World Economy gives you access to 16,000+ economic, social, and environmental indicators from the World Bank — covering every country from 1960 to the present. Look up GDP, population, inflation, unemployment, poverty rates, education, health, trade balances, and hundreds more data series, all in a single tool.
This is the gold standard for macroeconomic research. The data goes back over 60 years, so you can track how a country has developed, compare performance across nations, and surface long-term trends that short-term datasets miss entirely.
What you can do
- indicator — get a time series for a specific country and indicator (e.g. GDP, inflation, unemployment rate) over any number of years
- compare_countries — run the same indicator across multiple countries side-by-side for direct comparison
- search_indicators — find indicator codes by keyword when you're not sure of the exact code
Who it's for
Economists and analysts building country reports or investment theses. Journalists and researchers writing about global development, trade, or inequality. Policy teams comparing national performance on health, education, or environmental metrics. Students and academics studying macroeconomics with real data.
How to use it
- Use search_indicators with a keyword like "gdp", "unemployment", or "carbon emissions" to find the right indicator code
- Use indicator with a country code (e.g. "US", "GB", "CN") and the indicator code to get the historical time series
- Use compare_countries with multiple country codes (semicolon-separated) to compare the same metric across nations
- Use country "all" for the world aggregate
Getting started
All skills are free and ready to use without any setup. Common indicator codes: GDP (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), population (SP.POP.TOTL), inflation (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG), unemployment (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS).
