get_poverty

Pack: worldbank-poverty · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/worldbank-poverty/mcp

Official World Bank poverty & inequality estimates for a country (or all countries).

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
countrystringnoISO3 country code (e.g. “BRA”, “IND”, “NGA”) or “all” for every country. Default “all”.
yearstringnoReporting year (e.g. “2020”) or “all” for the full time series. Default “all”.
povlinenumbernoPoverty line in $/day (2017 PPP). Common values: 2.15, 3.65, 6.85. Default 2.15.
fill_gapsbooleannoIf true, interpolate/extrapolate estimates for years without a survey. Default false (survey years only).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "country": "IND",
  "year": "2020",
  "povline": 2.15
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/worldbank-poverty/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_poverty","arguments":{"country":"IND","year":"2020","povline":2.15}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_poverty', {
  "country": "IND",
  "year": "2020",
  "povline": 2.15
});

More examples

{
  "country": "all",
  "year": "all",
  "povline": 3.65,
  "fill_gaps": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "worldbank-poverty": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/worldbank-poverty/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build September 1, 2026