Statistics of the World

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GDP, population, inflation & 440+ indicators for 218 countries.

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About Statistics of the World

Statistics of the World provides a REST API delivering global economic and statistical data, covering 218 countries and 334 public indicators, with sources including the IMF World Economic Outlook, World Bank WDI, FRED, Yahoo Finance, the European Central Bank, and Alpha Vantage. Endpoints return country metadata, indicator listings, historical time series (20+ years), and rankings, plus a separate high-frequency catalog of 51 series covering daily yield curves, central bank policy rates, monthly CPI for around 190 countries, unemployment, industrial production, electricity, and shipping activity. Each series carries machine-readable licence and attribution metadata, and a bulk CSV export endpoint streams the subset of series cleared for redistribution.

Access requires no authentication for basic use and responses are JSON. The free anonymous and Developer tiers allow 1,000 requests/day; paid tiers (Data Pro at $29/mo and API Pro at $49/mo) raise the limit to 10,000 and 50,000 requests/day respectively via an X-API-Key header, and an Enterprise tier offers unlimited requests at custom pricing. Upgrading a key does not expand or restrict the public catalog, only the request limit. A separate Data Pro bundle offers 277 reviewed World Bank indicators as bulk files.

The product is aimed at developers building applications that need programmatic access to country-level economic statistics and market data, such as GDP, population, inflation, and financial rates, without needing to negotiate individual data licenses for each source.

Key features

REST API covering 218 countries and 334 public indicators
20+ years of historical data per indicator-country pair
High-frequency series including yield curves, policy rates, CPI, unemployment, and industrial production
Bulk CSV export of the redistributable high-frequency corpus with per-series licence metadata
Country and indicator rankings with configurable limits
No authentication required for basic access

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free tier?

Yes, anonymous and API-key access are both free at 1,000 requests/day. Paid tiers start at Data Pro ($29/mo, 10,000 req/day) and API Pro ($49/mo, 50,000 req/day), with an unlimited custom Enterprise tier.

Do I need an API key?

No, basic access requires no authentication, though adding an X-API-Key lets you track usage and unlock higher paid-tier limits.

What data sources does it use?

Data comes from sources including the IMF, World Bank, FRED, European Central Bank, Yahoo Finance, Alpha Vantage, ExchangeRate-API, UN, WHO, Bank of Canada, US BEA, and Polymarket.

What format are responses in?

Standard endpoints return JSON, while the bulk series endpoint streams data as CSV.

Does upgrading to a paid plan restrict which data I can access?

No, upgrading only raises the request rate limit while retaining the same 334-indicator public catalog; bulk redistribution rights are enforced separately per series.

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