# Worldbank (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank)

World Bank MCP — wraps the World Bank Data API v2 (free, no auth)

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 78/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/worldbank-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/worldbank-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-worldbank).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1494 tokens (~213/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Worldbank MCP server?

Worldbank runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-worldbank -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-worldbank": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-worldbank": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-worldbank -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-worldbank": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-worldbank --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-worldbank:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-worldbank": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-worldbank -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-worldbank": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 0 to 3. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 0 days of observed history at the previous scan, 1 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `get_country` (~89 tokens)

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").

Input parameters:

- `country_code` (string, required): ISO country code (2 or 3 letters, e.g., "US", "GBR", "CN")

### `get_indicator` (~366 tokens)

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>", "<country> inflation rate", "GDP of <country>", "<country> population / life expectancy / poverty rate / CO2 emissions". Pass the ISO country code + a World Bank indicator code; common ones: GDP=NY.GDP.MKTP.CD, GDP per capita=NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, inflation=FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG, unemployment=SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, population=SP.POP.TOTL, life expectancy=SP.DYN.LE00.IN, poverty rate=SI.POV.DDAY, literacy=SE.ADT.LITR.ZS. For CO2 use the dedicated country_co2_emissions tool (the old EN.ATM.CO2E.* codes were DELETED by the World Bank; the live series is EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5). For governance/corruption/rule-of-law/political-stability use the dedicated get_governance_indicators tool (Worldwide Governance Indicators, codes like GOV_WGI_CC.EST). (Annual data — a national statistics office may have fresher monthly figures.)

Input parameters:

- `country_code` (string, required): ISO country code (e.g., "US", "GBR", "CN")
- `date_range` (string): Year range in format "start:end" (default: 2015:2024). Example: "2000:2023"
- `indicator` (string, required): World Bank indicator code (e.g., "NY.GDP.MKTP.CD", "SP.POP.TOTL")

### `get_population` (~76 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `country_code` (string, required): ISO country code (e.g., "US", "GBR", "CN")

### `get_gdp` (~81 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `country_code` (string, required): ISO country code (e.g., "US", "GBR", "CN")

### `compare_countries` (~375 tokens)

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 of <countries>", "rank <countries> by rule of law / corruption / government effectiveness". Pass 2+ ISO country codes. Defaults to each country's most-recent available value; pass a year for a specific year. Common indicators: NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (GDP per capita), SP.POP.TOTL (population), EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5 (CO2, Mt), FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (inflation %), GOV_WGI_CC.EST / GOV_WGI_RL.EST / GOV_WGI_GE.EST / GOV_WGI_RQ.EST / GOV_WGI_PV.EST / GOV_WGI_VA.EST (Worldwide Governance Indicators — corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, political stability, voice & accountability). For CO2 rankings prefer country_co2_emissions; for a single country's full governance profile prefer get_governance_indicators.

Input parameters:

- `country_codes` (string, required): 2+ ISO country codes, comma- or semicolon-separated (e.g. "US,CN,DE" or "USA;CHN;DEU").
- `indicator` (string, required): World Bank indicator code (e.g. "NY.GDP.PCAP.CD", "SP.POP.TOTL", "EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5").
- `year` (string): Optional 4-digit year (e.g. "2023"). Omit for each country's most-recent available value.

### `country_co2_emissions` (~257 tokens)

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 emissions by country", "rank countries by CO2", "<country> emissions per capita", "CO2 emissions trend for <country>". Pass one country for a year-by-year series, or several to rank them high→low. Set per_capita for tonnes per person. NOTE: other emissions tools in this catalog are US-only (EPA facility/sector data) or electricity grid-intensity — this is the one for country-level national totals.

Input parameters:

- `country_codes` (string, required): One or more ISO country codes, comma- or semicolon-separated (e.g. "BR", "US,CN,IN"). Also accepts "WLD" for the world total.
- `date_range` (string): Year range "start:end" (default "2015:2024"). Example: "2000:2024".
- `per_capita` (boolean): Return tonnes of CO2 per person instead of national totals (computed from population for the same year). Default false.

### `get_governance_indicators` (~198 tokens)

World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) — six governance-quality dimensions for ANY country: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. PREFER for "how corrupt is <country>", "rule of law in <country>", "political stability of <country>", "government effectiveness <country>", "governance quality <country>", or as country-risk context alongside news-event data. Pass one ISO country code; returns the latest year available plus the prior year for trend, for all six dimensions, each as a governance estimate (-2.5 weakest to +2.5 strongest) and a percentile-style score (0-100, higher = stronger governance relative to other countries that year).

Input parameters:

- `country_code` (string, required): ISO country code (e.g., "US", "GBR", "CN").

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Worldbank MCP server?

Worldbank is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/worldbank. World Bank MCP, wraps the World Bank Data API v2 (free, no auth). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank).

### Is the Worldbank MCP server safe to use?

Worldbank scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Worldbank MCP server expose?

Worldbank exposes 7 tools: get_country, get_indicator, get_population, get_gdp, compare_countries, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,442 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Worldbank MCP server still maintained?

Worldbank is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Worldbank MCP server under?

Worldbank declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Worldbank MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Worldbank, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-worldbank
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-worldbank
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/worldbank
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-worldbank/pipeworx-mcp-worldbank