Snapshot

The World Bank Database is a collection of around 300,000 development indicators compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available.

List main categories

List all main categories available

/worldBank/categories

te.getWBCategories(category = None, output_type = 'df')

data = te.getWorldBank().then(function(data){
  console.log(data)
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/categories?c=guest:guest");

By main category

Get World Bank data by specific category

/worldBank/category/{category}

te.getWBCategories(category = 'education', output_type = 'df')

data = te.getWorldBank(category = 'education').then(function(data){
  console.log(data)     
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/category/Education?c=guest:guest");

By series code

Get World Bank data by specific series code

/worldBank/indicator?s={series_code}

te.getWBIndicator(series_code = 'fr.inr.rinr', output_type='df')

data = te.getWorldBank(series_code = 'fr.inr.rinr').then(function(data){
  console.log(data)     
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/indicator?s=fr.inr.rinr&c=guest:guest");

/worldBank/indicator?s={country_abbreviation.series_code}

te.getWBIndicator(series_code = 'usa.fr.inr.rinr', output_type='df')

data = te.getWorldBank(series_code = 'usa.fr.inr.rinr').then(function(data){
  console.log(data)     
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/indicator?s=usa.fr.inr.rinr&c=guest:guest");

By country

Get World Bank data by specific country

/worldBank/country/{country}

te.getWBCountry(country = 'Portugal', output_type='df')

data = te.getWorldBank(country = 'Portugal').then(function(data){
  console.log(data)     
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/country/portugal?c=guest:guest");

By URL

Get World Bank data by specific URL

/worldBank/indicator?url={url}

te.getWBIndicator(url = '/united-states/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html',
 output_type='df')

data = te.getWorldBank(URL = '/united-states/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html').then(function(data){
  console.log(data)     
});

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldBank/indicator?url=/united-states/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html&c=guest:guest");

Response fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
Symbol	string	Unique symbol used by Trading Economics	“ABW.FR.INR.RINR”
Last	number	Latest released value	12.22872
Date	string	Release time and date in UTC	“2020-06-15T00:00:00”
Previous	number	Value for the previous period after the revision (if revision is applicable)	1.10675
PreviousDate	string	Release time and date in UTC of the previous value	“2019-06-15T00:00:00”
Country	string	Country name	“Mexico”
Category	string	Category name	“Financial Sector”
Description	string	Snapshot description	“Real interest rate (%)”
Frequency	string	Frequency of the indicator	“yearly”
Unit	string	Unit of the data	“%”
Title	string	WB Series title	“Real interest rate”
URL	string	Hyperlink at Trading Economics	“/aruba/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html”
last_update	string	Time when new data was inserted or changed	“2023-04-07T09:38:20.24”

Field in ‘List main categories’

Field	Type	Description	Example
Category	string	Category name	“Agriculture & Rural Development”

Fields in ‘By main category’

Field	Type	Description	Example
series_code	string	WB symbol for the series	“SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS”
series_name	string	WB Name for the series	“Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)”
Category	string	Category name	“Financial Sector”
Symbol	string	Unique symbol used by Trading Economics	“ABW.FR.INR.RINR”
Last	number	Latest released value	12.22872
sub_category	string	WB Sub category name	“Education”
sub_category2	string	WB Sub category name	“Gender”
sub_category3	string	WB Sub category name	“Social Development”
Title	string	WB Series title	“Real interest rate”
long_definition	string	WB Series long definition	“Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is…”
short_definition	string	WB Series short definition	“Ratio of young literate females to males is the…”
Source	string	Data source	“World Development Indicators”
general_comments	string	WB general comments	“Data showing as 2.0 signifies a poverty rate…”
aggregation_method	string	WB aggregation method	“Weighted average”
URL	string	Hyperlink at Trading Economics	“/aruba/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html”
Organization	string	WB Organization	“UNESCO Institute for Statistics”
Unit	string	Unit of the data	“%”
verbose_unit	string	WB Verbose Unit	“%”
last_update	string	Time when new data was inserted or changed	“2023-04-07T09:38:20.24”