Worldbank MCP Server

List all 21 World Bank thematic topics (Economy & Growth, Health, Education, and others) with descriptions. Use it to browse the indicator space by theme or to find a topic_id for worldbank_search_indicators.

List the 70+ World Bank data sources (datasets), such as World Development Indicators, International Debt Statistics, and Doing Business. Returns source IDs and names for use as source_id in worldbank_search_indicators, one page at a time.

List countries and regional aggregates with metadata: ISO codes, region, income level, lending type, capital, and coordinates. Filter by region code (e.g. EAS, SSF, NAC), income level (LIC, LMC, UMC, HIC), and lending type (IDX for IDA, IBD for IBRD, IDB for Blend); filters combine by AND. Aggregate entries are excluded by default, leaving individual countries only; set include_aggregates=true to

Fetch metadata for one country or aggregate entity: ISO codes, region, income level, lending type, capital, and coordinates. Accepts an ISO2 code (US, DE), an ISO3 code (USA, DEU), or a World Bank aggregate code (EAS, HIC, WLD); "all" and lists of codes are rejected. Use worldbank_list_countries to browse valid codes.

Search the 29,500+ World Bank indicator catalog by keyword, topic, or source, returning indicator IDs and metadata for worldbank_get_data. Provide at least one of query, topic_id, or source_id; a topic and a source together narrow to indicators in both. A keyword query matches every term against indicator ID, name, and full description, in any word order, across the whole catalog or the whole sele

Fetch metadata for one World Bank indicator by ID: name, description, unit, source dataset, source organization, and thematic topics. Use worldbank_search_indicators to find the ID when only the concept is known; "all" and lists of IDs are rejected.

Query World Bank indicator values for one or more countries across a time range — the primary data-access tool; find indicator_id values with worldbank_search_indicators. Observations carry a null value where data is not available for a country×year cell, which is common for sparse series. Set at most one of date_range (a time window), mrv (the latest N periods across the requested countries),

Query poverty and inequality estimates from the World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for economies and for PIP's own aggregates — World, World Bank regions, income groups, and lending groups. Returns the poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap, and poverty severity at any poverty line, plus mean and median welfare and population. Use it for inequality and distribution questions too —

Search the World Bank lending portfolio — the individual loans, credits, and grants the Bank finances — by free text, country, region, status, financing window (IBRD, IDA, Grants, Other), and board approval date. Returns the project ID, name, borrowing country, region, status, board approval and closing dates, the commitment amount in USD with its IBRD, IDA, and grant parts, financing windows,