World Economy — 16000+ World Bank indicators & data

Tools / World Economy

Get Indicator

Get a specific economic indicator for a country over time. Common indicators: GDP (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), population (SP.POP.TOTL), inflation (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG), unemployment (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS).

Returns: Time series of the requested indicator with year and value pairs

Parameters

country *stringISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code like 'US', 'GB', or 'all' for world

indicator *stringIndicator code like 'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'

yearsnumberNumber of most recent years to return

Example

US GDP over the last 5 years

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "world-economy",
  "skill": "indicator",
  "input": {
    "country": "US",
    "indicator": "NY.GDP.MKTP.CD",
    "years": 5
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Compare Countries

Compare an economic indicator across multiple countries for the most recent available year. Useful for benchmarking and cross-country analysis.

Returns: Comparison of the indicator across countries sorted by value descending

Parameters

countries *stringSemicolon-separated ISO codes like 'US;GB;DE;JP'

indicator *stringIndicator code like 'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'

Example

Compare GDP across G7 countries

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "world-economy",
  "skill": "compare_countries",
  "input": {
    "countries": "US;GB;DE;FR;JP;CA;IT",
    "indicator": "NY.GDP.MKTP.CD"
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Search Indicators

Search for available economic indicators by keyword. There are 16,000+ indicators covering economics, health, education, environment, and more.

Returns: List of matching economic indicators with codes, names, and descriptions

Parameters

query *stringKeyword like 'gdp' or 'education'

page_sizenumberNumber of results to return

Example

Find indicators about education

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "world-economy",
  "skill": "search_indicators",
  "input": {
    "query": "education"
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Quick Start

MCP (Claude Code)

claude mcp add --transport stdio \
  --env TOOLROUTER_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY \
  toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp

REST API

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"tool":"world-economy","skill":"indicator","input":{}}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Use Cases

Open Research GDP by Country

Research GDP by Country

Look up GDP figures for any country and compare economic output across nations over time.

World Economy4 agent guides

Open Track Global Inflation

Track Global Inflation

Monitor inflation rates across countries to understand price pressures, currency impacts, and central bank policy contexts.

World Economy4 agent guides

Open Search Papers by Topic

Search Papers by Topic

Find relevant academic papers on any research topic across millions of scholarly publications.

Academic Research4 agent guides

Open Geocode Addresses to Coordinates

Geocode Addresses to Coordinates

Convert street addresses into precise latitude and longitude coordinates for mapping and spatial analysis.

Address Geocoding4 agent guides

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Workflows

Open Financial Due Diligence

Financial Due Diligence

Perform financial due diligence by extracting SEC filing data, gathering analyst insights, assessing macroeconomic conditions, and visualizing results.