World Development Indicators’ API

Data - WDI

~/data/wdi/

Info

source	dataset	.html	.RData
wdi	api	2024-02-11	NA

List of APIs

source	dataset	.html	.RData
bdf	api	2024-04-14	NA
bea	api	2024-02-11	NA
bis	api	2024-04-09	NA
bls	api	2024-02-11	NA
ecb	api	2024-04-09	NA
eurostat	api	2024-04-09	NA
imf	api	2024-02-11	NA
insee	api	2024-02-13	NA
oecd	api	2024-03-30	2024-03-30
rdb	api	2024-02-11	NA
wdi	api	2024-02-11	NA

Using SDMX-ML: Data Structure Definition

• API: http://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL

• Documentation: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889392-about-the-indicators-api-documentation

• API Basic Call Structures: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/898581

• Date: 2000, 2001. http://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?date=2000:2001

• Code from R Package: https://rdrr.io/cran/WDI/src/R/WDI.R

• Format JSON: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/1886686-advanced-data-api-queries

LAST_COMPILE

LAST_COMPILE
2024-04-15

Javascript

new <- "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json" %>%
  jsonlite::fromJSON() %>%
  pluck(2)

Example

Startperiod, endPeriod

"http://api.worldbank.org/v2/sdmx/rest/data/WDI/A.SP_POP_TOTL./?startperiod=2011&endPeriod=2011" %>%
  readSDMX %>%
  as_tibble %>%
  print_table_conditional

Example

"http://api.worldbank.org/v2/sdmx/rest/data/WDI/A.SP_POP_TOTL./?startperiod=2011&endPeriod=2011" %>%
  readSDMX %>%
  as_tibble %>%
  print_table_conditional