World Bank

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World Bank Open Data: GDP, population, and 10,000+ development indicators for countries over time.

6 tools
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Tools

get_country

Get basic information about a country: full name, region, income level, capital city, and coordinates. Use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or alpha-3 country codes (e.g., "US", "GBR", "IN").

No parameters required.

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get_indicator

Get World Bank time-series data — economic, social, and development statistics — for ANY country worldwide (Spain, Brazil, Germany, Nigeria, Japan, etc.). PREFER for "unemployment rate in <country>",

No parameters required.

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get_population

Fetch annual total population (SP.POP.TOTL) for a country from the World Bank, defaulting to 2015–2024. Returns a year-by-year array of values. Shortcut for get_indicator.

No parameters required.

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get_gdp

Fetch annual GDP in current USD (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) for a country from the World Bank, defaulting to 2015–2024. Returns a year-by-year array of values. Shortcut for get_indicator.

No parameters required.

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compare_countries

Compare a World Bank indicator across MULTIPLE countries in one call, returned ranked high→low. PREFER for "GDP per capita: US vs China vs Germany", "rank the G7 by CO2 emissions", "compare population

No parameters required.

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country_co2_emissions

National CO2 emissions for ANY country worldwide, annual, from the World Bank (AR5 basis, excluding LULUCF). PREFER for "CO2 emissions of <country>", "how much CO2 does <country> emit", "carbon emissi

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/worldbank/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/worldbank/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_country","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_country", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("world bank open data: gdp, population, and 10,000+ development indicators for countries over time");