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GDP API

The GDP API provides current and historical GDP (Gross Domestic Product) data for countries around the world.

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/v1/gdp GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/gdp

Get GDP data from given parameters. Returns GDP statistics that satisfy the parameters.

Parameters

At least one of the following parameters must be set: country, year

  • country  optional

    Country name (case-insensitive) or 2-letter ISO-3166 alpha-2 code of the country. E.g. Canada or CA.

  • year  optional

    Year for which to retrieve GDP data.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of objects, each containing the following fields, or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • country

    The 3-letter ISO 3166 alpha-3 country code.

  • year

    The year for which the GDP data is recorded.

  • gdp_growth

    GDP growth rate as a percentage.

  • gdp_nominal

    Nominal GDP in billions of US dollars.

  • gdp_per_capita_nominal

    Nominal GDP per capita in US dollars.

  • gdp_ppp

    GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) in billions of US dollars.

  • gdp_per_capita_ppp

    GDP per capita at PPP in US dollars.

  • gdp_ppp_share

    Country's share of world GDP at PPP as a percentage.

Sample Request Live Demo!

country
year

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/gdp?country=Canada

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/gdp?country=United%20States" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.