ilostat R package ('Rilostat') includes the following functions:
require(ilostat)as.data.frame(ls("package:Rilostat")) We do not expect to update the ilostat R package too often, but based on questions and remarks from ILOSTAT data users, we will progressively create more examples, tutorials, demos and apps. We will publicly share all of this via the function:
ilostat() ilostat('GettingStarted')Contributions are very welcome:
Use issue tracker for feedback and bug reports.
The reproduction of ILO material is generally authorized for non-commercial purposes and within established limits. However, you may need to submit a formal request in certain circumstances. for more information please consult: