# World Bank API: Get country statistic > Looks up a World Bank statistic for a country and returns its annual values and latest value for the selected years. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by World Bank. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/data.worldbank.org/get-country-statistic - Method: `data.worldbank.org/get_country_statistic`, version 1 - Website: data.worldbank.org - Returns: country, statistic, unit, latest value and year, annual values, source, data page link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `country` | string | yes | `"South Korea"` | Country name, such as Brazil. | | `to_year` | integer | no | | Last year to include, such as 2023. Defaults to the most recent year with data. | | `from_year` | integer | no | | First year to include, such as 2015. Defaults to nine years before the most recent year with data. | | `statistic` | string | yes | `"GDP per person"` | Statistic in everyday words, such as GDP per person or inflation. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "country": "South Korea", "statistic": "GDP per person" } ``` Its output: ```json { "unit": "current US$", "source": "World Development Indicators", "values": [ { "year": 2016, "value": 30832.0628072516 }, { "year": 2017, "value": 33296.9845439195 }, { "year": 2018, "value": 35363.9508228687 } ], "country": "Korea, Rep.", "statistic": "GDP per capita (current US$)", "latest_year": 2025, "latest_value": 36226.9663637512, "data_page_link": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=KR", "indicator_code": "NY.GDP.PCAP.CD" } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"data.worldbank.org/get_country_statistic","input":{"country":"South Korea","statistic":"GDP per person"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What was Brazil's GDP per person over the last ten years, and what is the latest figure? - Show me inflation rates for Kenya from 2010 to 2020 with the most recent value. - I need the unemployment rate for Germany for 2015 through 2022, year by year, from worldbank.org. - What is the latest life expectancy for Japan, plus its annual values since 2000? - Give me the annual population figures for Nigeria between 2012 and 2023 with a source link. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "statistic" ], "properties": { "country": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Country name, such as Brazil." }, "to_year": { "type": "integer", "description": "Last year to include, such as 2023. Defaults to the most recent year with data." }, "from_year": { "type": "integer", "description": "First year to include, such as 2015. Defaults to nine years before the most recent year with data." }, "statistic": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Statistic in everyday words, such as GDP per person or inflation." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "statistic", "unit", "latest_value", "latest_year", "values", "source", "data_page_link", "indicator_code" ], "properties": { "unit": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Unit of measurement." }, "source": { "type": "string", "description": "World Bank data collection supplying this statistic." }, "values": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "year", "value" ], "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer" }, "value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Annual values, oldest first, including years without data." }, "country": { "type": "string", "description": "World Bank country name." }, "statistic": { "type": "string", "description": "World Bank indicator title." }, "latest_year": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Year of the most recent available value within the selected years." }, "latest_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Most recent available value within the selected years." }, "data_page_link": { "type": "string", "description": "World Bank page for this country and statistic." }, "indicator_code": { "type": "string", "description": "World Bank indicator identifier.", "x-fous-developer": true } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [World Bank API: Compare countries by a statistic](https://fous.com/methods/worldbank.org/compare-countries.md): Ranks countries by a World Development Indicators statistic for a given year, or for the latest year with broad country coverage. Regional aggregates and countries without data for that year are left out. - [Our World in Data API: Get statistic](https://fous.com/methods/ourworldindata.org/get-statistic.md): Finds the Our World in Data chart that best matches a statistic and returns its country-by-year numeric values, definition and source. - [World Health Organization API: Get country health statistics](https://fous.com/methods/who.int/get-country-health-statistics.md): Gets the latest WHO value of a health statistic for a country, with sex-specific values, the regional value for the same year, and up to 10 years of history. - [IMF API: Get economic forecast](https://fous.com/methods/imf.org/get-economic-forecast.md): Gets World Economic Outlook figures for a country or region by year, labelled as actual or forecast. Measures the IMF does not publish for a year are null. - [European Union API: Get Eurostat statistic for a country](https://fous.com/methods/ec.europa.eu/get-statistic.md): Looks up an official Eurostat statistic for an EU or EEA country and the EU27 figure for the same period. Quarterly and half-yearly series return the reporting period that contains a requested month. - [Trading Economics API: Get country economic overview](https://fous.com/methods/tradingeconomics.com/get-country-overview.md): Returns seven key economic indicators for a country from its public Trading Economics overview: GDP growth rate, inflation rate, interest rate, unemployment rate, government debt to GDP, currency and stock market. Indicators absent from the overview are null; the US dollar index is not reported as a USD exchange rate. - [IMF API: List country rankings](https://fous.com/methods/imf.org/list-country-rankings.md): Ranks countries by a World Economic Outlook indicator for a chosen year, excluding regional and group totals and countries without a value. - [Trading Economics API: List countries by indicator](https://fous.com/methods/tradingeconomics.com/list-countries-by-indicator.md): Compares the latest reported value of an economic indicator across countries in a region, highest first. World includes all listed countries; Australia uses the Oceania region. - [All World Bank methods](https://fous.com/methods/worldbank.org.md)