# Country Economic Snapshot — World Bank, One Flat Row (`alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot`) Actor

GDP, population, inflation, unemployment and more for any country as one flat row — the latest available observation per indicator, each with its own year. Free, keyless World Bank data. Any World Bank indicator code also works.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Business
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Country Economic Snapshot — World Bank, One Flat Row

Market-research and expansion-planning teams pull country macro
indicators one at a time from the World Bank's data portal, then
reassemble them by hand. This returns **one flat row per country** —
GDP, population, inflation, unemployment, internet penetration — with the
latest available observation per indicator and the year that value is
actually from. Free, keyless.

### Input

```json
{ "countries": ["US", "PK", "DE"] }
```

Two- or three-letter ISO codes both work. Leave `indicators` empty for
all built-ins, or pass any raw World Bank indicator code (e.g.
`EN.ATM.CO2E.PC`).

### Built-in indicators

`gdpUsd` · `gdpPerCapitaUsd` · `population` · `inflationPercent` ·
`unemploymentPercent` · `internetUsersPercent`

### Sample output

```json
{
  "countryCode": "US",
  "countryName": "United States",
  "gdpUsdValue": 30769700000000,
  "gdpUsdYear": "2025",
  "populationValue": 341784857,
  "populationYear": "2025",
  "inflationPercentValue": 2.9495,
  "inflationPercentYear": "2024",
  "indicatorsRequested": 6,
  "indicatorsWithData": 6
}
```

### Typical uses

- **Market entry / expansion research** — compare candidate countries on
  the same indicators in one table.
- **Investment and risk screening** — macro context for country exposure.
- **Report and dashboard inputs** — flat, spreadsheet-ready rows rather
  than nested time series.

### Pricing

**$0.002 per country snapshot.**

### ⚠️ Read before you act — one real quirk, handled

- **Every value carries its own year, on purpose.** Different indicators
  publish on different schedules, so one country's GDP can be 2025 while
  its inflation figure is 2024. A single shared "as of" date would be
  wrong — hence `<indicator>Value` **and** `<indicator>Year` columns.
- **The newest row from the World Bank is often empty.** Verified live:
  US inflation returns 2025 → `null` (not published yet) before 2024 →
  2.95. This actor scans for the most recent row that actually has a
  value, so a country isn't reported as "no data" when real data sits one
  row down. `indicatorsWithData` tells you how many genuinely resolved.
- **An invalid country or indicator code returns no data, not an error
  row** — check `indicatorsWithData` and the QUALITY\_REPORT rather than
  assuming a null means "the value is zero."

### FAQ

- **Do I need an API key?** No — the World Bank's API is free and keyless.
- **Can I use indicators not in the built-in list?** Yes — pass any World
  Bank indicator code directly in `indicators`.
- **Why is one country's value older than another's?** Reporting lag
  varies by country and indicator; the `Year` column makes that explicit
  rather than hiding it.

### Related actors

- **Currency & FX Rates** — live and historical exchange rates, the
  companion to country-level macro data.
- **Federal Award Intelligence** — the same "official public data,
  aggregated into a usable row" approach, for US federal contracts.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

ISO country codes, e.g. US, PK, DE. Two-letter or three-letter codes both work.

## `indicators` (type: `array`):

Which indicators to fetch. Use the built-in keys (gdpUsd, gdpPerCapitaUsd, population, inflationPercent, unemploymentPercent, internetUsersPercent) or any raw World Bank indicator code (e.g. EN.ATM.CO2E.PC). Leave empty for all built-ins.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "PK"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One flat row per country.

## `qualityReport` (type: `string`):

Countries and indicators queried, plus per-indicator problems.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "US",
        "PK"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "countries": [
        "US",
        "PK",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "PK"
  ]
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alaudinburki/country-economic-snapshot"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4SpfGGLFHM91sl47V/builds/ASlttEyGSKhXvRDhz/openapi.json