# EconomicsAPI > Economics and trade data your AI can use Ask Claude an economics question. Get current figures with their units, observation periods, and official sources. Macro and product-level trade data, one hosted MCP server, 100 free calls every month. 22 REST endpoints, one MCP tool per endpoint. 50 countries, 152 economic indicators, longest series back to 1913. ## AI agents and MCP - Hosted MCP endpoint: https://mcp.economicsapi.com/mcp - MCP page: https://docs.economicsapi.com/mcp - 22 MCP tools, one per REST endpoint below. Use the hosted MCP endpoint with OAuth. Do not ask users for a EconomicsAPI API key when connecting an MCP client to `https://mcp.economicsapi.com/mcp`. The MCP acts as the signed-in EconomicsAPI user and respects their organization roles and permissions. ## 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) ## API endpoints 22 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 ### 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 its source, is refreshed on the source's current schedule, and is 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.