The Global Geographic Taxonomy is structured based on the World Bank's regional classification, offering a comprehensive framework for organizing countries and territories into regions and subregions. This system facilitates global analysis, reporting, and decision-making by grouping countries with similar geographic, economic, and cultural characteristics.
Regions
East Asia & Pacific
Sub Regions | Countries |
Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Western Asia | South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, American Samoa, Azerbaijan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Macao Special Administrative Region, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Georgia, Guam, Hong Kong, SAR, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Is., Thailand, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the), Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Taiwan, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia |
Europe & Central Asia
Sub Regions | Countries |
Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Nordic, Southern Europe, Western Europe | Kosovo, France, Åland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Channel Islands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican, French Southern Territories (the), British Indian Ocean Territory (the), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Italy |
Latin America & Caribbean
Sub Regions | Countries |
Caribbean, Central America, South America | Brazil, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, British Virgin Is., Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint. Kitts & Nevis, Saint. Lucia, Saint-Martin (French part), Saint. Vincent & the Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Mexico, Argentina |
Middle East & North Africa
Sub Regions | Countries |
Middle East, Northern Africa | Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sudan (pre-secession) |
North America
Sub Regions | Countries |
North America | United States, Canada, Bermuda, Greenland, United States Minor Outlying Islands (the) |
South Asia
Sub Regions | Countries |
South Asia | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Saint Pierre and MiquelonIndia |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub Regions | Countries |
Eastern Africa, Middle Africa Southern Africa, Western Africa | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |