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United Nations Geoscheme (UN M49) - XML

The United Nations Geoscheme (UN M49) is a standard area code system developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division for statistical purposes. It classifies the world into 6 continental macro-regions and 22 geographical subregions, systematically organizing 248 countries and territories. Each region is assigned a three-digit numeric code, widely used in the preparation of international statistics and comparative analysis.

United Nations geoscheme statistical code regional classification international standard

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<items>
  <item>
    <code>002</code>
    <slug>africa</slug>
    <name>Africa</name>
    <description>Continental region encompassing Northern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.</description>
    <countryCount>60</countryCount>
    <subregions>[&quot;015&quot;,&quot;202&quot;]</subregions>
  </item>
  <item>
    <code>009</code>
    <slug>oceania</slug>
    <name>Oceania</name>
    <description>Region comprising Australia and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.</description>
    <countryCount>21</countryCount>
    <subregions>[&quot;053&quot;,&quot;054&quot;,&quot;057&quot;,&quot;061&quot;]</subregions>
  </item>
  <item>
    <code>010</code>
    <slug>antarctica</slug>
    <name>Antarctica</name>
    <description>Region comprising the Antarctic continent.</description>
    <countryCount>1</countryCount>
    <subregions>[]</subregions>
  </item>
  <item>
    <code>019</code>
    <slug>americas</slug>
    <name>Americas</name>
    <description>Continental region encompassing Northern America and Latin America and the Caribbean.</description>
    <countryCount>57</countryCount>
    <subregions>[&quot;021&quot;,&quot;419&quot;]</subregions>
  </item>
  <item>
    <code>142</code>
    <slug>asia</slug>
    <name>Asia</name>
    <description>Continental region encompassing Central Asia, Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia.</description>
    <countryCount>50</countryCount>
    <subregions>[&quot;030&quot;,&quot;034&quot;,&quot;035&quot;,&quot;143&quot;,&quot;145&quot;]</subregions>
  </item>
  <item>
    <code>150</code>
    <slug>europe</slug>
    <name>Europe</name>
    <description>Continental region encompassing Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.</description>
    <countryCount>44</countryCount>
    <subregions>[&quot;151&quot;,&quot;154&quot;,&quot;039&quot;,&quot;155&quot;]</subregions>
  </item>
</items>