wid: Download Data from the World Inequality Database

CRAN: Contributed Packages 2026 Dataset Open access

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Authors: Thomas Blanchet
DOI: 10.32614/cran.package.wid
Cited by: 1

Abstract

Tools to download data from the online World Inequality Database directly into R. The World Inequality Database is an extensive source on the historical evolution of the distribution of income and wealth both within and between countries. It relies on the combined effort of an international network of over a hundred researchers covering more than seventy countries from all continents.

Publication details

Journal / source
CRAN: Contributed Packages
Publisher
The R Foundation
Publication date
20 February 2026
Document type
Dataset