🌍 World Bank Economic Data Scraper

🚀 Collect global development indicators from the World Bank covering 200+ countries. Get GDP, population, inflation, unemployment, literacy, life expectancy, CO2 emissions, poverty, and investment data with full country metadata.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you are an economist comparing GDP across countries, a development researcher tracking poverty indicators, or a business analyst studying global markets, this scraper delivers structured economic data from the World Bank for every country in the world. Pick from 10 popular indicators or enter any custom indicator code.

No coding, no data portal navigation. Select your indicator, pick a country or all countries, and get enriched economic data as JSON, CSV, or Excel in seconds.

🎯 Target	World Bank Open Data API
🔎 Best for	Economic research, market expansion analysis, ESG reporting, academic studies

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📋 What it does

• Collects time-series values for any World Bank indicator across 200+ countries
• Returns 10 popular indicators including GDP per capita, population, inflation, unemployment, literacy, life expectancy, CO2 emissions, poverty, and foreign direct investment
• Enriches every record with country metadata: region, income level, capital city, latitude, and longitude
• Supports custom indicator codes for specialized datasets and filtering by country

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🎬 Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
Indicator	select	Choose from 10 popular indicators (GDP per capita, population, inflation, etc.) or enter a custom code.
Max Items	integer	Free users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000.
Custom Indicator Code	string	World Bank indicator code (only used when "Custom Indicator" is selected).
Country	select	Filter by country code or choose "All Countries". 50 popular countries plus custom code option.
Custom Country Code	string	ISO2 country code when Country is set to "Custom" (e.g. GH for Ghana).

Example 1: GDP per capita for all countries

{
    "indicator": "NY.GDP.PCAP.CD",
    "country": "all",
    "maxItems": 200
}

Example 2: Inflation data for a specific country

{
    "indicator": "FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG",
    "country": "US",
    "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 records per run. The scraper uses the official World Bank API. You can find additional indicator codes at the World Bank data catalog. Some indicators may not have data for all countries or all years.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema

Each record includes the indicator value enriched with country metadata: region, income level, capital city, and geographic coordinates.

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✨ Why choose this scraper

Feature	Details
200+ countries	Data for every World Bank member nation
10 popular indicators built in	GDP, population, inflation, unemployment, literacy, and more
Custom indicator support	Enter any World Bank indicator code for specialized datasets
Country metadata enrichment	Region, income level, capital city, and coordinates in every record
50 country filters	Quick selection for major economies plus custom code option
Fast API-based collection	Results returned in seconds
Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel	Download structured data in the format you need

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares

Capability	This scraper	Manual World Bank browsing
Batch collection	Up to 1M records in one run	Browse charts one at a time
All countries at once	200+ countries in a single request	Select one by one
Country metadata	Region, income, coordinates included	Separate lookups
Custom indicators	Enter any code directly	Complex navigation
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	Charts and PDFs
Automated scheduling	Monthly or yearly updates	Manual visits
API integration	Programmatic run and retrieval	Browser only

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit)
2. Search for World Bank Scraper in the Apify Store
3. Select an indicator, pick a country or choose all countries
4. Click Start and wait for results
5. Download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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💼 Business cases

Use case	How it helps
Investment research	Compare GDP growth, inflation, and FDI flows across countries for emerging market analysis
Academic research	Gather time-series data on development indicators for cross-country economic studies
ESG and sustainability reporting	Monitor CO2 emissions, poverty rates, and health metrics for corporate responsibility reports
Market expansion planning	Analyze population, income levels, and economic growth to identify new opportunities

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test World Bank Economic Data Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running World Bank Economic Data Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running World Bank Economic Data Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using World Bank Economic Data Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run World Bank Economic Data Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use World Bank Economic Data Scraper?

Yes. World Bank Economic Data Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating runs

Schedule the World Bank Scraper to run monthly or quarterly to track indicator changes over time. Connect with Make or Zapier to trigger runs when new World Bank data is released. Pair with Google Sheets for automatic database updates or build data pipelines with Airbyte for research infrastructure.

🔌 Integrate with your tools

• Make - Automate economic data collection
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Deliver economic updates to your team
• Google Sheets - Export to spreadsheets
• Airbyte - Build data pipelines
• Webhooks - Trigger workflows on run completion

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🔌 Integrate with any app

World Bank Economic Data Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🆘 Need help?

Contact us through our support form to request a new scraper, report an issue, or propose a custom project.

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Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the World Bank Group, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or any international organization. It accesses only publicly available data through the official World Bank API.

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