# Economic Indicator Lookup — World Bank Data (`m_ctim/economic-indicator-lookup`) Actor

Look up any World Bank economic indicator (GDP, inflation, unemployment, population, and hundreds more) for one or more countries over recent years via the official World Bank Open Data API. For market research, macro analysis, and country-risk teams.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/economic-indicator-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
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## Pricing

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# README

## Economic Indicator Lookup — World Bank Data

Look up any World Bank economic indicator — GDP, inflation,
unemployment, population, life expectancy, and hundreds more — for
one or more countries over recent years, via the official [World Bank
Open Data API](https://data.worldbank.org/).

Built for market research, macro analysis, and country-risk teams
comparing countries without downloading World Bank's own CSV exports.

### Input

```json
{
  "countries": ["USA", "GBR", "JPN"],
  "indicatorCode": "FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG",
  "mostRecentYears": 5
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `countries` | array of strings (required) | One or more ISO 3-letter country codes, e.g. `"USA"`, `"GBR"`, `"JPN"`, `"IND"`. |
| `indicatorCode` | string (required) | A World Bank indicator code. Common ones: `NY.GDP.MKTP.CD` (GDP, current US$), `NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG` (GDP growth %), `FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG` (inflation %), `SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS` (unemployment %), `SP.POP.TOTL` (population), `SP.DYN.LE00.IN` (life expectancy). Browse the full catalog at [data.worldbank.org/indicator](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator). |
| `mostRecentYears` | number | How many of the most recent years (per country) to return. Default `5`, max `20`. |

### Output

One record per country per year:

```json
{
  "countryCode": "GBR",
  "countryName": "United Kingdom",
  "indicatorCode": "FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG",
  "indicatorName": "Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)",
  "year": "2025",
  "value": 3.88306881626
}
```

Years with no reported data for a country are skipped rather than
returned as a null row. An invalid country code or indicator code
returns a clear error instead of an empty result set — the World Bank
API returns HTTP 200 with an embedded error object in that case, which
this actor detects and surfaces properly.

### How it works

Direct calls to the official [World Bank Open Data
API](https://data.worldbank.org/) — no proxy, no key, no scraping.
Data is licensed CC-BY 4.0 and explicitly open for reuse, including
commercial use with attribution.

### Pricing note

Billed per **lookup** (one run), not per value returned — one charge
whether you request 1 country/1 year or 20 countries/20 years.

### Related products

- [Global Health Indicator Lookup](https://github.com/timmKal01/global-health-indicator-lookup) — the WHO health-data counterpart to this World Bank economic data

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more ISO 3-letter country codes, e.g. "USA", "GBR", "JPN", "IND".

## `indicatorCode` (type: `string`):

A World Bank indicator code. Common ones: NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP, current US$), NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (GDP growth %), FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (inflation %), SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (unemployment %), SP.POP.TOTL (population), SP.DYN.LE00.IN (life expectancy). Browse more at data.worldbank.org/indicator.

## `mostRecentYears` (type: `integer`):

How many of the most recent years (per country) to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mostRecentYears": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("m_ctim/economic-indicator-lookup").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("m_ctim/economic-indicator-lookup").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 '{}' |
apify call m_ctim/economic-indicator-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/42bPuLwRGU7yxJUuC/builds/VnlYNrcqAv2AHaZzs/openapi.json