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canonical_data.countries

As of December 2023, this dataset contains records for the 249 territories included in ISO 3166-1 as well as one more included in MaxMind, our geolocation service:

  • Kosovo (ISO code XK)

Fields

name

String: Distinct values

The country's common English name (generally the title chosen by the English Wikipedia for its article). This means, for example, using "Laos" rather than "Lao People's Democratic Republic" and "Bolivia" rather than "Bolivia (Plurinational State of)".

iso_code

String: Distinct values

Warning

Nambia has the ISO code NA. By default, pandas.read_csv interprets this as a null. To prevent this, you can use the na_filter=False parameter.

The country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code or equivalent.

iso_alpha3_code

String: Distinct values

The country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code or equivalent.

wikidata_id

String: Distinct values

The country's Wikidata QID.

is_protected

Boolean: True or False

Whether the country appears in Wikimedia's country and territory protection list indicating that statistics for the country should only be shared using differentially-private data publication techniques.

data_risk_score

Float: 0-100

Note

Includes null values

A real-valued data risk score, derived from country and territory scores published annually by Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders. 0 is least risky, 100 is most risky. Countries and territories without a score have a null value.

data_risk_classification

String: Lower risk, Medium risk, Higher risk, or Not published

A risk classification for each country/territory, which corresponds to the data risk score.

Score range Risk classification
0 ≤ score < 60 lower risk
60 ≤ score < 67.5 medium risk
67.5 ≤ score < 75 higher risk
75 ≤ score not published

maxmind_continent

String: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Northern America, Oceania, or South America

The country's continent according to the MaxMind geolocation databases.

un_continent

String: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, or Oceania

The country's continent according to United Nations geoscheme.

un_subcontinent

String: Antarctica, Australia and New Zealand, Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, Melanesia, Micronesia, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Northern America, Northern Europe, Polynesia, South America, South-eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Southern Europe, Western Africa, Western Asia, or Western Europe

The country's subcontinent according to United Nations geoscheme.

un_m49_code

Integer: Distinct values

Note

Includes null values

The country's M49 code defined by the United Nations.

wikimedia_region

String: Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia, East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Northern & Western Europe, South Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa

Note

Includes null values

The country's region according to a classification developed by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2022. For more details, see meta:Wikimedia regions.

grant_committee_region

String: Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia, East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & Africa, North America, Northern & Western Europe, or South Asia

Note

Includes null values

The country's region according to the classification used for Wikimedia Foundation grantmaking before July 2023. See meta:Grants:Regions/Changes to funding regions in 2023-24.

form_990_region

String: Antarctica, Central America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Russia and Neighboring States, South America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, or United States

Note

Includes null values

The country's region according to a classification developed by the US Internal Revenue Service for US non-profit organizations to report their activities outside the US. The classification is used in Schedule F to Form 990.

economic_region

String: Global North or Global South

The country's classification based on Global North and Global South.

emerging_classification

String: Developed, Emerging, or Least Developed

Note

Includes null values

The classification of the country's Wikimedia contributor community according to a system developed in 2014 by the Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking department.

is_eu

Boolean: True or False

Whether the country appears in this list of countries or in this list of special territories, indicating that it belongs to the European Union.

is_un_member

Boolean: True or False

Whether the country is a member of the United Nations.

is_un_data_entity

Boolean: True or False

Whether the United Nations has data on the country.

is_imf_data_entity

Boolean: True or False

Whether the IMF has data on the country.

is_world_bank_data_entity

Boolean: True or False

Whether the World Bank has data on the country.

is_penn_world_table_data_entity

Boolean: True or False

Whether Penn World Table has data on the country.

market_research_classification

String: Build, Create, Expand, or Protect

Note

Includes null values

The country's classification according to a system developed in 2020 by the Wikimedia Foundations's Communications department based on market research.