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  platform: Stata
  version: '2.0.0'
  synced_at: '2026-02-15T15:06:44Z'
  source: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/codelist/UNICEF/CL_WORLD_REGIONS/latest
  agency: UNICEF
  content_type: regions
  total_regions: 111
  codelist_id: CL_WORLD_REGIONS
  codelist_name: 'World Geographic Regions'
regions:
  FAO_LIFDC: 'Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries'
  UNDEV_002: 'Africa'
  UNDEV_005: 'South America'
  UNDEV_009: 'Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand'
  UNDEV_011: 'Western Africa'
  UNDEV_013: 'Central America'
  UNDEV_014: 'Eastern Africa'
  UNDEV_015: 'Northern Africa'
  UNDEV_017: 'Middle Africa'
  UNDEV_018: 'Southern Africa'
  UNDEV_021: 'Northern America'
  UNDEV_029: 'Caribbean'
  UNDEV_030: 'Eastern Asia'
  UNDEV_034: 'Southern Asia'
  UNDEV_035: 'South-Eastern Asia'
  UNDEV_053: 'Australia/New Zealand'
  UNDEV_142: 'Asia excluding Japan'
  UNDEV_143: 'Central Asia'
  UNDEV_145: 'Western Asia'
  UNDEV_150: 'Europe'
  UNDEV_419: 'Latin America and the Caribbean'
  UNDEV_LD: 'Less Developed regions'
  UNDEV_MD: 'More Developed regions'
  UNICEF_EAP: 'East Asia and Pacific'
  UNICEF_ECA: 'Europe and Central Asia'
  UNICEF_EECA: 'Eastern Europe and Central Asia'
  UNICEF_ESA: 'Eastern and Southern Africa'
  UNICEF_LAC: 'Latin America and Caribbean'
  UNICEF_MENA: 'Middle East and North Africa'
  UNICEF_NA: 'North America'
  UNICEF_REP_REG_GLOBAL: 'UNICEF Reporting Region - Global'
  UNICEF_SA: 'South Asia'
  UNICEF_SSA: 'Sub-Saharan Africa'
  UNICEF_WCA: 'West and Central Africa'
  UNICEF_WE: 'Western Europe'
  UNICEF_XCH: 'World excluding China'
  UNICEF_PROG_REG_GLOBAL: 'UNICEF Programme Regions - Global'
  UNICEF_EAPRO: 'East Asia and Pacific'
  UNICEF_ECARO: 'Europe and Central Asia'
  UNICEF_ESARO: 'Eastern and Southern Africa'
  UNICEF_LACRO: 'Latin America and Caribbean'
  UNICEF_MENARO: 'Middle East and North Africa'
  UNICEF_WCARO: 'West and Central Africa'
  UNSDG_AUSTRALIANEWZEALAND: 'Australia and New Zealand'
  UNSDG_CARIBBEAN: 'Caribbean'
  UNSDG_CENTRALAMR: 'Central America'
  UNSDG_CENTRALASIA: 'Central Asia'
  UNSDG_CENTRALASIASOUTHERNASIA: 'Central and Southern Asia'
  UNSDG_EASTERNAFR: 'Eastern Africa'
  UNSDG_EASTERNASIA: 'Eastern Asia'
  UNSDG_EASTERNASIASOUTHEASTERNASIA: 'Eastern and South-Eastern Asia'
  UNSDG_EUROPE: 'Europe'
  UNSDG_EUROPENORTHERNAMR: 'Europe and Northern America'
  UNSDG_LAC: 'Latin America & the Caribbean'
  UNSDG_LDC: 'Least developed countries (LDCs)'
  UNSDG_LLDC: 'Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs)'
  UNSDG_MIDDLEAFR: 'Middle Africa'
  UNSDG_NORTHAFR: 'Northern Africa'
  UNSDG_NORTHERNAMR: 'North America'
  UNSDG_OCEANIA: 'Oceania'
  UNSDG_OCEANIAexAUSNZL: 'Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand'
  UNSDG_REGION_GLOBAL: 'SDG Regions - Global'
  UNSDG_SIDS: 'Small island developing States (SIDS)'
  UNSDG_SOUTHAMR: 'South America'
  UNSDG_SOUTHASIA: 'Southern Asia'
  UNSDG_SOUTHEASTERNASIA: 'South-Eastern Asia'
  UNSDG_SOUTHERNAFR: 'Southern Africa'
  UNSDG_SUBSAHARANAFRICA: 'Sub-Saharan Africa'
  UNSDG_WESTERNAFR: 'Western Africa'
  UNSDG_WESTERNASIA: 'Western Asia'
  UNSDG_WESTERNASIANORTHERNAFR: 'Northern Africa and Western Asia'
  UNDEV_GLOBAL: 'UN Development Regions - Global'
  WB_EAP: 'East Asia and Pacific'
  WB_ECA: 'Europe and Central Asia'
  WB_REG_GLOBAL: 'World Bank Regions - Global'
  WB_HI: 'High income'
  WB_INCOME: 'World Bank Income Groups'
  WB_LAC: 'Latin America and the Caribbean'
  WB_LI: 'Low income'
  WB_LMI: 'Lower-middle income'
  WB_MI: 'Middle Income'
  WB_MNA: 'Middle East and North Africa'
  WB_NAR: 'North America'
  WB_SAR: 'South Asia'
  WB_SSA: 'Sub-Saharan Africa'
  WB_UMI: 'Upper-middle income'
  WHO_REG_GLOBAL: 'World Health Organisation Region - Global'
  WHO_AFRO: 'Africa'
  WHO_AMRO: 'Americas'
  WHO_EMRO: 'Eastern Mediterranean'
  WHO_EURO: 'Europe'
  WHO_SEARO: 'South-East Asia'
  WHO_WPRO: 'Western Pacific'
  UNFPA_REGIONS: 'UNFPA Regions'
  UNFPA_AP: 'Asia and the Pacific'
  UNFPA_EECA: 'Eastern Europe and Central Asia'
  UNFPA_AS: 'Arab States'
  UNFPA_ESA: 'East and Southern Africa'
  UNFPA_LAC: 'Latin America and the Caribbean'
  UNFPA_WCA: 'West and Central Africa'
  FAO_GLOBAL: 'SOFI World'
  UNSDG_NORTHAMR_EUROPE_AUSNZL: 'North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand'
  UNSDG_SOUTHEASTERNASIAexAUSNZL: 'South Eastern Asia and Oceania (excl. Australia and New Zealand)'
  UNDEV_SSA: 'Sub-Saharan Africa'
  UNDEV_151: 'Eastern Europe'
  UNDEV_154: 'Northern Europe'
  UNDEV_39: 'Southern Europe'
  UNDEV_155: 'Western Europe'
  UNDEV_054: 'Melanesia'
  UNDEV_057: 'Micronesia'
  UNDEV_061: 'Polynesia'