About this API
World Bank Open Data is the World Bank's free, open API with thousands of development indicators for every country in the world — GDP, demographics, poverty, education, health. Data is fetched by country code and indicator code. For Middle Eastern and African countries that lack a local statistics API, the World Bank is often the best public source of comparable data.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an API key?
No, the API is public and free — no registration, no key required.
What data does this API return?
Development-indicator values by country code and indicator code — a time series across years, in JSON or XML. Lists of countries and indicators are also available.
Can this API be called directly from a browser?
Yes — the API returns a CORS header allowing calls from any domain, so it works directly from frontend code (hence the live "Try it" button above).
Who runs this API?
The World Bank. Full documentation is available at worldbank.org.