World Bank · Rate Limits

Worldbank Rate Limits

World Bank APIs do not publish explicit per-second or per-minute request rate limits. However, several technical constraints apply per request type and URL structure. The APIs are designed for development data access and not guaranteed for high-frequency production traffic. Developers are encouraged to cache results locally to reduce server load.

Worldbank Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for World Bank on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 9 rate-limit definitions.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Development Data, Global Economics, GDP, Poverty, and Health Metrics.

9 Limits
Method: generated.
Written by API Evangelist and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Development DataGlobal EconomicsGDPPovertyHealth MetricsEducationClimateFinanceWorld BankOpen DataCountry DataIndicatorsGovernment Data

Limits

Exceeding this limit will result in an error response
Keep query parameters and filters within this bound
Split large indicator queries across multiple requests
Use per_page and page parameters for bulk data retrieval
Requests exceeding this limit will fail; narrow date range or country scope
Use pagination with skip parameter to retrieve full datasets
Use $top and $skip OData parameters for pagination
All endpoints are publicly accessible without credentials
Implement local caching and defensive error handling in applications

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