World Bank Development Indicators

Fetch normalized development indicators from the World Bank API — 29,500+ indicators across 295 countries with human-readable names, clean values, and structured output.

Features

• 🔍 29,500+ indicators — GDP, population, unemployment, inflation, poverty, education, health, environment, trade, and more
• 🌍 295 countries & regions — Full country name normalization from ISO codes
• 📊 Normalized output — Indicator codes mapped to readable names with units and categories
• ⚡ Multi-indicator queries — Fetch multiple indicators across multiple countries in one run
• 📅 Year range filtering — Optional start/end year to focus on specific periods
• 📋 Human-readable summary — Formatted table in run log + key-value store OUTPUT

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
indicatorCodes	string[]	✅ Yes	World Bank indicator codes (e.g., NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
countryCodes	string[]	No	ISO 2-letter country codes (e.g., US, GB, CN). Empty = all countries
yearStart	string	No	Start year (e.g., 2020)
yearEnd	string	No	End year (e.g., 2023)
maxResults	integer	No	Max data points to return (default: 500, max: 10000)

Common Indicator Codes

Code	Description	Category
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD	GDP (current USD)	Economy
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG	GDP Growth (annual %)	Economy
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD	GDP per Capita (current USD)	Economy
SP.POP.TOTL	Population, Total	Population
SP.DYN.LE00.IN	Life Expectancy at Birth	Population
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS	Unemployment (% of labor force)	Labor
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG	Inflation, CPI (annual %)	Economy
SI.POV.GINI	Gini Index	Poverty
SE.ADT.LITR.ZS	Adult Literacy Rate	Education
IT.NET.USER.ZS	Internet Users (% of population)	Tech
EN.ATM.CO2E.PC	CO2 Emissions per Capita	Environment
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS	Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	Health

Full list: Browse all indicators at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator

Example Input

{
  "indicatorCodes": ["NY.GDP.MKTP.CD", "SP.POP.TOTL", "SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS"],
  "countryCodes": ["US", "GB", "CN", "DE", "JP"],
  "yearStart": "2020",
  "yearEnd": "2023",
  "maxResults": 200
}

Example Output

==========================================================================================
  WORLD BANK DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
==========================================================================================
  Data Points:    20

  GDP (current USD) (USD) — Economy
  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Country                        Year                Value
  ────────────────────────────── ────── ────────────────────
  China                          2023     17,794,781,971,833.20
  Germany                        2023      4,456,079,436,987.32
  Japan                          2023      4,212,945,273,882.21
  United Kingdom                 2023      3,340,660,970,834.16
  United States                  2023     27,360,935,000,000.00

Use Cases

• Economic research — Compare GDP, inflation, and trade across countries
• Investment analysis — Screen countries by growth, debt, and market indicators
• Policy research — Track poverty, education, and health outcomes globally
• Data journalism — Source clean, authoritative data for visualizations
• AI/ML pipelines — Feed normalized development data into models and dashboards

Data Source

This Actor fetches data from the World Bank Data API (https://api.worldbank.org/v2). All data is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) license. Free to use — no API key required.

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