# EconomicsAPI > Trade flows and economic data for AI agents See what every country buys and sells — by product, by partner, monthly since 2015 — plus the macro that explains it: GDP, inflation, labour, rates, and debt for 50 economies. Official sources, verified on change, exposed as one REST API and MCP server. Spot the dependencies that shape what happens next. 100 free calls every month. 23 REST endpoints, one MCP tool per endpoint. 50 countries, 152 economic indicators, longest series back to 1913. ## AI agents and MCP - MCP page: https://docs.economicsapi.com/mcp - 23 MCP tools, one per REST endpoint below. ## Core pages - [Home](https://economicsapi.com/): 50 country economy pages grouped by zone, 100 free API calls/month then usage-based pricing, MCP integration. - [Economy hub](https://economicsapi.com/economy): every covered country, GDP-ranked within G20 / European Union / Other economies, with flags. - [Methodology](https://economicsapi.com/methodology): where the data comes from, how it's sourced and standardized, and how to request an audit trail for a specific value. - [Contact](https://economicsapi.com/contact) ## Glossary - [Glossary](https://economicsapi.com/glossary): plain-English definitions of the platform's vocabulary, 31 terms. - [Basis point](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/basis-point): A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point (0.01%), used to describe small, precise changes in interest rates, yields, or spreads … - [Budget balance](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/budget-balance): The budget balance is the difference between a government's total revenue and total spending over a fiscal period, usually expressed as a pe… - [Consumer Price Index (CPI)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/cpi): The Consumer Price Index tracks the average price of a fixed basket of household goods and services — food, housing, transport, medical care… - [Current account](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/current-account): The current account is a country's record of trade in goods and services, net income from abroad, and net current transfers with the rest of… - [Current account deficit](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/current-account-deficit): A current account deficit occurs when a country imports more goods, services, and income than it exports over a period, meaning it must fina… - [Exchange rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/exchange-rate): An exchange rate is the price of one currency expressed in terms of another — how many US dollars it takes to buy one euro, for instance. Ra… - [Exchange rate regime](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/exchange-rate-regime): An exchange rate regime is the system a country uses to manage its currency's value against others — a free float lets markets set the rate … - [Foreign direct investment (FDI)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/foreign-direct-investment): Foreign direct investment is cross-border investment where a foreign entity acquires a lasting management interest — typically 10% or more o… - [Foreign exchange reserves](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/foreign-exchange-reserves): Foreign exchange reserves are foreign currencies, gold, and other liquid external assets held by a central bank, used to back liabilities an… - [GDP (Gross Domestic Product)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/gdp): Gross Domestic Product is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. Statistical ag… - [GDP growth rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/gdp-growth-rate): The GDP growth rate is the percentage change in a country's real (inflation-adjusted) GDP from one period to the next, usually reported quar… - [GDP per capita](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/gdp-per-capita): GDP per capita divides a country's total output by its population, giving a rough measure of average economic output per person. It strips o… - [Government debt-to-GDP ratio](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/government-debt-to-gdp): The debt-to-GDP ratio compares a government's total outstanding debt to the size of its economy, expressed as a percentage. A ratio of 100% … - [HS code](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/hs-code): The Harmonized System code is a standardized six-digit-plus numerical classification used by customs authorities worldwide to identify trade… - [Industrial production](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/industrial-production): Industrial production measures the real output of a country's factories, mines, and utilities, tracked as an index against a base year. It's… - [Inflation rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/inflation-rate): The inflation rate is the percentage increase in the general price level of goods and services over a period, most often measured year-over-… - [Labour force participation rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/labour-force-participation-rate): The labour force participation rate is the share of the working-age population that is either employed or actively looking for work, as a pe… - [Money supply (M2)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/money-supply): The money supply measures the total stock of money circulating in an economy; M2 — the most commonly cited measure — includes cash, checking… - [Policy rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/policy-rate): The policy rate is the short-term interest rate a central bank sets to influence borrowing costs, inflation, and economic activity economy-w… - [Population](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/population): Population is the total number of people residing in a country, the denominator behind every per-capita economic figure — GDP per capita, de… - [Producer Price Index (PPI)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/ppi): The Producer Price Index measures price changes from the seller's side — what factories, farms, and wholesalers charge before goods reach th… - [Private credit to GDP](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/private-credit-to-gdp): Private credit to GDP measures total bank lending to households and businesses as a share of a country's economic output — a proxy for how d… - [Purchasing power parity (PPP)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/purchasing-power-parity): Purchasing power parity adjusts exchange-rate-converted figures for differences in local price levels, so a dollar of PPP-adjusted income bu… - [Real effective exchange rate (REER)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/real-effective-exchange-rate): The real effective exchange rate weighs a currency against a basket of trading-partner currencies, adjusted for relative inflation, to gauge… - [Remittances](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/remittances): Remittances are funds that migrant workers send back to family or others in their home country, typically through wire transfer or money-ser… - [Seasonally adjusted](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/seasonally-adjusted): Seasonally adjusted data has been statistically corrected to remove predictable within-year patterns — holiday retail spikes, winter constru… - [Sovereign credit rating](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/sovereign-credit-rating): A sovereign credit rating is an agency's (S&P, Moody's, Fitch) assessment of a national government's ability and willingness to repay its de… - [Trade balance](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/trade-balance): The trade balance is the difference between the value of a country's exports and imports of goods over a period — the narrower, goods-only c… - [Unemployment rate](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/unemployment-rate): The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless, actively seeking work, and available to start, expressed as a percent… - [Year-over-year (YoY)](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/year-over-year): Year-over-year compares a value to the same period one year earlier, which cancels out seasonal patterns without needing a separate seasonal… - [Yield curve](https://economicsapi.com/glossary/yield-curve): The yield curve plots interest rates on government bonds of the same credit quality across different maturities, from short-term bills to 30… ## API endpoints 23 endpoints across 2 categories. Full request/response shapes: [https://docs.economicsapi.com](https://docs.economicsapi.com). ### Economics - `GET /v1/countries`: List covered countries and groups - `GET /v1/indicators`: List indicators with slugs, units, and search aliases - `GET /v1/resolve`: Resolve countries and indicators and inspect series availability - `GET /v1/latest`: Latest values with previous/high/low and source attribution - `GET /v1/history`: Historical observations, optionally transformed - `GET /v1/search`: Resolve free text to countries, indicators, and series - `GET /v1/updates`: Series whose data changed since a timestamp - `GET /v1/news`: Published news items — briefs and notes - `GET /v1/calendar`: Release calendar — past and upcoming data releases ### Trade - `GET /v1/trade`: Raw trade observations - `GET /v1/trade/summary`: Aggregated trade metrics - `GET /v1/trade/monthly`: Monthly trade - `GET /v1/trade/coverage`: Data coverage per country - `GET /v1/trade/products`: Search products - `GET /v1/trade/products/{pid}`: Product metadata - `GET /v1/trade/products/{pid}/history`: Product trade series - `GET /v1/trade/products/{pid}/markets`: Top markets for a product - `GET /v1/trade/countries`: Search countries - `GET /v1/trade/countries/{cid}`: Country metadata - `GET /v1/trade/countries/{cid}/imports`: Country import series - `GET /v1/trade/countries/{cid}/exports`: Country export series - `GET /v1/trade/countries/{cid}/partners`: Country trading partners - `GET /v1/trade/countries/{cid}/products`: Country product mix ## Countries 50 country pages at `https://economicsapi.com/{slug}`, GDP-ranked, grouped by economic zone on the [economy hub](https://economicsapi.com/economy). 41 also have monthly trade data 2015-present in the same page's Trade tab. - [United States](https://economicsapi.com/united-states) - [China](https://economicsapi.com/china) - [Euro Area](https://economicsapi.com/euro-area) - [Germany](https://economicsapi.com/germany) - [Japan](https://economicsapi.com/japan) - [United Kingdom](https://economicsapi.com/united-kingdom) - [India](https://economicsapi.com/india) - [France](https://economicsapi.com/france) - [Russia](https://economicsapi.com/russia) - [Italy](https://economicsapi.com/italy) - [Canada](https://economicsapi.com/canada) - [Brazil](https://economicsapi.com/brazil) - [Spain](https://economicsapi.com/spain) - [South Korea](https://economicsapi.com/south-korea) - [Mexico](https://economicsapi.com/mexico) - [Australia](https://economicsapi.com/australia) - [Türkiye](https://economicsapi.com/turkiye) - [Indonesia](https://economicsapi.com/indonesia) - [Netherlands](https://economicsapi.com/netherlands) - [Saudi Arabia](https://economicsapi.com/saudi-arabia) - [Switzerland](https://economicsapi.com/switzerland) - [Poland](https://economicsapi.com/poland) - [Belgium](https://economicsapi.com/belgium) - [Ireland](https://economicsapi.com/ireland) - [Argentina](https://economicsapi.com/argentina) - [Sweden](https://economicsapi.com/sweden) - [Singapore](https://economicsapi.com/singapore) - [Austria](https://economicsapi.com/austria) - [Thailand](https://economicsapi.com/thailand) - [Norway](https://economicsapi.com/norway) - [Denmark](https://economicsapi.com/denmark) - [Romania](https://economicsapi.com/romania) - [Hong Kong](https://economicsapi.com/hong-kong) - [South Africa](https://economicsapi.com/south-africa) - [Czechia](https://economicsapi.com/czech-republic) - [Portugal](https://economicsapi.com/portugal) - [Finland](https://economicsapi.com/finland) - [Greece](https://economicsapi.com/greece) - [New Zealand](https://economicsapi.com/new-zealand) - [Hungary](https://economicsapi.com/hungary) - [Slovakia](https://economicsapi.com/slovakia) - [Bulgaria](https://economicsapi.com/bulgaria) - [Croatia](https://economicsapi.com/croatia) - [Luxembourg](https://economicsapi.com/luxembourg) - [Lithuania](https://economicsapi.com/lithuania) - [Slovenia](https://economicsapi.com/slovenia) - [Latvia](https://economicsapi.com/latvia) - [Estonia](https://economicsapi.com/estonia) - [Cyprus](https://economicsapi.com/cyprus) - [Malta](https://economicsapi.com/malta) ## Compare - [Comparison hub](https://economicsapi.com/switch): line-by-line, pricing, and MCP comparisons against the alternatives. - [Bloomberg Terminal alternative](https://economicsapi.com/switch/bloomberg-terminal-alternative): The Bloomberg Terminal alternative: no seat, no subscription — just econ and trade data. - [Sugra alternative](https://economicsapi.com/switch/sugra-alternative): The Sugra alternative: usage-based, no subscription — and econ-to-trade depth on any country. - [Trading Economics alternative](https://economicsapi.com/switch/tradingeconomics-alternative): The Trading Economics alternative: usage-based, no subscription — and econ-to-trade depth on any country. ## Developers - [API reference](https://docs.economicsapi.com): OpenAPI-generated docs for every endpoint. - [OpenAPI spec (JSON)](https://docs.economicsapi.com/openapi.json): machine-readable spec, same source this endpoint list is generated from. - [Dashboard / sign up](https://app.economicsapi.com): create an API key, track usage and credits. - [Changelog](https://docs.economicsapi.com/changelog) ## Content - [Blog](https://economicsapi.com/blog): product launches, engineering notes, and the thinking behind the platform. - [Where to Get Free Economic Data in 2026](https://economicsapi.com/blog/where-to-get-free-economic-data-in-2026): A practical, honest guide to FRED, the World Bank, the IMF, and where EconomicsAPI fits alongside them — not a sales pitch dressed as a list. - [Ten Years of German Trade Data: What Changed](https://economicsapi.com/blog/ten-years-of-german-trade-data): German exports grew from $1.29 trillion in 2015 to $1.75 trillion in 2025 — here's what the decade of bilateral trade data actually shows. - [Giving Your AI Agent Live Economics Data via MCP](https://economicsapi.com/blog/giving-your-ai-agent-live-economics-data-mcp-guide): How to connect an AI agent to real GDP, inflation, and trade data over MCP instead of scraping pages or hand-rolling API calls. - [Get GDP for Any Country in One API Request](https://economicsapi.com/blog/get-gdp-for-any-country-in-one-api-request): A working example against the real /v1/latest endpoint — one request, any of 50 countries, with source attribution in the response. - [TradingEconomics API vs EconomicsAPI, Compared](https://economicsapi.com/blog/trading-economics-api-vs-economicsapi): An honest comparison of coverage, update cadence, pricing transparency, and agent support — including where TradingEconomics is still the better fit. - [How We Source and Verify Economic Data](https://economicsapi.com/blog/how-we-source-and-verify-economic-data): Every figure traces to IMF, BIS, World Bank WDI, or FRED — checked daily and published only when a value actually changes. ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://economicsapi.com/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://economicsapi.com/terms) - [Cookies Policy](https://economicsapi.com/cookies) - [Data Processing Addendum (DPA)](https://economicsapi.com/dpa) ## Meta / infra - [Sitemap](https://economicsapi.com/sitemap.xml): every URL on the site, sharded by page family. - [Robots](https://economicsapi.com/robots.txt): crawler policy — named AI crawlers explicitly allowed. - [LLMs.txt](https://economicsapi.com/llms.txt): this file — the catalogue you are reading now. - [MCP server card](https://economicsapi.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): machine-readable MCP connection details.