What is World Bank Data API

The World Bank MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server designed for interaction with the World Bank’s open data API. It facilitates access to a wide range of statistical indicators and data related to various countries, allowing users to analyze and retrieve relevant information effectively.

Use cases

This server can be used to list available countries and indicators in the World Bank’s dataset, as well as to analyze various data points like population segments and poverty statistics for specific nations. It is particularly useful for researchers, analysts, and policy makers interested in economic and social data.

How to use

To integrate the MCP server with Claude Desktop, users need to add specific configuration settings to the ‘claude_desktop_config.json’ file. Alternatively, it can be installed through Smithery using a command that automates the installation process for ease of use.

Key features

Notable features of the World Bank MCP Server include the ability to list countries and indicators, analyze various socioeconomic indicators, and comprehensive logging capabilities to track interactions and data retrieval operations.

Where to use

This server can be utilized in analytical settings, academic research, policy formulation, and any application or project that requires access to detailed socioeconomic data provided by the World Bank API.

World Bank MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API. This server allows AI assistants to list indicators and analyse those indicators for the countries that are available with the World Bank.

Features

• List available countries in the World Bank open data API
• List available indicators in the World Bank open data API
• Analyse indicators, such as population segments, poverty numbers etc, for countries
• Comprehensive logging

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "world_bank": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "path/to/world_bank_mcp_server",
        "run",
        "world_bank_mcp_server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Installing via Smithery

To install World Bank Data Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @anshumax/world_bank_mcp_server --client claude