# Country Data Scraper — Regions, Capitals & Income (World Bank) (`eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper`) Actor

Scrape country reference data — name, ISO codes, region, income level, capital city & coordinates — from the public World Bank API. Fetch specific countries or all of them. Great for enrichment, dashboards, dropdowns & geo datasets. No login, no key, no proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [thanachit singruang](https://apify.com/eins332570) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Country Data Scraper — Regions, Capitals & Income (World Bank)

Scrape **country reference data** — name, ISO codes, region, income level, capital city, and coordinates — into **one unified dataset** using the public **World Bank** API. No login, no proxies, no browser, no API key.

Fetch a few countries by code, or pull **every country** in one run.

### What you get

Every country is one row (`recordType: "country"`):

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `name` | country name |
| `countryId` / `iso2` | ISO-3 and ISO-2 codes |
| `region` / `adminRegion` | World Bank region groupings |
| `incomeLevel` | income classification (e.g. High income) |
| `lendingType` | World Bank lending category |
| `capitalCity` | capital city |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | capital coordinates |
| `isAggregate` | `true` for region/income aggregates (excluded by default) |

### Sample output

```json
{
  "recordType": "country",
  "countryId": "BRA",
  "iso2": "BR",
  "name": "Brazil",
  "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
  "adminRegion": "Latin America & Caribbean",
  "incomeLevel": "Upper middle income",
  "lendingType": "IBRD",
  "capitalCity": "Brasilia",
  "latitude": -15.7801,
  "longitude": -47.9292,
  "isAggregate": false
}
```

### Input

```json
{
  "codes": ["BRA", "US", "JPN"],
  "all": false,
  "includeAggregates": false
}
```

- **codes** — ISO country codes (2- or 3-letter).
- **all** — fetch every country (~217) instead of specific codes.
- **includeAggregates** — also include region/income aggregates (e.g. "World").

### Use cases

- **Data enrichment** — attach region, income level, and ISO codes to your records
- **Dropdowns & lookups** — a ready country list with codes and capitals
- **Geo datasets** — capital coordinates for mapping
- **Analytics** — group your data by World Bank region or income level

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or login?** No. The World Bank API is public and key-free.

**Is it free to try?** Yes — click **Try for free** and run the prefilled example (`BRA`, `US`, `JPN`).

**Can I get every country at once?** Yes — set `"all": true`.

**Are ISO-2 and ISO-3 both included?** Yes — `iso2` and `countryId` (ISO-3).

### Pricing

**Pay per result — $5 per 1,000 countries.** Runs that return nothing cost nothing. No monthly fee, no proxy costs.

# Actor input Schema

## `codes` (type: `array`):

ISO country codes (2 or 3 letter), e.g. \["BRA", "US", "JPN"].

## `all` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch every country (~217) instead of specific codes.

## `includeAggregates` (type: `boolean`):

Also include region/income aggregates (e.g. "World", "Arab World").

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "codes": [
    "BRA",
    "US",
    "JPN"
  ],
  "all": false,
  "includeAggregates": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

All scraped country records as dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "codes": [
        "BRA",
        "US",
        "JPN"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper").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 = { "codes": [
        "BRA",
        "US",
        "JPN",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper").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 '{
  "codes": [
    "BRA",
    "US",
    "JPN"
  ]
}' |
apify call eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,eins332570/worldbank-country-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/Oeg9ys1NgUpHgMvcz/builds/bTpxs7EybsbQ1UEz0/openapi.json