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Economic forecasts, country rankings and economic indicators

IMF economic data provides country and regional forecasts with actual or forecast labels, and country rankings by World Economic Outlook indicators, excluding groups and missing values.

Get economic forecast

Get World Economic Outlook figures for a country or region by year, with actual or forecast labels. Unavailable measures are null; some regions have no WEO series.

Your information

Country

Country or region name, such as Germany, World, or Euro area.

More options

End YearOptional

Last year to show, for example 2028. Defaults to two years after the current year.

Start YearOptional

First year to show, for example 2024. Defaults to the current year.

1 credit per run

Example results

Country: Germany
Weo Edition: April 2026
Imf Country Code: DEU
Years: Years
Year Status Page URL Gdp Billions (USD) Inflation (%) Gdp Per Person (USD) Unemployment (%) Real Gdp Growth (%) Government Debt Percent of Gdp Current Account Balance Percent of Gdp
2026
forecast
imf.org
5,452.858
2.7
65,302.893
3.9
0.8
64.6
3.9
2027
forecast
imf.org
5,642.156
2.3
67,613.107
3.5
1.2
66.5
3.8
2028
forecast
imf.org
5,818.884
2
69,804.854
3.2
1.2
68.4
3.8

Years
Year	Status	Page URL	Gdp Billions (USD)	Inflation (%)	Gdp Per Person (USD)	Unemployment (%)	Real Gdp Growth (%)	Government Debt Percent of Gdp	Current Account Balance Percent of Gdp
2026	forecast	imf.org	5,452.858	2.7	65,302.893	3.9	0.8	64.6	3.9
2027	forecast	imf.org	5,642.156	2.3	67,613.107	3.5	1.2	66.5	3.8
2028	forecast	imf.org	5,818.884	2	69,804.854	3.2	1.2	68.4	3.8

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About IMF

IMF, also called IMF DataMapper, returns World Economic Outlook figures by year for a country or region supplied as input.

IMF ranks countries by a selected World Economic Outlook indicator and year, with an optional sort direction and result limit.

Built by Fous from imf.org and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with IMF.

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Get economic forecast

1 credit per run

Get World Economic Outlook figures for a country or region by year, with actual or forecast labels. Unavailable measures are null; some regions have no WEO series.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Country`country`	Text	Required	Country or region name, such as Germany, World, or Euro area.Example: Germany
End Year`end_year`	Number	Optional	Last year to show, for example 2028. Defaults to two years after the current year.Example: 2027
Start Year`start_year`	Number	Optional	First year to show, for example 2024. Defaults to the current year.Example: 2025

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Years`years`	List	Economic measures for each requested year.
Year`years[].year`	Number	Example: 2026
Status`years[].status`	Text	Example: Forecast
Page URL`years[].page_url`	Text	Example: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/DEU
Gdp Billions (USD)`years[].gdp_billions_usd`	Number	Example: 5452.858
Inflation (%)`years[].inflation_percent`	Number	Example: 2.7
Gdp Per Person (USD)`years[].gdp_per_person_usd`	Number	Example: 65302.893
Unemployment (%)`years[].unemployment_percent`	Number	Example: 3.9
Real Gdp Growth (%)`years[].real_gdp_growth_percent`	Number	Example: 0.8
Government Debt Percent of Gdp`years[].government_debt_percent_of_gdp`	Number	Example: 64.6
Current Account Balance Percent of Gdp`years[].current_account_balance_percent_of_gdp`	Number	Example: 3.9
Country`country`	Text	Country or region name.Example: Germany
Weo Edition`weo_edition`	Text	World Economic Outlook edition.Example: April 2026
Imf Country Code`imf_country_code`	Text	IMF code for this country or group.Example: DEU

Example result

For Country: Germany

JSON

{
  "years": [
    {
      "year": 2026,
      "status": "forecast",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/DEU",
      "gdp_billions_usd": 5452.858,
      "inflation_percent": 2.7,
      "gdp_per_person_usd": 65302.893,
      "unemployment_percent": 3.9,
      "real_gdp_growth_percent": 0.8,
      "government_debt_percent_of_gdp": 64.6,
      "current_account_balance_percent_of_gdp": 3.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2027,
      "status": "forecast",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/DEU",
      "gdp_billions_usd": 5642.156,
      "inflation_percent": 2.3,
      "gdp_per_person_usd": 67613.107,
      "unemployment_percent": 3.5,
      "real_gdp_growth_percent": 1.2,
      "government_debt_percent_of_gdp": 66.5,
      "current_account_balance_percent_of_gdp": 3.8
    },
    {
      "year": 2028,
      "status": "forecast",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/DEU",
      "gdp_billions_usd": 5818.884,
      "inflation_percent": 2,
      "gdp_per_person_usd": 69804.854,
      "unemployment_percent": 3.2,
      "real_gdp_growth_percent": 1.2,
      "government_debt_percent_of_gdp": 68.4,
      "current_account_balance_percent_of_gdp": 3.8
    }
  ],
  "country": "Germany",
  "weo_edition": "April 2026",
  "imf_country_code": "DEU"
}

List country rankings

1 credit per run

Rank countries by a World Economic Outlook indicator for a chosen year. Excludes regional and country-group totals and countries without a value; forecast labels follow the indicator’s published projection year.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Year`year`	Number	Optional	Calendar year to rank, for example 2026. Defaults to the current year.Example: 2024
Order`order`	Text	Optional	Sort direction, for example highest_first.Example: Lowest first
Indicator`indicator`	Text	Optional	Economic measure to rank, for example gdp_growth.Example: Government debt
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum countries to return, for example 20.Example: 7

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Unit`unit`	Text	Unit of the country values.Example: % of GDP
Year`year`	Number	Calendar year of the rankings.Example: 2024
Rankings`rankings`	List
Rank`rankings[].rank`	Number	Example: 1
Value`rankings[].value`	Number	Example: 0
Country`rankings[].country`	Text	Example: Macao SAR
Page URL`rankings[].page_url`	Text	IMF DataMapper page for this indicator and country.Example: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/MAC
Indicator`indicator`	Text	Plain name of the economic measure.Example: Government debt
Data Status`data_status`	Text	Whether the chosen year precedes the forecast cutoff.Example: Actual

Example result

For Year: 2024, Order: Lowest first, Indicator: Government debt, Max Results: 7

JSON

{
  "unit": "% of GDP",
  "year": 2024,
  "rankings": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "value": 0,
      "country": "Macao SAR",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/MAC"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "value": 0.5,
      "country": "Liechtenstein",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/LIE"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "value": 1.6,
      "country": "Brunei Darussalam",
      "page_url": "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/BRN"
    }
  ],
  "indicator": "Government debt",
  "data_status": "Actual"
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@imf",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_economic_forecast",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "country": "Germany"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Compare economic forecasts across countries and years
Track projected inflation and unemployment
Rank countries by economic growth
Review government debt as a share of GDP
Compare GDP per person across regions

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with IMF?

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How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a IMF account?

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How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from imf.org when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.