This function returns a list of World Bank countries for a choice selector in a Shiny app.
Examples
gtl_country_list_wb()
#> $Aruba
#> [1] "ABW"
#>
#> $Afghanistan
#> [1] "AFG"
#>
#> $Angola
#> [1] "AGO"
#>
#> $Albania
#> [1] "ALB"
#>
#> $Andorra
#> [1] "AND"
#>
#> $`United Arab Emirates`
#> [1] "ARE"
#>
#> $Argentina
#> [1] "ARG"
#>
#> $Armenia
#> [1] "ARM"
#>
#> $`American Samoa`
#> [1] "ASM"
#>
#> $`Antigua and Barbuda`
#> [1] "ATG"
#>
#> $Australia
#> [1] "AUS"
#>
#> $Austria
#> [1] "AUT"
#>
#> $Azerbaijan
#> [1] "AZE"
#>
#> $Burundi
#> [1] "BDI"
#>
#> $Belgium
#> [1] "BEL"
#>
#> $Benin
#> [1] "BEN"
#>
#> $`Burkina Faso`
#> [1] "BFA"
#>
#> $Bangladesh
#> [1] "BGD"
#>
#> $Bulgaria
#> [1] "BGR"
#>
#> $Bahrain
#> [1] "BHR"
#>
#> $`Bahamas, The`
#> [1] "BHS"
#>
#> $`Bosnia and Herzegovina`
#> [1] "BIH"
#>
#> $Belarus
#> [1] "BLR"
#>
#> $Belize
#> [1] "BLZ"
#>
#> $Bermuda
#> [1] "BMU"
#>
#> $Bolivia
#> [1] "BOL"
#>
#> $Brazil
#> [1] "BRA"
#>
#> $Barbados
#> [1] "BRB"
#>
#> $`Brunei Darussalam`
#> [1] "BRN"
#>
#> $Bhutan
#> [1] "BTN"
#>
#> $Botswana
#> [1] "BWA"
#>
#> $`Central African Republic`
#> [1] "CAF"
#>
#> $Canada
#> [1] "CAN"
#>
#> $Switzerland
#> [1] "CHE"
#>
#> $`Channel Islands`
#> [1] "CHI"
#>
#> $Chile
#> [1] "CHL"
#>
#> $China
#> [1] "CHN"
#>
#> $`Cote d'Ivoire`
#> [1] "CIV"
#>
#> $Cameroon
#> [1] "CMR"
#>
#> $`Congo, Dem. Rep.`
#> [1] "COD"
#>
#> $`Congo, Rep.`
#> [1] "COG"
#>
#> $Colombia
#> [1] "COL"
#>
#> $Comoros
#> [1] "COM"
#>
#> $`Cabo Verde`
#> [1] "CPV"
#>
#> $`Costa Rica`
#> [1] "CRI"
#>
#> $Cuba
#> [1] "CUB"
#>
#> $Curacao
#> [1] "CUW"
#>
#> $`Cayman Islands`
#> [1] "CYM"
#>
#> $Cyprus
#> [1] "CYP"
#>
#> $Czechia
#> [1] "CZE"
#>
#> $Germany
#> [1] "DEU"
#>
#> $Djibouti
#> [1] "DJI"
#>
#> $Dominica
#> [1] "DMA"
#>
#> $Denmark
#> [1] "DNK"
#>
#> $`Dominican Republic`
#> [1] "DOM"
#>
#> $Algeria
#> [1] "DZA"
#>
#> $Ecuador
#> [1] "ECU"
#>
#> $`Egypt, Arab Rep.`
#> [1] "EGY"
#>
#> $Eritrea
#> [1] "ERI"
#>
#> $Spain
#> [1] "ESP"
#>
#> $Estonia
#> [1] "EST"
#>
#> $Ethiopia
#> [1] "ETH"
#>
#> $Finland
#> [1] "FIN"
#>
#> $Fiji
#> [1] "FJI"
#>
#> $France
#> [1] "FRA"
#>
#> $`Faroe Islands`
#> [1] "FRO"
#>
#> $`Micronesia, Fed. Sts.`
#> [1] "FSM"
#>
#> $Gabon
#> [1] "GAB"
#>
#> $`United Kingdom`
#> [1] "GBR"
#>
#> $Georgia
#> [1] "GEO"
#>
#> $Ghana
#> [1] "GHA"
#>
#> $Gibraltar
#> [1] "GIB"
#>
#> $Guinea
#> [1] "GIN"
#>
#> $`Gambia, The`
#> [1] "GMB"
#>
#> $`Guinea-Bissau`
#> [1] "GNB"
#>
#> $`Equatorial Guinea`
#> [1] "GNQ"
#>
#> $Greece
#> [1] "GRC"
#>
#> $Grenada
#> [1] "GRD"
#>
#> $Greenland
#> [1] "GRL"
#>
#> $Guatemala
#> [1] "GTM"
#>
#> $Guam
#> [1] "GUM"
#>
#> $Guyana
#> [1] "GUY"
#>
#> $`Hong Kong SAR, China`
#> [1] "HKG"
#>
#> $Honduras
#> [1] "HND"
#>
#> $Croatia
#> [1] "HRV"
#>
#> $Haiti
#> [1] "HTI"
#>
#> $Hungary
#> [1] "HUN"
#>
#> $Indonesia
#> [1] "IDN"
#>
#> $`Isle of Man`
#> [1] "IMN"
#>
#> $India
#> [1] "IND"
#>
#> $Ireland
#> [1] "IRL"
#>
#> $`Iran, Islamic Rep.`
#> [1] "IRN"
#>
#> $Iraq
#> [1] "IRQ"
#>
#> $Iceland
#> [1] "ISL"
#>
#> $Israel
#> [1] "ISR"
#>
#> $Italy
#> [1] "ITA"
#>
#> $Jamaica
#> [1] "JAM"
#>
#> $Jordan
#> [1] "JOR"
#>
#> $Japan
#> [1] "JPN"
#>
#> $Kazakhstan
#> [1] "KAZ"
#>
#> $Kenya
#> [1] "KEN"
#>
#> $`Kyrgyz Republic`
#> [1] "KGZ"
#>
#> $Cambodia
#> [1] "KHM"
#>
#> $Kiribati
#> [1] "KIR"
#>
#> $`St. Kitts and Nevis`
#> [1] "KNA"
#>
#> $`Korea, Rep.`
#> [1] "KOR"
#>
#> $Kuwait
#> [1] "KWT"
#>
#> $`Lao PDR`
#> [1] "LAO"
#>
#> $Lebanon
#> [1] "LBN"
#>
#> $Liberia
#> [1] "LBR"
#>
#> $Libya
#> [1] "LBY"
#>
#> $`St. Lucia`
#> [1] "LCA"
#>
#> $Liechtenstein
#> [1] "LIE"
#>
#> $`Sri Lanka`
#> [1] "LKA"
#>
#> $Lesotho
#> [1] "LSO"
#>
#> $Lithuania
#> [1] "LTU"
#>
#> $Luxembourg
#> [1] "LUX"
#>
#> $Latvia
#> [1] "LVA"
#>
#> $`Macao SAR, China`
#> [1] "MAC"
#>
#> $`St. Martin (French part)`
#> [1] "MAF"
#>
#> $Morocco
#> [1] "MAR"
#>
#> $Monaco
#> [1] "MCO"
#>
#> $Moldova
#> [1] "MDA"
#>
#> $Madagascar
#> [1] "MDG"
#>
#> $Maldives
#> [1] "MDV"
#>
#> $Mexico
#> [1] "MEX"
#>
#> $`Marshall Islands`
#> [1] "MHL"
#>
#> $`North Macedonia`
#> [1] "MKD"
#>
#> $Mali
#> [1] "MLI"
#>
#> $Malta
#> [1] "MLT"
#>
#> $Myanmar
#> [1] "MMR"
#>
#> $Montenegro
#> [1] "MNE"
#>
#> $Mongolia
#> [1] "MNG"
#>
#> $`Northern Mariana Islands`
#> [1] "MNP"
#>
#> $Mozambique
#> [1] "MOZ"
#>
#> $Mauritania
#> [1] "MRT"
#>
#> $Mauritius
#> [1] "MUS"
#>
#> $Malawi
#> [1] "MWI"
#>
#> $Malaysia
#> [1] "MYS"
#>
#> $Namibia
#> [1] "NAM"
#>
#> $`New Caledonia`
#> [1] "NCL"
#>
#> $Niger
#> [1] "NER"
#>
#> $Nigeria
#> [1] "NGA"
#>
#> $Nicaragua
#> [1] "NIC"
#>
#> $Netherlands
#> [1] "NLD"
#>
#> $Norway
#> [1] "NOR"
#>
#> $Nepal
#> [1] "NPL"
#>
#> $Nauru
#> [1] "NRU"
#>
#> $`New Zealand`
#> [1] "NZL"
#>
#> $Oman
#> [1] "OMN"
#>
#> $Pakistan
#> [1] "PAK"
#>
#> $Panama
#> [1] "PAN"
#>
#> $Peru
#> [1] "PER"
#>
#> $Philippines
#> [1] "PHL"
#>
#> $Palau
#> [1] "PLW"
#>
#> $`Papua New Guinea`
#> [1] "PNG"
#>
#> $Poland
#> [1] "POL"
#>
#> $`Puerto Rico`
#> [1] "PRI"
#>
#> $`Korea, Dem. People's Rep.`
#> [1] "PRK"
#>
#> $Portugal
#> [1] "PRT"
#>
#> $Paraguay
#> [1] "PRY"
#>
#> $`West Bank and Gaza`
#> [1] "PSE"
#>
#> $`French Polynesia`
#> [1] "PYF"
#>
#> $Qatar
#> [1] "QAT"
#>
#> $Romania
#> [1] "ROU"
#>
#> $`Russian Federation`
#> [1] "RUS"
#>
#> $Rwanda
#> [1] "RWA"
#>
#> $`Saudi Arabia`
#> [1] "SAU"
#>
#> $Sudan
#> [1] "SDN"
#>
#> $Senegal
#> [1] "SEN"
#>
#> $Singapore
#> [1] "SGP"
#>
#> $`Solomon Islands`
#> [1] "SLB"
#>
#> $`Sierra Leone`
#> [1] "SLE"
#>
#> $`El Salvador`
#> [1] "SLV"
#>
#> $`San Marino`
#> [1] "SMR"
#>
#> $Somalia
#> [1] "SOM"
#>
#> $Serbia
#> [1] "SRB"
#>
#> $`South Sudan`
#> [1] "SSD"
#>
#> $`Sao Tome and Principe`
#> [1] "STP"
#>
#> $Suriname
#> [1] "SUR"
#>
#> $`Slovak Republic`
#> [1] "SVK"
#>
#> $Slovenia
#> [1] "SVN"
#>
#> $Sweden
#> [1] "SWE"
#>
#> $Eswatini
#> [1] "SWZ"
#>
#> $`Sint Maarten (Dutch part)`
#> [1] "SXM"
#>
#> $Seychelles
#> [1] "SYC"
#>
#> $`Syrian Arab Republic`
#> [1] "SYR"
#>
#> $`Turks and Caicos Islands`
#> [1] "TCA"
#>
#> $Chad
#> [1] "TCD"
#>
#> $Togo
#> [1] "TGO"
#>
#> $Thailand
#> [1] "THA"
#>
#> $Tajikistan
#> [1] "TJK"
#>
#> $Turkmenistan
#> [1] "TKM"
#>
#> $`Timor-Leste`
#> [1] "TLS"
#>
#> $Tonga
#> [1] "TON"
#>
#> $`Trinidad and Tobago`
#> [1] "TTO"
#>
#> $Tunisia
#> [1] "TUN"
#>
#> $Turkiye
#> [1] "TUR"
#>
#> $Tuvalu
#> [1] "TUV"
#>
#> $Tanzania
#> [1] "TZA"
#>
#> $Uganda
#> [1] "UGA"
#>
#> $Ukraine
#> [1] "UKR"
#>
#> $Uruguay
#> [1] "URY"
#>
#> $`United States`
#> [1] "USA"
#>
#> $Uzbekistan
#> [1] "UZB"
#>
#> $`St. Vincent and the Grenadines`
#> [1] "VCT"
#>
#> $`Venezuela, RB`
#> [1] "VEN"
#>
#> $`British Virgin Islands`
#> [1] "VGB"
#>
#> $`Virgin Islands (U.S.)`
#> [1] "VIR"
#>
#> $`Viet Nam`
#> [1] "VNM"
#>
#> $Vanuatu
#> [1] "VUT"
#>
#> $Samoa
#> [1] "WSM"
#>
#> $Kosovo
#> [1] "XKX"
#>
#> $`Yemen, Rep.`
#> [1] "YEM"
#>
#> $`South Africa`
#> [1] "ZAF"
#>
#> $Zambia
#> [1] "ZMB"
#>
#> $Zimbabwe
#> [1] "ZWE"
#>