data-wb

name	data-wb
description	[FREE — no API key] World Bank Open Data -- 16,000+ indicators, WGI governance scores, and development metrics for sovereign analysis, country risk, ESG, and emerging markets

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.

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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.