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World Bank Data Scraper

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Fetch time-series economic data from the World Bank Open Data API. No API key required. Supports GDP, population, inflation, and 20,000+ indicators across 200+ countries. Filter by country, indicator, and year range.

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What you get

Each output row contains one country × indicator × year data point:

Field	Example
`country_code`	`US`
`country_name`	`United States`
`indicator_code`	`NY.GDP.MKTP.CD`
`indicator_name`	`GDP (current US$)`
`year`	`2023`
`value`	`27357000000000`
`source`	`World Bank`

Popular indicators

Indicator Code	Name
`NY.GDP.MKTP.CD`	GDP (current US$)
`NY.GDP.PCAP.CD`	GDP per capita (current US$)
`SP.POP.TOTL`	Population, total
`FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG`	Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
`SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS`	Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
`NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS`	Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
`EN.ATM.CO2E.PC`	CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
`SE.ADT.LITR.ZS`	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people)
`SP.DYN.LE00.IN`	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
`EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE`	Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Use mode=indicators to browse all 20,000+ available indicators.

Modes

`data` (default) — Time-series economic data

Fetch actual values for selected countries and indicators over a year range.

Input example:

{
  "mode": "data",
  "indicators": ["NY.GDP.MKTP.CD", "FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG"],
  "countries": ["US", "CN", "KR", "DE"],
  "startYear": 2015,
  "endYear": 2023
}

Use "countries": ["all"] to fetch data for every country.

`indicators` — Browse available indicators

Returns a searchable list of World Bank indicators with their codes, names, source, and topics.

{ "mode": "indicators", "maxIndicators": 500 }

`countries` — Browse available countries

Returns the full list of countries with ISO codes, region, income level, and capital.

{ "mode": "countries" }

Use cases

Economic research — compare GDP growth across countries over decades
Data journalism — visualize inequality, poverty, or climate indicators
Financial modeling — enrich quantitative models with macro data
Academic projects — download World Bank datasets programmatically
Dashboard backends — power live economic dashboards without manual downloads

Pricing

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.005
Per data point fetched	$0.001

A typical run (8 countries × 3 indicators × 14 years) returns ~300 data points = $0.005 + $0.30 = ~$0.31 total.

Notes

Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data API
No API key or authentication required
Some indicators may have missing values for certain country/year combinations (shown as null)
Historical data goes back to 1960 for many indicators

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