World Development Indicators’ API - api

Data - WDI

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List of APIs

source	dataset	Title	Updated
bdf	api	Banque de France's API - api	2026-09-09
bea	api	Bureau of Economic Analysis' API - api	2026-09-11
bis	api	Bank of International Settlements' API - api	2026-09-11
bls	api	Bureau of Labor Statistics' API - api	2026-09-09
dbnomics	api	DBnomics' API - api	2026-09-09
ecb	api	European Central Bank's API - api	2026-09-09
eurostat	api	Eurostat's API - api	2026-09-11
imf	api	International Monetary Fund's API - api	2026-09-11
insee	api	Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques' API - api	2026-09-09
oecd	api	OECD's API - api	2026-08-02
wdi	api	World Development Indicators' API - api	2026-09-09

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
2026-09-12

Javascript

Code

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

Example

Startperiod, endPeriod

Code

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

Example

Code

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