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Trading Economics API: List countries by indicator

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.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Region optionalregion

Region to compare, for example europe. Default: world.

world

One of world, europe, asia, america, africa, australia, g20. Default world.

Indicator, requiredindicator

Economic indicator in words, for example inflation rate or GDP growth rate.

inflation rate

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of countries to return, for example 50.

50

Whole number from 1 to 200. Default 50.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "countries": [    {      "unit": "%",      "country": "Venezuela",      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/venezuela/inflation-cpi",      "latest_value": 534,      "previous_value": 576,      "reference_period": "Aug 2026"    },    {      "unit": "%",      "country": "Iran",      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/iran/inflation-cpi",      "latest_value": 87.9,      "previous_value": 88.6,      "reference_period": "Jul 2026"    },    {      "unit": "%",      "country": "South Sudan",      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/south-sudan/inflation-cpi",      "latest_value": 41.6,      "previous_value": 51.3,      "reference_period": "Jul 2026"    }  ],  "indicator_name": "Inflation Rate"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
tradingeconomics.com/list_countries_by_indicator
Returns
indicator name; per country: latest and previous value, reference period, unit, page link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method tradingeconomics.com/list_countries_by_indicator with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

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    worldbank.org/compare_countries
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    fred.stlouisfed.org/get_economic_indicator