# World Bank SDMX API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-sdmx/  
**Provider:** World Bank — https://apis.io/providers/worldbank/  
**Base URL:** https://api.worldbank.org/v2/sdmx/rest  
**Documentation:** https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886701-sdmx-api-queries

World Bank SDMX API is one of 10 APIs that [World Bank](https://apis.io/providers/worldbank/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include SDMX, World Development Indicators, Statistics, and International Standards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Provides access to World Bank development data in SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange) format, the international standard for statistical data sharing. Supports World Development Indicators (WDI) dataset with annual data from 1960 onwards. Limited to 15,000 data points per call. Supports SDMX-ML 2.1 and JSON response formats.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886701-sdmx-api-queries

## Other World Bank APIs (9)

- [World Bank Data Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-data-catalog/)
- [World Bank Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-projects/)
- [World Bank Finances API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-finances/)
- [World Bank Classifications API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-classifications-api/)
- [World Bank Countries API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-countries-api/)
- [World Bank Indicators API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-indicators-api/)
- [World Bank Regions API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-regions-api/)
- [World Bank Sources API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-sources-api/)
- [World Bank Topics API](https://apis.io/apis/worldbank/worldbank-topics-api/)

## Tags

SDMX, World Development Indicators, Statistics, International Standards

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