# Australian Bureau of Statistics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/australian-bureau-of-statistics/  
**Website:** https://www.abs.gov.au/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia's national statistical agency, publishing official statistics on the economy, population, labour, health, industry and the Census. For developers it publishes the Data API, an SDMX 2.1-compliant REST service (data.api.abs.gov.au) returning ABS economic, social and Census data as XML, JSON or CSV; the Indicator API for headline economic indicators, which requires an API key requested from the ABS; a Time Series Directory API; and the ABS Data Explorer (dataexplorer.abs.gov.au) for browsing the same datasets without code.

## Kin Score — 52.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 52.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.1 |
| Contract Quality | 52.4 |
| Contract Governance | 35.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 56.5 |
| Access Clarity | 55.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 30.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | derived |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |

## APIs (3)

- **ABS Time Series Directory API** — Servlet-based API (TSSearchServlet) for searching the ABS time series directory by catalogue number, table title, series ID and other parameters, returning XML listings of ABS t...
- **Australian Bureau of Statistics Get Data API** — The Get Data API from Australian Bureau of Statistics — 2 operation(s) for get data.
- **Australian Bureau of Statistics Get Metadata API** — The Get Metadata API from Australian Bureau of Statistics — 4 operation(s) for get metadata.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Australian Bureau Of Statistics Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (3)

- **Australian Bureau Of Statistics Authentication** — apiKey/none · 2 schemes
- **Australian Bureau Of Statistics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Australian Bureau Of Statistics Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Australian Bureau Of Statistics Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Government, Statistics, Open Data, SDMX, Census, Economic Indicators, Australia

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