World Bank

World Bank open data platform providing REST APIs for accessing global development data including GDP, poverty indicators, health metrics, education statistics, country profiles, financial data, climate information, and project operations. All data is freely available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licensing with no authentication required for most endpoints.

World Bank publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Classifications API, Countries API, Indicators API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Development Data, Global Economics, GDP, Poverty, and Health Metrics.

The World Bank catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

World Bank’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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27.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace Heartbeat 95/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Development DataGlobal EconomicsGDPPovertyHealth MetricsEducation Climate Finance World Bank Open Data Country Data Indicators Government Data

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 27.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.9 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 2.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.5 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
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Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 11.9 — up to +17.6 composite points
Access Clarity scores 15.8 — up to +16.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 51.3 — up to +12.2 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Open Data Portals (CKAN / DCAT)	standard	17.2 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

World Bank Data Catalog API

Provides information about thousands of development-relevant datasets available through the World Bank Data Catalog. Supports searching, listing, viewing dataset metadata, and d...

World Bank Projects API

Provides access to World Bank operations data including active, pipeline, and closed projects. Returns project details including financial commitments, status, country classific...

World Bank Finances API

Provides programmatic access to World Bank financial data including loans, credits, trust funds, budget data, and financial statements. Delivered through the Finances One platfo...

World Bank SDMX API

Provides access to World Bank development data in SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange) format, the international standard for statistical data sharing. Supports World D...

World Bank Classifications API

The Classifications API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for classifications.

World Bank Countries API

The Countries API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for countries.

World Bank Indicators API

The Indicators API from World Bank — 5 operation(s) for indicators.

World Bank Regions API

The Regions API from World Bank — 1 operation(s) for regions.

World Bank Sources API

The Sources API from World Bank — 1 operation(s) for sources.

World Bank Topics API

The Topics API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for topics.

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World Data

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Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

World Bank Indicators Classifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank Indicators Classifications Countries API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank Classifications Indicators API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank Indicators Classifications Regions API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank Indicators Classifications Sources API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank Indicators Classifications Topics API

OPEN COLLECTION

World Bank API pricing

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Plan	Price
Open Access	Free

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Worldbank Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Worldbank Rate Limits

9 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

World Bank

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Worldbank Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Worldbank Context

21 classes · 22 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

World Bank — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Country

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IndicatorValue

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PaginationData

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Worldbank Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Worldbank Agentic Access

12 operations

12 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: worldbank
name: World Bank
description: World Bank open data platform providing REST APIs for accessing global development data including GDP, poverty
  indicators, health metrics, education statistics, country profiles, financial data, climate information, and project operations.
  All data is freely available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licensing with no authentication required for most endpoints.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/worldbank.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/worldbank/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Development Data
- Global Economics
- GDP
- Poverty
- Health Metrics
- Education
- Climate
- Finance
- World Bank
- Open Data
- Country Data
- Indicators
- Government Data
apis:
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-data-catalog
  name: World Bank Data Catalog API
  description: Provides information about thousands of development-relevant datasets available through the World Bank Data
    Catalog. Supports searching, listing, viewing dataset metadata, and downloading resource files. Supports OData-style query
    parameters for filtering, sorting, and pagination with up to 100 records per request.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886698-data-catalog-api
  baseURL: https://datacatalogapi.worldbank.org
  tags:
  - Data Catalog
  - Datasets
  - Metadata
  - Development Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886698-data-catalog-api
  contact:
  - FN: World Bank Data Help Desk
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
    email: data@worldbank.org
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-projects
  name: World Bank Projects API
  description: Provides access to World Bank operations data including active, pipeline, and closed projects. Returns project
    details including financial commitments, status, country classification, themes, and team information across IBRD and
    IDA lending operations worldwide.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://search.worldbank.org/api/v2/projects
  tags:
  - Project
  - Loans
  - Development Finance
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  - Operations
  - Loans
  - Development Finance
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  contact:
  - FN: World Bank Data Help Desk
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
    email: data@worldbank.org
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-finances
  name: World Bank Finances API
  description: Provides programmatic access to World Bank financial data including loans, credits, trust funds, budget data,
    and financial statements. Delivered through the Finances One platform with support for JSON and CSV output. Maximum 1,000
    records per request with pagination support.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://financesone.worldbank.org/api-explorer
  baseURL: https://datacatalogapi.worldbank.org/dexapps/fone/api
  tags:
  - Finance
  - Loans
  - Credit
  - Budgets
  - Financial Statements
  tags_raw:
  - Finance
  - Loans
  - Credits
  - Budget
  - Financial Statements
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://financesone.worldbank.org/api-explorer
  contact:
  - FN: World Bank Finances
    url: https://financesone.worldbank.org
    email: data@worldbank.org
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-sdmx
  name: World Bank SDMX API
  description: 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.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886701-sdmx-api-queries
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/sdmx/rest
  tags:
  - SDMX
  - World Development Indicators
  - Statistics
  - International Standards
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886701-sdmx-api-queries
  contact:
  - FN: World Bank Data Help Desk
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
    email: data@worldbank.org
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-classifications-api
  name: World Bank Classifications API
  description: The Classifications API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for classifications.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Classifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-classifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-countries-api
  name: World Bank Countries API
  description: The Countries API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for countries.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Countries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-countries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-indicators-api
  name: World Bank Indicators API
  description: The Indicators API from World Bank — 5 operation(s) for indicators.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Indicators
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-indicators-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-regions-api
  name: World Bank Regions API
  description: The Regions API from World Bank — 1 operation(s) for regions.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Regions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-regions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-sources-api
  name: World Bank Sources API
  description: The Sources API from World Bank — 1 operation(s) for sources.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Sources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- aid: worldbank:worldbank-topics-api
  name: World Bank Topics API
  description: The Topics API from World Bank — 2 operation(s) for topics.
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
  baseURL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  tags:
  - Topic
  tags_raw:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldbank-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581-api-basic-call-structures
- name: World Bank
  description: World Data
  humanURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/topics/125589
  baseURL: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/topics/125589
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Science And Math
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/topics/125589
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/worldbank-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/worldbank-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://data.worldbank.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889386-developer-information-overview
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/worldbank
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://linkedin.com/showcase/world-bank-development-economics
- type: Blog
  url: https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/worldbankdata
- type: Plans
  url: plans/worldbank-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/worldbank-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/worldbank-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

World Bank API — frequently asked questions

Does World Bank have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from World Bank, including World Bank Data Catalog API, World Bank Projects API and World Bank Finances API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the World Bank API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for World Bank, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the World Bank API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for World Bank, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the World Bank API ready for AI agents?

World Bank has a Kin Score of 27.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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