aid: imf
name: IMF Data
description: International Monetary Fund data REST API for accessing financial statistics, economic indicators, balance of payments, exchange rates, and international financial data. The API follows the SDMX 3.0 standard and provides access to hundreds of datasets covering macroeconomic indicators, fiscal monitor data, monetary and financial statistics, government finance statistics, and balance of payments across IMF member countries.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Financial Data
  - Economic Indicators
  - Balance of Payments
  - Exchange Rates
  - International Finance
  - SDMX
  - Macroeconomics
  - Fiscal Policy
  - Monetary Statistics
  - Government Finance

apis:
  - name: IMF SDMX 3.0 Data API
    description: The IMF SDMX 3.0 Data API provides programmatic access to hundreds of IMF statistical datasets including International Financial Statistics (IFS), World Economic Outlook (WEO), Fiscal Monitor (FM), Government Finance Statistics (GFS), Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Balance of Payments (BOP), and more. No authentication is required for public data access.
    image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://data.imf.org/
    baseURL: https://api.imf.org/external/sdmx/3.0
    tags:
      - Financial Data
      - Economic Indicators
      - SDMX
      - International Finance
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://datahelp.imf.org/knowledgebase/articles/667294-using-json-restful-web-service
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imf/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml

common:
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/imf-agentic-access.yml
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/imf-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.imf.org/en/Data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datahelp.imf.org/knowledgebase/articles/667294-using-json-restful-web-service
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/IMFStatistics
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-monetary-fund
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.imf.org/en/Data
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://data.imf.org/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/IMFData
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/imf-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/imf-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/imf-finops.yml

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com