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countrycode (version 1.6.0)

codelist: Country Code Translation Data Frame (Cross-Sectional)

Description

A data frame used internally by the countrycode() function. countrycode can use any valid code as destination, but only some codes can be used as origin.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with codes as columns.

Details

Origin and Destination

  • cctld: IANA country code top-level domain

  • country.name: country name (English)

  • country.name.de: country name (German)

  • country.name.fr: country name (French)

  • country.name.it: country name (Italian)

  • cowc: Correlates of War character

  • cown: Correlates of War numeric

  • dhs: Demographic and Health Surveys Program

  • ecb: European Central Bank

  • eurostat: Eurostat

  • fao: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations numerical code

  • fips: FIPS 10-4 (Federal Information Processing Standard)

  • gaul: Global Administrative Unit Layers

  • genc2c: GENC 2-letter code

  • genc3c: GENC 3-letter code

  • genc3n: GENC numeric code

  • gwc: Gleditsch & Ward character

  • gwn: Gleditsch & Ward numeric

  • imf: International Monetary Fund

  • ioc: International Olympic Committee

  • iso2c: ISO-2 character

  • iso3c: ISO-3 character

  • iso3n: ISO-3 numeric

  • p5n: Polity V numeric country code

  • p5c: Polity V character country code

  • p4n: Polity IV numeric country code

  • p4c: Polity IV character country code

  • un: United Nations M49 numeric codes

  • unicode.symbol: Region subtag (often displayed as emoji flag)

  • unhcr: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • unpd: United Nations Procurement Division

  • vdem: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem version 8, April 2018)

  • wb: World Bank (very similar but not identical to iso3c)

  • wvs: World Values Survey numeric code

Destination only

  • cldr.*: 600+ country name variants from the UNICODE CLDR project (e.g., "cldr.short.en"). Inspect the cldr_examples data.frame for a full list of available country names and examples.

  • ar5: IPCC's regional mapping used both in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and for the Reference Concentration Pathways (RCP)

  • continent: Continent as defined in the World Bank Development Indicators

  • cow.name: Correlates of War country name

  • currency: ISO 4217 currency name

  • eurocontrol_pru: European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

  • eurocontrol_statfor: European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

  • eu28: Member states of the European Union (as of December 2015), without special territories

  • icao.region: International Civil Aviation Organization region

  • iso.name.en: ISO English short name

  • iso.name.fr: ISO French short name

  • iso4217c: ISO 4217 currency alphabetic code

  • iso4217n: ISO 4217 currency numeric code

  • p4.name: Polity IV country name

  • region: 7 Regions as defined in the World Bank Development Indicators

  • region23: 23 Regions as used to be in the World Bank Development Indicators (legacy)

  • un.name.ar: United Nations Arabic country name

  • un.name.en: United Nations English country name

  • un.name.es: United Nations Spanish country name

  • un.name.fr: United Nations French country name

  • un.name.ru: United Nations Russian country name

  • un.name.zh: United Nations Chinese country name

  • un.region.name: United Nations region name

  • un.region.code: United Nations region code

  • un.regionintermediate.name: United Nations intermediate region name

  • un.regionintermediate.code: United Nations intermediate region code

  • un.regionsub.name: United Nations sub-region name

  • un.regionsub.code: United Nations sub-region code

  • unhcr.region: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees region name

  • wvs.name: World Values Survey numeric code country name