indicator: Get indicators by topic

API: worldbank.org:world-bank-api
Endpoint: /topic/{topic_id}/indicator
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 351ms

Description

Returns a paginated list of indicators belonging to the topic, including indicator codes, names, units, source information, and detailed methodology notes. Each indicator shows which source it comes from and any associated topics.

From spec: Retrieve all indicators belonging to a specific topic category.

Usage Tips

- Supports pagination via per_page and page query parameters - Response includes indicator IDs (e.g., 'SP.POP.TOTL') for use in data queries - sourceNote field contains detailed methodology and data source information - Each indicator belongs to one or more topics

Parameters (4)

format (string, query, optional, default: json)

Response format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'xml', 'jsonP', 'jsonstat']}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination

per_page (integer, query, optional, default: 50)

Number of results per page (default 50)

topic_id (string, path, required)

Topic ID

Examples (1)

Get Indicators for Agriculture Topic probe-gate

Demonstrates retrieving the first 3 indicators in the Agriculture & Rural Development topic

curl 'https://api.worldbank.org/v2/topic/1/indicator?format=json&per_page=3'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/topic/1/indicator",
    params={
        'format': 'json',
        'per_page': '3',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("world-bank")
result = api.fetch("topic/{topic_id}/indicator", format="json", per_page=3)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.worldbank.org/v2/topic/1/indicator?format=json&per_page=3");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:41:19.751770 200 351ms
2026-04-16 01:05:34.611584 200 276ms
2026-04-15 00:40:02.502334 200 2857ms
2026-04-14 03:10:23.168751 200 250ms
2026-04-12 12:39:32.346354 200 418ms
2026-04-10 00:48:09.733276 200 243ms
2026-04-09 01:15:44.798645 200 274ms