Overview
Econdb provides free access to global macroeconomic data including GDP, inflation, unemployment, and hundreds of other economic indicators from official sources like central banks and statistical agencies. No API key is required, making it very easy to get started with economic data in your projects. It is a great resource for students, researchers, and developers building economic dashboards or data visualizations.
Beginner Tip
Use the /series endpoint with a ticker like "RGDP_USA" to fetch a specific indicator — you can find available tickers by browsing the Econdb website first. Combine multiple tickers in one request with the "tickers" parameter to save API calls.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://econdb.com/api/
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 269 bytes · compressed
- Response time
- 206 ms (median of 3) · fastest 180 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://apisscore.com
- Served by
- cloudflare
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| sources | string (url) | https://www.econdb.com/api/sources/ |
| datasets | string (url) | https://www.econdb.com/api/datasets/ |
| series | string (url) | https://www.econdb.com/api/series/ |
| maritime/vessels | string (url) | https://www.econdb.com/api/maritime/vessels/ |
| retail/items | string (url) | https://www.econdb.com/api/retail/items/ |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://econdb.com/api/ on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
{
"sources": "https://www.econdb.com/api/sources/",
"datasets": "https://www.econdb.com/api/datasets/",
"series": "https://www.econdb.com/api/series/",
"maritime/vessels": "https://www.econdb.com/api/maritime/vessels/",
"retail/items": "https://www.econdb.com/api/retail/items/"
} Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://www.econdb.com/api/series/RGDP_USA/?format=json";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
How This API Fails
We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.
Returned an HTML error page rather than JSON — worth knowing if your client assumes every response can be parsed as JSON.
Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
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