diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 4be82af33884..0626de0c04d9 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -9431,6 +9431,13 @@
     github = "istoph";
     githubId = 114227790;
   };
+  itepastra = {
+    name = "Noa Aarts";
+    github = "itepastra";
+    githubId = 27058689;
+    email = "itepastra@gmail.com";
+    keys = [ { fingerprint = "E681 4CAF 06AE B076 D55D  3E32 A16C DCBF 1472 541F"; } ];
+  };
   ius = {
     email = "j.de.gram@gmail.com";
     name = "Joerie de Gram";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/world-bank-data/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/world-bank-data/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5d02b034b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/world-bank-data/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  hatchling,
+  cachetools,
+  pandas,
+  requests,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "world-bank-data";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "world_bank_data";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-UidtJovurzrZKWeI7n1bV0vluc5pSg92zKFELvZE9fw=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    cachetools
+    pandas
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  # Tests require a HTTP connection
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "world_bank_data"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "World Bank Data API in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mwouts/world_bank_data";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ itepastra ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fc2904ec43ac..aacd64efffab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17574,6 +17574,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   wordfreq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wordfreq { };
 
+  world-bank-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/world-bank-data { };
+
   worldengine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/worldengine { };
 
   wrapio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wrapio { };