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

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - not found

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

get_indicator_for_country

Enables AI assistants to interact with the World Bank open data API, allowing for listing and analysis of indicators across available countries.

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