List Category and Series Code

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List main categories

Using Requests:

import requests
api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
url = f'https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/categories?c={api_key}'
data = requests.get(url).json()
print(data)

Or using our package:

import tradingeconomics as te
te.login('your_api_key')
te.getWBCategories(category = None)

Using Requests:

const axios = require('axios');
(async () => {
    const api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    const response = await axios.get(`https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/categories?c=${api_key}`)
    console.log(response.data)
})()

Or using our package:

const te = require('tradingeconomics');
te.login('your_api_key');
data = te.getworldbank().then(function(data){
  console.log(data)       
});

Using Requests:

using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
    using (var request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("GET"), "https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/categories?c=your_api_key"))
    {
        request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Upgrade-Insecure-Requests", "1");
        var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(request);
        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); 
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
    }
}

The response data format can be configured by appending the &f= parameter to the URL request.

/worldbank/categories

Category
Agriculture & Rural Development
Aid Effectiveness
Climate Change

/worldbank/categories?f=json

[{"Category":"Agriculture & Rural Development"},{"Category":"Aid Effectiveness"},{"Category":"Climate Change"}]

/worldbank/categories?f=csv

Category
Agriculture & Rural Development
Aid Effectiveness
Climate Change

/worldbank/categories?f=xml

<ArrayOfWorldbankCategory xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/API.Models">
<WorldbankCategory>
<Category>Agriculture & Rural Development</Category>
</WorldbankCategory>
<WorldbankCategory>
<Category>Aid Effectiveness</Category>
</WorldbankCategory>
<WorldbankCategory>
<Category>Climate Change</Category>
</WorldbankCategory>
</ArrayOfWorldbankCategory>

List series code by main category

Using Requests:

import requests
api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
url = f'https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/category/Education?c={api_key}'
data = requests.get(url).json()
print(data)

Or using our package:

te.getWBCategories(category = 'education')

Using Requests:

const axios = require('axios');
(async () => {
    const api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    const response = await axios.get(`https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/category/Education?c=${api_key}`)
    console.log(response.data)
})()

Or using our package:

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

Using Requests:

using (var request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("GET"), "https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/category/Education?c=your_api_key"))

/worldbank/category/{category}

Category
Agriculture & Rural Development
Aid Effectiveness
Climate Change

Series_code	Series_name	Category	Sub_category	Sub_category2	Sub_category3	Title	Long_definition	Short_definition	Source	Aggregation_method	URL	Organization	Unit	Verbose_unit	Last_update
SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS	“Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)”	Education	Education	Gender		“Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)”	Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people…	“Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding…”	World Development Indicators	Weighted average	/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-female-percent-of-females-ages-15-24-wb-data.html	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.	%	%	11/5/2022 5:21:56 AM
SE.ADT.1524.LT.FM.ZS	“Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)”	Education	Education	Gender	Social Development	Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24)	Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the…	“Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage…”	World Development Indicators	Weighted average	/country-list/ratio-of-young-literate-females-to-males-percent-ages-15-24-wb-data.html	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.	%	%	11/5/2022 5:21:58 AM
SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS	“Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)”	Education	Education	Gender		“Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)”	Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people…	“Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding…”	World Development Indicators	Weighted average	/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-male-percent-of-males-ages-15-24-wb-data.html	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.	%	%	1/5/2022 5:22:00 AM

/worldbank/category/{category}?f=json

[{"Series_code":"SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS","Series_name":"Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)","Category":"Education","Sub_category":"Education ","Sub_category2":"Gender","Title":"Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)","Long_definition":"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.","Short_definition":"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.","Source":"World Development Indicators","Aggregation_method":"Weighted average","URL":"/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-female-percent-of-females-ages-15-24-wb-data.html                                                                                                                                                                       ","Organization":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.","Unit":"%","Verbose_unit":"%","Last_update":"2022-11-05T05:21:56.62"},{"Series_code":"SE.ADT.1524.LT.FM.ZS","Series_name":"Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)","Category":"Education","Sub_category":"Education ","Sub_category2":"Gender","Sub_category3":"Social Development ","Title":"Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24)","Long_definition":"Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.","Short_definition":"Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.","Source":"World Development Indicators","Aggregation_method":"Weighted average","URL":"/country-list/ratio-of-young-literate-females-to-males-percent-ages-15-24-wb-data.html                                                                                                                                                                    ","Organization":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.","Unit":"%","Verbose_unit":"%","Last_update":"2022-11-05T05:21:58.63"},{"Series_code":"SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS","Series_name":"Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)","Category":"Education","Sub_category":"Education ","Sub_category2":"Gender","Title":"Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)","Long_definition":"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.","Short_definition":"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.","Source":"World Development Indicators","Aggregation_method":"Weighted average","URL":"/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-male-percent-of-males-ages-15-24-wb-data.html                                                                                                                                                                           ","Organization":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.","Unit":"%","Verbose_unit":"%","Last_update":"2022-11-05T05:22:00.637"}]

/worldbank/category/{category}?f=csv

Series_code,Series_name,Category,Symbol,Last,Sub_category,Sub_category2,Sub_category3,Title,Long_definition,Short_definition,Source,General_comments,Aggregation_method,URL,Organization,Unit,Verbose_unit,Last_update
SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS,"Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)",Education,,,Education ,Gender,,"Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)",Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.,"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.",World Development Indicators,,Weighted average,/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-female-percent-of-females-ages-15-24-wb-data.html ,UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.,%,%,11/5/2022 5:21:56 AM
SE.ADT.1524.LT.FM.ZS,"Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)",Education,,,Education ,Gender,Social Development ,Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24),Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.,"Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.",World Development Indicators,,Weighted average,/country-list/ratio-of-young-literate-females-to-males-percent-ages-15-24-wb-data.html,UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.,%,%,11/5/2022 5:21:58 AM
SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS,"Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)",Education,,,Education ,Gender,,"Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)",Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.,"Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.",World Development Indicators,,Weighted average,/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-male-percent-of-males-ages-15-24-wb-data.html,UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.,%,%,11/5/2022 5:22:00 AM

/worldbank/category/{category}?f=xml

<ArrayOfWorldbankCategories xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/API.Models">
<WorldbankCategories>
<Aggregation_method>Weighted average</Aggregation_method>
<Category>Education</Category>
<Last_update>2022-11-05T05:21:56.62</Last_update>
<Long_definition>Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.</Long_definition>
<Organization>UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.</Organization>
<Series_code>SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS</Series_code>
<Series_name>Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)</Series_name>
<Short_definition>Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.</Short_definition>
<Source>World Development Indicators</Source>
<Sub_category>Education </Sub_category>
<Sub_category2>Gender</Sub_category2>
<Title>Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)</Title>
<URL>/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-female-percent-of-females-ages-15-24-wb-data.html </URL>
<Unit>%</Unit>
<Verbose_unit>%</Verbose_unit>
</WorldbankCategories>
<WorldbankCategories>
<Aggregation_method>Weighted average</Aggregation_method>
<Category>Education</Category>
<Last_update>2022-11-05T05:21:58.63</Last_update>
<Long_definition>Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.</Long_definition>
<Organization>UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.</Organization>
<Series_code>SE.ADT.1524.LT.FM.ZS</Series_code>
<Series_name>Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)</Series_name>
<Short_definition>Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.</Short_definition>
<Source>World Development Indicators</Source>
<Sub_category>Education </Sub_category>
<Sub_category2>Gender</Sub_category2>
<Sub_category3>Social Development </Sub_category3>
<Title>Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24)</Title>
<URL>/country-list/ratio-of-young-literate-females-to-males-percent-ages-15-24-wb-data.html </URL>
<Unit>%</Unit>
<Verbose_unit>%</Verbose_unit>
</WorldbankCategories>
<WorldbankCategories>
<Aggregation_method>Weighted average</Aggregation_method>
<Category>Education</Category>
<Last_update>2022-11-05T05:22:00.637</Last_update>
<Long_definition>Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.</Long_definition>
<Organization>UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of June 2022.</Organization>
<Series_code>SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS</Series_code>
<Series_name>Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)</Series_name>
<Short_definition>Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.</Short_definition>
<Source>World Development Indicators</Source>
<Sub_category>Education </Sub_category>
<Sub_category2>Gender</Sub_category2>
<Title>Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)</Title>
<URL>/country-list/literacy-rate-youth-male-percent-of-males-ages-15-24-wb-data.html </URL>
<Unit>%</Unit>
<Verbose_unit>%</Verbose_unit>
</WorldbankCategories>
</ArrayOfWorldbankCategories>

Response fields

Fields in ‘List main categories’

Field	Type	Description	Example
Category	string	Name of the main category	“Agriculture & Rural Development”

Fields in ‘By main category’

Field	Type	Description	Example
series_code	string	World Bank unique symbol for the data series	“SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS”
series_name	string	Name of the series from World Bank	“Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)”
Category	string	Main category of the series	“Financial Sector”
sub_category	string	First-level subcategory	“Education”
sub_category2	string	Second-level subcategory	“Gender”
sub_category3	string	Third-level subcategory	“Social Development”
Title	string	Series title	“Real interest rate”
long_definition	string	Detailed description of the series	“Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is…”
short_definition	string	Brief description of the series	“Ratio of young literate females to males is the…”
Source	string	Original data source	“World Development Indicators”
aggregation_method	string	Method used to aggregate the data	“Weighted average”
URL	string	Trading Economics link to the series	“/aruba/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html”
Organization	string	Organization responsible for the data	“UNESCO Institute for Statistics”
Unit	string	Unit of the data	“%”
verbose_unit	string	Expanded description of the unit	“%”
last_update	string	Date and time when the series was last updated	“2023-04-07T09:38:20.24”