List of APIs

Data

Author

François Geerolf

List

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api 2024-05-10

List of APIs

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bdf api 2024-04-18 NA
bea api 2024-02-11 NA
bis api 2024-04-19 NA
bls api 2024-02-11 NA
ecb api 2024-05-11 NA
eurostat api 2024-05-09 NA
imf api 2024-02-11 NA
insee api 2024-05-09 NA
oecd api 2024-05-07 2024-04-16
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wdi api 2024-04-14 NA

getSDMXServiceProviders

An Application Programming Interface (API) is an interface or communication protocol between different parts of a computer program intended to simplify the implementation and maintenance of software. Nowadays, many institutionally provided database are available through APIs. Below, I introduce you to some of these APIs, but there are actually many more you can use.

SDMX is the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange initiative, which is sponsored by BIS, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UNSD and the World Bank.

We will use the rsdmx package to read in SDMX data into R statistics:

  • rsdmx quickstart guide. html

  • The official site for the SDMX community. html

  • Eurostat explains SDMX. html

  • SDMX REST API: Developers’ documentation. html / Cheatsheet

List of Providers

You can easily get a list of providers through getSDMXServiceProviders:

Javascript

Flat

agencyId name scale country builder compliant
BIS Bank for International Settlements international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ECB European Central Bank international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ESTAT Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union) international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ESTAT Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union) - COMEXT international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ESTAT Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union) - DG COMP international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ESTAT Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union) - DG GROW international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ESTAT Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union) - DG EMPL international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
IMF International Monetary Fund international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development international NA SDMXDotStatRequestBuilder FALSE
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
CD2030 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
UNSD United Nations Statistics Division international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
ILO_Legacy International Labour Organization of the United Nations international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder FALSE
ILO International Labour Organization of the United Nations international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
WBG_WITS World Integrated Trade Solution international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
WB World Bank international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
PDH Pacific Data Hub DotStat international NA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder FALSE
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics national AUS SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
NBB National Bank of Belgium national BEL SDMXDotStatRequestBuilder FALSE
INSEE Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques national FRA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Méjico) national MEX SDMXREST21RequestBuilder FALSE
ISTAT Istituto nazionale di statistica (Italia) national ITA SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
NOMIS NOMIS - UK Official Labour Market Statistics national UK SDMXRequestBuilder FALSE
LSD Statistics Lithuania national LTU SDMXREST21RequestBuilder TRUE
NCSI Sultanate of Oman - National Center for Statistics & Information national OMN SDMXRequestBuilder FALSE
STAT_EE Statistics Estonia database national EST SDMXDotStatRequestBuilder FALSE
BBK Bundesbank national DEU SDMXRequestBuilder FALSE
KNOEMA KNOEMA knowledge plateform international NA SDMXRequestBuilder FALSE

Providers

OECD

Eurostat