List Category and Series code

The World Bank Database is a collection of around 300,000 development indicators compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available.

List main categories

List all main categories available

/worldbank/categories

import tradingeconomics as te
te.login('your_api_key')

te.getWBCategories(category = None)

const te = require('tradingeconomics');
te.login('your_api_key');

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

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/categories?c=guest:guest");

List series code by main category

List series codes using a specific category

/worldbank/category/{category}

te.getWBCategories(category = 'education')

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

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.tradingeconomics.com/worldbank/category/Education?c=guest:guest");

Response fields

Field in ‘List main categories’

Field	Type	Description	Example
Category	string	Category name	“Agriculture & Rural Development”

Fields in ‘By main category’

Field	Type	Description	Example
series_code	string	WB symbol for the series	“SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS”
series_name	string	WB Name for the series	“Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)”
Category	string	Category name	“Financial Sector”
sub_category	string	WB Sub category name	“Education”
sub_category2	string	WB Sub category name	“Gender”
sub_category3	string	WB Sub category name	“Social Development”
Title	string	WB Series title	“Real interest rate”
long_definition	string	WB Series long definition	“Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is…”
short_definition	string	WB Series short definition	“Ratio of young literate females to males is the…”
Source	string	Data source	“World Development Indicators”
aggregation_method	string	WB aggregation method	“Weighted average”
URL	string	Hyperlink at Trading Economics	“/aruba/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html”
Organization	string	WB Organization	“UNESCO Institute for Statistics”
Unit	string	Unit of the data	“%”
verbose_unit	string	WB Verbose Unit	“%”
last_update	string	Time when new data was inserted or changed	“2023-04-07T09:38:20.24”