API: Lending Type Queries

About Lending Type Queries

The World Bank classifies countries according to the type of lending for which they are eligible through the World Bank. For a description of these categories and how they are set, please visit the country classification page.

Sample Request Format: Lending Type Query

Lending type can be used to narrow country or indicator queries.

For example:

1. To see a list of IDA only countries, use the following call: http://api.worldbank.org/v2/countries?lendingType=IDX
2. To list all Lending Types: http://api.worldbank.org/v2/lendingTypes

Sample Response Format: Lending Type Query

• XML: http://api.worldbank.org/v2/lendingTypes?format=xml

<wb:lendingTypes xmlns:wb="http://www.worldbank.org" page="1" pages="1" per_page="50" total="4">
  <wb:lendingType id="IBD" iso2code="XF">IBRD</wb:lendingType>
  <wb:lendingType id="IDB" iso2code="XH">Blend</wb:lendingType>
  <wb:lendingType id="IDX" iso2code="XI">IDA</wb:lendingType>
  <wb:lendingType id="LNX" iso2code="XX">Not classified</wb:lendingType>
</wb:lendingTypes>

• JSON: http://api.worldbank.org/v2/lendingTypes?format=json

 [
   {
     "page": "1",
     "pages": "1",
     "per_page": "50",
     "total": "4"
   },
   [
     {"id": "IBD","iso2code": "XF","value": "IBRD"},
     {"id": "IDB","iso2code": "XH","value": "Blend"},
     {"id": "IDX","iso2code": "XI","value": "IDA"},
     {"id": "LNX","iso2code": "XX","value": "Not classified"}
   ]
 ]