World Bank Indicators API
by datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
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Added on October 31st, 2026
Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026
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What it does
The World Bank Indicators API gives about 16,000 development indicators for every country, many going back 50 years or more: GDP, population, life expectancy, CO2 emissions, education, poverty and much more. Ask for an indicator by country and year range. Responses are JSON or XML. Free, open data, no key needed. An official World Bank MCP server (data360-mcp) lets AI agents search and fetch World Bank indicator data through Data360.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, open data, no key needed.
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON, XML
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET, MCP
- Provider
- datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
- Last checked
- Working on November 2nd, 2026
More information: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889392
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2020'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2020");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2020",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.