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Dimension: UN Region
Code: UNREGION
UN_World: Global
UN_Africa: Africa
UN_South_America: South America
UN_Oceania: Oceania
UN_Western_Africa: Western Africa
UN_Central_America: Central America
UN_Eastern_Africa: Eastern Africa
UN_Northern_Africa: Northern Africa
UN_Middle_Africa: Middle Africa
UN_Southern_Africa: Southern Africa
UN_Americas: Americas
UN_Northern_America: Northern America
UN_Caribbean: Caribbean
UN_Eastern_Asia: Eastern Asia
UN_Southern_Asia: Southern Asia
UN_South_Eastern_Asia: South-Eastern Asia
UN_Southern_Europe: Southern Europe
UN_Australia_New_Zealand: Australia and New Zealand
UN_Melanesia: Melanesia
UN_Micronesia: Micronesia
UN_Polynesia: Polynesia
UN_Asia: Asia
UN_Central_Asia: Central Asia
UN_Western_Asia: Western Asia
UN_Europe: Europe
UN_Eastern_Europe: Eastern Europe
UN_Northern_Europe: Northern Europe
UN_Western_Europe: Western Europe
UN_South_Central_Asia: South-Central Asia
UN_Latin America_Caribbean: wrong code
UN_Developing: All developing countries
UN_Developed: Developed countries
UN_Latin_America_Caribbean: Latin America and Caribbean
1: World
Parent: 0
Region type: global
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
2: Africa (2)
Parent: 1
Region type: region
5: South America
Parent: 419
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
9: Oceania (9)
Parent: 1
Region type: region
11: Western Africa
Parent: 202
Region type: region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
13: Central America
Region type: intermediate region
Parent: 419
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
14: Eastern Africa
Parent: 202
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
15: Northern Africa
Parent: 2
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
17: Middle Africa
Parent: 202
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
18: Southern Africa
Parent: 202
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
19: Americas
Parent: 1
Region type: region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
21: Northern America (21)
Parent: 19
Region type: sub-region
29: Caribbean
Parent: 419
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
30: Eastern Asia
Parent: 142
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
34: Southern Asia
Parent: 142
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
35: South-Eastern Asia
Parent: 142
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
39: Southern Europe
Parent: 150
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
53: Australia and New Zealand
Parent: 9
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
54: Melanesia
Parent: 9
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
57: Micronesia
Parent: 9
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
61: Polynesia
Parent: 9
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
142: Asia (142)
Parent: 150
Region type: region
143: Central Asia
Parent: 142
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
145: Western Asia
Parent: 142
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
150: Europe (150)
Parent: 1
Region type: region
151: Eastern Europe
Parent: 150
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
154: Northern Europe
Region type: sub-region
Parent: 150
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
155: Western Europe
Parent: 150
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
202: Sub-Saharan Africa
Parent: 2
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
419: Latin America and the Caribbean
Parent: 19
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
830: Channel Islands
Parent: 154
Region type: intermediate region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
UN_LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean
UN_NorthAmerica: North America
GLOBAL: Global
513: Northern America and Europe
Parent: 1
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
62: Central Asia and Southern Asia
Parent: 1
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
753: Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
Parent: 1
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
747: Northern Africa and Western Asia
Parent: 1
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
543: Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand)
Parent: 1
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
432: Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs)
Parent: 1
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
199: Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Parent: 1
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
722: Small island developing States (SIDS)
Parent: 1
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
135: Caucasus and Central Asia (MDG)
Region type: mdg grouping
514: Developed regions (MDG)
Region type: mdg grouping
518: Eastern Asia (MDG)
Region type: mdg grouping
746: Northern Africa (exc. Sudan)
Region type: mdg grouping
Parent: 0
Additional details: 0
738: Sub-Saharan Africa (inc. Sudan)
Region type: mdg grouping
Parent: 0
Additional details: 0
485: Western Asia (exc. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Israel and Georgia)
Region type: mdg grouping
Parent: 0
Additional details: 0
515: Developing regions (MDG)
Region type: mdg grouping
198: Least Developed Regions
Parent: 1
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
197: Less Developed Regions
Parent: 1
Region type: other grouping
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
64: South-Central Asia
Parent: 1
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/
777: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand
Parent: 1
Region type: sub-region
Additional details: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/