Market and economic statistics · International development indicators
World Bank Indicators API: coverage and access
Compare country-level macroeconomic, demographic and development context when considering international markets.
What it covers
Geography and granularity
Geography: Countries and economies; some subnational or groupings by series
Granularity: Thousands of time-series indicators across many source databases
Source type: International development indicators
Potential use
Compare country-level macroeconomic, demographic and development context when considering international markets.
Access and cost
Public API
Use the documented v2 endpoints; the older v1 API has been retired.
Cost: Public data API; follow current access documentation.
Update cadence: Indicator-specific; many series have long historical ranges but are not real-time.
- Provider page ↗Primary source reviewed 2026-10-09
- Documentation and access details ↗Check the provider's current terms and instructions before use
Interpret carefully
Limits that affect the decision
National indicators are broad context, not SaaS adoption or addressable-market counts. Verify the source, definitions and observation years for each indicator.
Indicator-specific; many series have long historical ranges but are not real-time.
This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.