World Bank Indicator Data
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World Bank Indicator Data
World Bank Economic Indicator Data
What does World Bank Economic Indicator Data do?
This Apify actor retrieves economic and social indicator data from the World Bank Open Data API. It provides access to time-series data for key metrics including GDP per capita, total population, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, total GDP, and life expectancy at birth for any country in the world. The data spans multiple decades, enabling historical trend analysis.
Why use this economic indicator tool?
World Bank data is the gold standard for international economic comparisons and development research. This actor automates the retrieval of structured indicator data, eliminating the need to navigate the World Bank data portal manually. Economists, researchers, investors, journalists, and policy analysts can use this tool to quickly gather time-series data for trend analysis, cross-country comparisons, and economic research.
How to use the World Bank Economic Indicator Data actor
- Enter a Country Code (ISO alpha-2 code like US, GB, CN, IN, BR)
- Select an Indicator from the dropdown (GDP per capita, population, unemployment, etc.)
- Set Max Years to control how many years of historical data to return
- Click Start to run the actor
- Download your economic data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format
Works with zero configuration, defaulting to US GDP per capita for the last 20 years.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | ISO country code (e.g., US, GB, CN) | US |
| indicator | string | World Bank indicator code | NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (GDP Per Capita) |
| maxResults | integer | Maximum years of data | 20 |
Available indicators:
- NY.GDP.PCAP.CD - GDP Per Capita (current US$)
- SP.POP.TOTL - Population Total
- SE.ADT.LITR.ZS - Adult Literacy Rate (%)
- SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS - Unemployment Rate (%)
- NY.GDP.MKTP.CD - GDP Total (current US$)
- SP.DYN.LE00.IN - Life Expectancy at Birth
Output Data
Each data point contains:
- country - Country name
- indicator - Full indicator name
- year - Data year
- value - Indicator value for that year
- countryCode - ISO3 country code
Cost of Usage
This actor is extremely efficient and makes a single API call.
- Per result: $0.01
- Per 1,000 results: $10
- Actor start cost: $0.005
A typical 20-year data retrieval completes in under 5 seconds.
Tips and Advanced Usage
- Use country code "WLD" for world aggregate data
- Compare countries by running the actor multiple times with different country codes
- Set maxResults to 60 for six decades of historical data where available
- Population data (SP.POP.TOTL) has the most complete coverage across countries and years
- Some indicators may have null values for recent years if data has not been released yet
- Export to CSV for easy charting in Excel or Google Sheets
- Combine GDP and population data to calculate derived metrics
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