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# World Bank Open Data You have access to 26 World Bank MCP tools for retrieving international economic indicators, governance scores, and development metrics across 200+ countries. Covers 16,000+ indicators spanning GDP, inflation, debt, trade, demographics, plus World Governance Indicators (WGI) and development dimensions. Essential for sovereign analysis, country risk assessment, ESG scoring, and emerging market research. No authentication required. ## Tool Reference ### Indicators (5 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_indicator` | Get indicator data for a country. Returns time series of yearly values. | | `wb_indicator_search` | Search indicators by keyword. Discover available indicators before querying. | | `wb_indicator_info` | Get metadata for a specific indicator: name, description, source, unit, topic. | | `wb_indicator_sources` | List all World Bank data sources (WDI, IDS, Doing Business, etc.). | | `wb_topics` | List all topic categories (Agriculture, Education, Health, Trade, etc.). | ### Countries (4 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_country` | Get detailed info: name, region, income level, capital city, coordinates, lending type. | | `wb_countries` | List all countries with codes, regions, income levels, and capital cities. | | `wb_country_indicators` | Get 10 popular macro indicators for a country in one call: GDP, growth, inflation, unemployment, population, current account, government debt, exports, real rate, FX rate. | | `wb_income_levels` | List World Bank income level classifications (High, Upper middle, Lower middle, Low). | ### Data Queries (3 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_data_series` | Get a time series for one country and one indicator over a date range. | | `wb_multi_country` | Compare one indicator across multiple countries. Semicolon-separated codes (e.g., `US;GB;CN`). | | `wb_time_series` | Get multiple indicators for one country. Semicolon-separated indicator codes. | ### Sources (2 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_sources` | List all data sources with IDs, names, descriptions, and URLs. | | `wb_source_indicators` | List indicators available within a specific data source by source ID. | ### Governance — WGI (3 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_governance` | Get World Governance Indicators for a country: estimates (-2.5 to +2.5) and percentile ranks (0-100) across 6 dimensions — corruption, effectiveness, stability, regulatory quality, rule of law, voice/accountability. | | `wb_governance_compare` | Compare WGI scores across multiple countries for one governance dimension. Returns sorted comparison with estimates and percentile ranks. | | `wb_governance_trend` | Historical WGI trend for a country and dimension. Returns yearly estimates and percentile ranks over a date range. | ### Development (9 tools) | MCP Tool | Description | |----------|-------------| | `wb_climate` | Climate/environment indicators: CO2 emissions per capita, forest area %, renewable energy %, methane emissions. | | `wb_climate_vulnerability` | Composite climate vulnerability: 10-year trends for CO2 trajectory, deforestation rate, renewable transition, agricultural land change. | | `wb_poverty` | Poverty indicators: headcount ratio ($2.15/day), Gini index, income share of bottom 20%. | | `wb_inequality` | Extended inequality: Gini index, income distribution by quintile, poverty gap. | | `wb_health` | Health indicators: life expectancy, under-5 mortality rate, health expenditure % of GDP. | | `wb_education` | Education indicators: primary enrollment rate, adult literacy rate, R&D expenditure % of GDP. | | `wb_infrastructure` | Infrastructure indicators: electricity access %, internet users %, mobile subscriptions per 100. | | `wb_logistics` | Logistics Performance Index: overall score, customs, infrastructure, competence, tracking, timeliness. | | `wb_trade` | Trade indicators: merchandise trade % of GDP, trade openness, FDI net inflows % of GDP, current account balance. | ## Key Indicator Codes | Indicator Code | Description | |----------------|-------------| | `NY.GDP.MKTP.CD` | GDP (current USD) | | `NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG` | GDP growth (annual %) | | `FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG` | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) | | `SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS` | Unemployment (% of labour force) | | `DT.DOD.DECT.GD.ZS` | External debt stocks (% of GNI) | | `GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS` | Central government debt (% of GDP) | | `CM.MKT.LCAP.GD.ZS` | Market capitalisation of listed companies (% of GDP) | | `BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS` | Current account balance (% of GDP) | | `BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS` | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | | `NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS` | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) | ## Usage Notes - Use `wb_country_indicators` for a quick macro snapshot of any country -- it fetches 10 key indicators in parallel. - Use `wb_multi_country` to compare a single indicator across countries (e.g., GDP growth for G7 nations). - Use `wb_time_series` to pull multiple indicators for one country in a single call. - The `date` parameter accepts year ranges like `2015:2024` or single years like `2023`. - Country codes use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g., `US`, `GB`, `CN`, `BR`, `IN`) or World Bank group codes (`WLD` for World, `EUU` for EU). - Use `wb_indicator_search` to discover indicators you do not already know the code for. - Data is typically annual with a 6-12 month lag for the most recent year.