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World Bank Indicators API
45+ databases of development indicators for 200+ countries, zero auth
The World Bank's Indicators API (v2) exposes time-series development data: GDP, population, poverty, trade, health, education and more for over 200 countries and regions, drawn from 45+ databases including the World Development Indicators. It is a read-only REST service returning JSON or XML, maintained by the World Bank Data team. No registration or key is required.
Free tier
Free, no keyRate limits
Not published; reasonable use expected. Default page size is 50; raise it with per_page= and page= for bulk pullsAuth
No keyBase URL
https://api.worldbank.org/v2What you'd build with it
- Enrich a company/country profile with macroeconomic indicators
- Power a 'compare countries' tool inside an automation
- Pull historical GDP/population series for charts or analysis
- Resolve ISO-2/ISO-3 codes and income-level metadata for any country
Key endpoints
- GET
/country/{iso}/indicator/{indicator}?format=jsonTime series for one country + indicator (e.g. NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) - GET
/country/all/indicator/{indicator}?format=jsonAn indicator across every country - GET
/indicator?format=jsonList/search available indicators - GET
/country?format=jsonCountry metadata: ISO codes, region, income level, capital, coords
Members
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Tags
economicsdemographicsopen-datacountries