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  platform: R
  version: 2.0.0
  synced_at: '2026-01-25T13:17:13Z'
  source: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/codelist/UNICEF/CL_COUNTRY/latest
  agency: UNICEF
  content_type: countries
  total_countries: 453
  codelist_id: CL_COUNTRY
  codelist_name: Statistical Reference Areas
countries:
  ABW: Aruba
  AFG: Afghanistan
  AGO: Angola
  AIA: Anguilla
  ALB: Albania
  AND: Andorra
  ARE: United Arab Emirates
  ARG: Argentina
  ARM: Armenia
  ASM: American Samoa
  ATG: Antigua and Barbuda
  AUS: Australia
  AUT: Austria
  AZE: Azerbaijan
  BDI: Burundi
  BEL: Belgium
  BEN: Benin
  BES: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  BFA: Burkina Faso
  BGD: Bangladesh
  BGR: Bulgaria
  BHR: Bahrain
  BHS: Bahamas
  BIH: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  BLM: Saint Barthélemy
  BLR: Belarus
  BLZ: Belize
  BMU: Bermuda
  BOL: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  BRA: Brazil
  BRB: Barbados
  BRN: Brunei Darussalam
  BTN: Bhutan
  BWA: Botswana
  CAF: Central African Republic
  CAN: Canada
  CHE: Switzerland
  CHI: Channel Islands
  CHL: Chile
  CHN: China
  CIV: Côte d'Ivoire
  CMR: Cameroon
  COD: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  COG: Congo
  COK: Cook Islands
  COL: Colombia
  COM: Comoros
  CPV: Cabo Verde
  CRI: Costa Rica
  CUB: Cuba
  CUW: Curaçao
  CYM: Cayman Islands
  CYP: Cyprus
  CZE: Czechia
  DEU: Germany
  DJI: Djibouti
  DMA: Dominica
  DNK: Denmark
  DOM: Dominican Republic
  DZA: Algeria
  ECU: Ecuador
  EGY: Egypt
  ERI: Eritrea
  ESP: Spain
  EST: Estonia
  ETH: Ethiopia
  FAO_GLOBAL: SOFI - Global
  FAO_LIFDC: Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
  FIN: Finland
  FJI: Fiji
  FLK: Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  FRA: France
  FRO: Faroe Islands
  FSM: Micronesia (Federated States of)
  GAB: Gabon
  GBR: United Kingdom
  GEO: Georgia
  GHA: Ghana
  GIB: Gibraltar
  GIN: Guinea
  GLP: Guadeloupe
  GMB: Gambia
  GNB: Guinea-Bissau
  GNQ: Equatorial Guinea
  GRC: Greece
  GRD: Grenada
  GRL: Greenland
  GTM: Guatemala
  GUF: French Guiana
  GUM: Guam
  GUY: Guyana
  HKG: China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  HND: Honduras
  HRV: Croatia
  HTI: Haiti
  HUN: Hungary
  IDN: Indonesia
  IMN: Isle of Man
  IND: India
  IRL: Ireland
  IRN: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  IRQ: Iraq
  ISL: Iceland
  ISR: Israel
  ITA: Italy
  JAM: Jamaica
  JOR: Jordan
  JPN: Japan
  KAZ: Kazakhstan
  KEN: Kenya
  KGZ: Kyrgyzstan
  KHM: Cambodia
  KIR: Kiribati
  KNA: Saint Kitts and Nevis
  KOR: Republic of Korea
  KWT: Kuwait
  LAO: Lao People's Democratic Republic
  LBN: Lebanon
  LBR: Liberia
  LBY: Libya
  LCA: Saint Lucia
  LIE: Liechtenstein
  LKA: Sri Lanka
  LSO: Lesotho
  LTU: Lithuania
  LUX: Luxembourg
  LVA: Latvia
  MAC: China, Macao Special Administrative Region
  MAF: Saint Martin (French part)
  MAR: Morocco
  MCO: Monaco
  MDA: Republic of Moldova
  MDG: Madagascar
  MDV: Maldives
  MEX: Mexico
  MHL: Marshall Islands
  MKD: North Macedonia
  MLI: Mali
  MLT: Malta
  MMR: Myanmar
  MNE: Montenegro
  MNG: Mongolia
  MNP: Northern Mariana Islands
  MOZ: Mozambique
  MRT: Mauritania
  MSR: Montserrat
  MTQ: Martinique
  MUS: Mauritius
  MWI: Malawi
  MYS: Malaysia
  MYT: Mayotte
  NAM: Namibia
  NCL: New Caledonia
  NER: Niger
  NGA: Nigeria
  NIC: Nicaragua
  NIU: Niue
  NLD: Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
  NOR: Norway
  NPL: Nepal
  NRU: Nauru
  NZL: New Zealand
  OMN: Oman
  PAK: Pakistan
  PAN: Panama
  PER: Peru
  PHL: Philippines
  PLW: Palau
  PNG: Papua New Guinea
  POL: Poland
  PRI: Puerto Rico
  PRK: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  PRT: Portugal
  PRY: Paraguay
  PSE: State of Palestine
  PYF: French Polynesia
  QAT: Qatar
  REU: Réunion
  ROU: Romania
  RUS: Russian Federation
  RWA: Rwanda
  SAU: Saudi Arabia
  SDN: Sudan
  SEN: Senegal
  SGP: Singapore
  SHN: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  SLB: Solomon Islands
  SLE: Sierra Leone
  SLV: El Salvador
  SMR: San Marino
  SOM: Somalia
  SPM: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  SRB: Serbia
  SSD: South Sudan
  STP: Sao Tome and Principe
  SUR: Suriname
  SVK: Slovakia
  SVN: Slovenia
  SWE: Sweden
  SWZ: Eswatini
  SXM: Sint Maarten
  SYC: Seychelles
  SYR: Syrian Arab Republic
  TCA: Turks and Caicos Islands
  TCD: Chad
  TGO: Togo
  THA: Thailand
  TJK: Tajikistan
  TKL: Tokelau
  TKM: Turkmenistan
  TLS: Timor-Leste
  TON: Tonga
  TTO: Trinidad and Tobago
  TUN: Tunisia
  TUR: Türkiye
  TUV: Tuvalu
  TWN: China, Taiwan Province of China
  TZA: United Republic of Tanzania
  UGA: Uganda
  UKR: Ukraine
  UNDEV_002: Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_005: South America (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_009: Oceania (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_011: Western Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_013: Central America (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_014: Eastern Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_015: Northern Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_017: Middle Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_018: Southern Africa (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_021: Northern America (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_029: Caribbean (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_030: Eastern Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_034: Southern Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_035: South-eastern Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_053: Australia and New Zealand (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_142: Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_143: Central Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_145: Western Asia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_151: Eastern Europe (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_154: Northern Europe (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_155: Western Europe (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_39: Southern Europe (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_419: Latin America and the Caribbean (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_54: Melanasia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_543: Oceania, excluding Australia and New Zealand (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_57: Micronesia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_61: Polynesia (UN Regions)
  UNDEV_GLOBAL: UN regions - Global
  UNDEV_LD: Less Developed Regions (UN Regions)
  UNFPA_AP: Asia and the Pacific (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_AS: Arab States (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_EECA: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_ESA: East and Southern Africa (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_REGIONS: UNFPA regions (UNFPA)
  UNFPA_WCA: West and Central Africa (UNFPA)
  UNICEF_EAP: East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_EAPRO: East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_ECA: Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_ECARO: Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_EECA: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_ESA: Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_ESARO: Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_LACRO: Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_MENA: Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_MENARO: Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_NA: North America (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_PROG_REG_GLOBAL: UNICEF Programme Regions - Global
  UNICEF_REP_REG_GLOBAL: UNICEF reporting regions - Global
  UNICEF_ROSA: South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_SA: South Asia (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_WCA: West and Central Africa (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_WCARO: West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
  UNICEF_WE: Western Europe (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNICEF_XCH: World excluding China (UNICEF Rep.Regions)
  UNSDG_AUSTRALIANEWZEALAND: Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_CARIBBEAN: Caribbean (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_CENTRALAMR: Central America (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_CENTRALASIA: Central Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_CENTRALASIASOUTHERNASIA: Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EASTERNAFR: Eastern Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EASTERNASIA: Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EASTERNASIASOUTHEASTERNASIA: Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EASTERNEUROPE: Eastern Europe (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EUROPE: Europe (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_EUROPENORTHERNAMR: Europe and Northern America (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_LDC: Least Developed Countries (LDC) (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_LLDC: Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_MELANESIA: Melanesia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_MIDDLEAFR: Middle Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_NORTHAFR: Northern Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_NORTHERNAMR: Northern America (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_OCEANIA: Oceania (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_OCEANIAexAUSNZL: Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_POLYNESIA: Polynesia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_REGION_GLOBAL: SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SIDS: Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SOUTHAMR: South America (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SOUTHASIA: Southern Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SOUTHEASTERNASIA: South-eastern Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SOUTHERNAFR: Southern Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SUBSAHARANAFRICA: Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_WESTERNAFR: Western Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_WESTERNASIA: Western Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_WESTERNASIANORTHERNAFR: Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG)
  URY: Uruguay
  USA: United States
  UZB: Uzbekistan
  VAT: Holy See
  VCT: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  VEN: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  VGB: British Virgin Islands
  VIR: Virgin Islands U.S.
  VNM: Viet Nam
  VUT: Vanuatu
  WB_EAP: East Asia and Pacific (World Bank regions)
  WB_HI: World Bank (high income)
  WB_INCOME: World Bank income groups - Global
  WB_LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)
  WB_LI: World Bank (low income)
  WB_LMI: World Bank (lower middle income)
  WB_MNA: Middle East and North Africa (World Bank regions)
  WB_NAR: North America (World Bank regions)
  WB_REG_GLOBAL: World bank World - Global
  WB_SAR: South Asia (World Bank regions)
  WB_SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank regions)
  WB_UMI: World Bank (upper middle income)
  WHO_AFRO: Africa (WHO regions)
  WHO_AMRO: Americas (WHO regions)
  WHO_EMRO: Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)
  WHO_EURO: Europe (WHO regions)
  WHO_REG_GLOBAL: World Health Organisation regions - Global
  WHO_SEARO: South-East Asia (WHO regions)
  WHO_WPRO: Western Pacific (WHO regions)
  WLF: Wallis and Futuna
  WORLD: World
  WSM: Samoa
  XKX: Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
  YEM: Yemen
  ZAF: South Africa
  ZMB: Zambia
  ZWE: Zimbabwe
  AU: African Union
  AU_AFRICA: African Union
  AU_CENTRAL_AFRICA: Central Africa (African Union)
  AU_EASTERN_AFRICA: Eastern Africa (African Union)
  AU_NORTHERN_AFRICA: Northern Africa (African Union)
  AU_SOUTHERN_AFRICA: Southern Africa (African Union)
  AU_WESTERN_AFRICA: Western Africa (African Union)
  OECD: OECD
  OECD_FRAGILEANY: OECD Fragile Contexts
  UNICEF_OPS_REG_GLOBAL: UNICEF operational regions
  UNICEF_EAPR_OPS: EAPR (operational region)
  UNICEF_ECAR_OPS: ECAR (operational region)
  UNICEF_ESAR_OPS: ESAR (operational region)
  UNICEF_LACR_OPS: LACR (operational region)
  UNICEF_MENA_OPS: MENA (operational region)
  UNICEF_ROSA_OPS: ROSA (operational region)
  UNICEF_WCAR_OPS: WCAR (operational region)
  AUREC: Regional Economic Communities
  AUREC_AMU: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
  AUREC_COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  AUREC_CEN_SAD: Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
  AUREC_EAC: East African Community (EAC)
  AUREC_ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
  AUREC_ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  AUREC_IGAD: Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
  AUREC_SADC: Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  AUREC_ECOWAS_202502: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS 2025)
  SDGRC_ECA_ALL: (SDGRC) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_NA: (SDGRC) North Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_SA: (SDGRC) Southern Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_WA: (SDGRC) West Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_EA: (SDGRC) Eastern Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_CA: (SDGRC) Central Africa
  SDGRC_ECA_AMU: (SDGRC) ECA AMU
  SDGRC_ECA_CEN_SAD: (SDGRC) ECA_CEN-SAD
  SDGRC_ECA_COMESA: (SDGRC) ECA_COMESA
  SDGRC_ECA_EAC: (SDGRC) ECA_EAC
  SDGRC_ECA_ECCAS: (SDGRC) ECA_ECCAS
  SDGRC_ECA_ECOWAS: (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS
  SDGRC_ECA_IGAD: (SDGRC) ECA_IGAD
  SDGRC_ECA_SADC: (SDGRC) ECA_SADC
  SDGRC_ARAB: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab countries
  SDGRC_AUC: (SDGRC) ECA_African Union Commission
  SDGRC_ECA_IE: (SDGRC) ECA_Island economies
  SDGRC_ECA_LDC: (SDGRC) ECA_Least developed countries
  SDGRC_ECA_LLC: (SDGRC) ECA_Land-locked countries
  SDGRC_ECA_LL_LDC: (SDGRC) ECA_Land-locked LDCs
  SDGRC_ECA_MRC: (SDGRC) ECA_Mineral-rich countries
  SDGRC_ECA_NOP: (SDGRC) ECA_Non-Oil Producing
  SDGRC_ECA_NO_LDC: (SDGRC) ECA_Non-Oil LDCs
  SDGRC_ECA_OP: (SDGRC) ECA_Oil producing economies
  SDGRC_ECA_O_LDC: (SDGRC) ECA_Oil LDCs
  SDGRC_ECA_SACU: (SDGRC) ECA_Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
  SDGRC_ECA_SAHEL: (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel
  SDGRC_ECA_SIS: (SDGRC) ECA_Small Island states
  SDGRC_ECA_SSA: (SDGRC) ECA_Sub-Saharan Africa
  SDGRC_ESCAP_AFRICA: (SDGRC) ESCAP_Africa (AFR)
  SDGRC_ESCWA_ARAB_LOW: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab Low-Income Countries (LICs)
  SDGRC_ESCWA_ARAB_MID: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab Middle-Income Countries (MICs)
  SDGRC_ESCWA_CONFLICT: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Countries in conflict
  SDGRC_ESCWA_LDC: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab LDCs subregion
  SDGRC_ESCWA_MAGHREB: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Maghreb subregion
  SDGRC_ESCWA_MASHREQ: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Mashreq subregion
  SDGRC_ESCWA_NOCONFLICT_MID: (SDGRC) ESCWA_Non-conflict middle income countries
  SDGRC: SDGRC
  SDGRC_ECE_ALL: ECE_All countries
  SDGRC_ECE_CIS11: ECE_CIS (CWG)
  SDGRC_ECE_EAEU: ECE_Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
  SDGRC_ECE_EECCA: ECE_Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (CIS)
  SDGRC_ECE_EU27: ECE_European Union (E25)
  SDGRC_ECE_EU_EUROAREA: ECE_Euro area (EMU)
  SDGRC_ECE_WESTBALKANS: ECE_West Balkans (ST7)
  SDGRC_ECLAC_ALL: ECLAC_All countries
  SDGRC_ECLAC_CARIBBEAN: ECLAC_Carribean
  SDGRC_ECLAC_LA: ECLAC_Latin America
  SDGRC_ESCAP_ALL: ESCAP_All countries
  SDGRC_ESCAP_ASEAN: ESCAP_ASEAN (ASEAN)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_CSN: ESCAP_Countries with Special Needs
  SDGRC_ESCAP_ECO: ESCAP_ECO (ECO)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_ENEA: ESCAP_East and North-East Asia (ENEA)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_EUROPE: ESCAP_Europe (Europe)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_LATIN_AMERICA: ESCAP_Latin America (LAC)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_LDC: ESCAP_LDC (LDC_E)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_LLDC: ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_NCA: ESCAP_North and Central Asia (NCA)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_NORTH_AMERICA: ESCAP_North America (NAM)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_OTHER_AREA: ESCAP_Other Area (OTH_REGION)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_PACIFIC: ESCAP_PACIFIC (PAC)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_PIDE: ESCAP_Pacific island developing economies (PIDE)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_SAARC: ESCAP_SAARC (SAARC)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_SEA: ESCAP_South-East Asia (SEA)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_SIDS: ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States
  SDGRC_ESCAP_SSWA: ESCAP_South and South-West Asia (SSWA)
  SDGRC_ESCAP_WB_HIGH: ESCAP_WB High Income Economies
  SDGRC_ESCAP_WB_LOW: ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies
  SDGRC_ESCAP_WB_LOWER_MID: ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies
  SDGRC_ESCAP_WB_UPPER_MID: ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
  SDGRC_ESCWA_ARAB_HIGH: ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)
  SDGRC_ESCWA_GCC: ESCWA_Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
  UNSDG_NORTHAMR_EUROPE_AUSNZL: North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_AFRICA: Africa (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_AMERICAS: Americas (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_ASIA: Asia (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_NORTHERNEUROPE: Northern Europe (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_SOUTHERNEUROPE: Southern Europe (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_WESTERNEUROPE: Western Europe (UNSDG)
  UNSDG_MICRONESIA: Micronesia (UNSDG)
  WB_ECA: Europe and Central Asia (World Bank regions)
