IMF World Economic Data Tracker

What does IMF Economic Data Tracker do?

IMF economic data tracker fetches macroeconomic time-series for 190+ countries directly from the IMF DataMapper API — no API key, no registration, completely free. Specify any combination of IMF indicator codes (GDP growth, inflation, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, investment), select your countries by ISO code, and set a year range stretching back to the 1980s with IMF GDP inflation forecasts extending through 2029. Every data point from the World Economic Outlook data is returned as a flat, analysis-ready record.

This actor exposes the same underlying data that powers the IMF's World Economic Outlook and DataMapper tools — structured for automated pipelines rather than manual browsing.

Why use IMF Economic Data Tracker?

• Country risk dashboards — pull GDP growth, inflation, and debt levels for 190+ countries in one run to build automated sovereign risk scoring models.
• Global macro research — access decades of IMF GDP inflation history for cross-country econometric analysis without manual downloads from the IMF website.
• Emerging market monitoring — compare World Economic Outlook data across BRICS, ASEAN, and frontier markets to identify macro divergences and investment signals.
• Portfolio stress testing — enrich quantitative models with official IMF macroeconomic projections (available through 2029) alongside historical actuals.
• Policy and academic datasets — retrieve clean, structured IMF economic data for policy research, thesis work, or institutional reporting without spreadsheet exports.

How to use IMF Economic Data Tracker

1. Open the actor on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Set mode to indicators on the first run to discover all available IMF indicator codes.
3. Copy the codes you need into the indicators array (e.g. ["NGDP_RPCH", "PCPIPCH"]).
4. Add ISO 2-letter countries codes (leave empty for all 190+ countries).
5. Set yearFrom and yearTo to define your time range.
6. Click Start and export results as JSON or CSV.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	data	data — fetch records; indicators — list all codes; countries — list all country codes
indicators	string[]	6 defaults	IMF indicator codes to fetch (see defaults below)
countries	string[]	all	ISO 2-letter country codes (empty = all 190+ countries)
yearFrom	integer	—	Start year (inclusive). Historical data from the 1980s
yearTo	integer	—	End year (inclusive). IMF forecasts through 2029
maxIndicators	integer	100	Maximum results when mode=indicators

Default indicators (used when indicators is empty):

Code	Name
NGDP_RPCH	Real GDP growth (%)
PCPIPCH	Inflation, consumer prices (%)
BCA_NGDPD	Current account balance (% of GDP)
GGXWDG_NGDP	Government gross debt (% of GDP)
LUR	Unemployment rate (%)
NID_NGDP	Total investment (% of GDP)

Example — G7 GDP growth 2015–2025:

{
  "mode": "data",
  "indicators": ["NGDP_RPCH"],
  "countries": ["US", "GB", "DE", "FR", "JP", "IT", "CA"],
  "yearFrom": 2015,
  "yearTo": 2025
}

Output

One flat record per country-indicator-year combination:

[
  {
    "country_code": "US",
    "country_name": "United States",
    "indicator_code": "NGDP_RPCH",
    "indicator_name": "Real GDP growth",
    "year": 2023,
    "value": 2.5,
    "units": "%",
    "source": "IMF DataMapper"
  },
  {
    "country_code": "CN",
    "country_name": "China",
    "indicator_code": "PCPIPCH",
    "indicator_name": "Inflation, consumer prices",
    "year": 2023,
    "value": 0.2,
    "units": "%",
    "source": "IMF DataMapper"
  }
]

Data fields

Field	Type	Description
country_code	string	ISO 2-letter country code
country_name	string	Full country name
indicator_code	string	IMF indicator code (e.g. NGDP_RPCH)
indicator_name	string	Human-readable indicator name
year	integer	Observation year
value	float	Indicator value
units	string	Unit of measurement (e.g. %, USD billions)
source	string	Always IMF DataMapper

Cost estimation

Pricing is Pay-Per-Event (PPE) — one small fixed charge per run plus $0.001 per data record.

Scenario	Records	Cost
6 indicators × 10 countries × 10 years	~600	$0.005 + $0.60 = $0.61
6 indicators × 50 countries × 15 years	~4,500	$0.005 + $4.50 = $4.51
6 indicators × 190 countries × 30 years	~34,200	$0.005 + $34.20 = $34.21

FAQ

How often is the IMF data updated? The IMF DataMapper API is updated twice a year — in April and October — following the World Economic Outlook publication cycle. Selected indicators receive interim updates between cycles.

Can I get IMF forecast data beyond the current year? Yes. Set yearTo up to 2029 to retrieve IMF GDP inflation and other indicator projections included in the World Economic Outlook forecasts.

How do I discover all available indicator codes? Run the actor once with mode set to indicators. The output lists every available IMF indicator code and its human-readable name.

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Disclaimer: All data is sourced from the publicly available IMF DataMapper API. Values reflect IMF estimates and projections, which are subject to revision. This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the International Monetary Fund. Data should be verified against official IMF publications before use in policy or investment decisions.

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