The Bureau of Economic Analysis International API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry International API
  description: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API provides programmatic access to BEA published economic statistics using industry-standard methods and procedures. The API includes methods for retrieving a subset of statistical data and the metadata that describes it. Available datasets include National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), Multinational Enterprises (MNE), Fixed Assets, International Transactions Accounts (ITA), International Investment Position (IIP), Input-Output tables, Regional data, GDP by Industry, and more.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Bureau of Economic Analysis Developer Support
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://www.bea.gov/help/faq/245
servers:
- url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  description: BEA API Production Server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: International
  description: International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
paths:
  /ita-data:
    get:
      operationId: getITAData
      summary: Get International Transactions Data
      description: Retrieves data from the International Transactions Accounts (ITA) dataset. Covers U.S. current account, capital account, and financial account transactions with the rest of the world.
      tags:
      - International
      parameters:
      - name: UserID
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: method
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - GetData
        example: GetData
      - name: DatasetName
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ITA
        example: ITA
      - name: Indicator
        in: query
        required: true
        description: ITA indicator code (e.g., BalGds for Balance on Goods).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: BalGds
      - name: AreaOrCountry
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Country or area code. Use 'AllCountries' for all.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: AllCountries
      - name: Frequency
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - A
          - QSA
        example: A
      - name: Year
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '2023'
      - name: ResultFormat
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - JSON
          - XML
          default: JSON
      responses:
        '200':
          description: International transactions data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
  /mne-data:
    get:
      operationId: getMNEData
      summary: Get Multinational Enterprises Data
      description: Retrieves data on U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) and foreign multinational enterprises operating in the United States, including financial and operating data.
      tags:
      - International
      parameters:
      - name: UserID
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: method
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - GetData
        example: GetData
      - name: DatasetName
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MNE
        example: MNE
      - name: DirectionOfInvestment
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Direction of investment - outward (US parent) or inward (foreign parent).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - outward
          - inward
        example: outward
      - name: ClassificationCode
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Industry or country classification code.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '0'
      - name: Year
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '2022'
      - name: SeriesID
        in: query
        required: true
        description: MNE series identifier for the measure requested.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 4
      - name: ResultFormat
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - JSON
          - XML
          default: JSON
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Multinational enterprises data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    Dimension:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the dimension (e.g., TableName, Frequency, Year, Line).
        DataType:
          type: string
          description: Data type of the dimension values.
        IsValue:
          type: string
          enum:
          - '0'
          - '1'
          description: Indicates if this dimension contains the actual data value.
    RequestInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        RequestParam:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ParameterName:
                type: string
              ParameterValue:
                type: string
    DataPoint:
      type: object
      properties:
        TableName:
          type: string
          description: Table name for this data point.
        SeriesCode:
          type: string
          description: Series code identifying the specific series.
        LineNumber:
          type: string
          description: Line number in the source table.
        LineDescription:
          type: string
          description: Description of the line item.
        TimePeriod:
          type: string
          description: Time period for the data point (e.g., 2023, 2023Q1).
        CL_UNIT:
          type: string
          description: Classification unit.
        MULT:
          type: string
          description: Multiplier for the data value (e.g., 6 = millions).
        DataValue:
          type: string
          description: The actual data value as a string.
        NoteRef:
          type: string
          description: Reference to note, if applicable.
    DataResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        BEAAPI:
          type: object
          properties:
            Request:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestInfo'
            Results:
              type: object
              properties:
                Statistic:
                  type: string
                  description: Name of the statistic returned.
                UnitOfMeasure:
                  type: string
                  description: Unit of measure for the data values.
                PublicTable:
                  type: string
                  description: Name of the public table.
                UTCProductionTime:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: Production timestamp of the data.
                NoteRef:
                  type: string
                  description: Reference to any notes on the data.
                Dimensions:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dimension'
                Data:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataPoint'
                Notes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      NoteRef:
                        type: string
                      NoteText:
                        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: UserID
      description: BEA API key obtained by registering at https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/