You can access the World Bank Development Indicators programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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World Bank Data Scraper | Development Indicators OpenAPI definition

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