Access World Bank Data for Analysis

World Bank MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API. It lets an AI assistant list the countries and indicators available in that API, then analyse those indicators - such as population segments or poverty numbers - for specific countries. It also provides comprehensive logging of its own operation.

Use it when an AI assistant needs to look up or analyse World Bank development-data indicators (population, poverty, and similar country-level statistics) without a developer hand-writing calls to the World Bank API. It is a read/analysis layer over that one API - it does not cover other data sources, and it does not modify or contribute data back to the World Bank.

• List available countries in the World Bank open data API.
• List available indicators in the World Bank open data API.
• Analyse indicators (e.g. population segments, poverty numbers) for a given country.
• Comprehensive logging of server operation.

For Claude Desktop, add the server to claude_desktop_config.json:

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

It can also be installed automatically for Claude Desktop via Smithery, using the Smithery CLI's install command for this server.

Developers and analysts using an MCP-compatible AI assistant who need quick access to World Bank country and indicator data - country lists, indicator lists, and per-country indicator analysis - without building a World Bank API client themselves.