UN M49

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UN M49 is a United Nations standard that defines numeric codes for countries and geographical regions for statistical and analytical purposes.

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations standard
country coding standard
geographical classification standard
appliesTo countries
geographical regions
intermediate regions
macro geographical regions
special regions
subregions
basisOf UN regional groupings
many international statistical classifications
classificationType hierarchical classification
codingScheme three-digit numeric codes
dataFormat numeric
defines numeric codes for areas for statistical use
numeric codes for countries
numeric codes for geographical regions
developedBy United Nations Statistics Division
distinctionFrom ISO 3166 alpha-2 and alpha-3 country codes
distinguishes countries or areas
geographical groupings
documentation UN Statistics Division publications on country and area codes
governingBody United Nations Statistical Commission
includes codes for all UN member states
codes for some non-member territories
language English
maintainedBy United Nations
United Nations Statistics Division
publisher United Nations Statistics Division website
purpose data collection and reporting
international comparability of statistics
statistical analysis
relatedTo ISO 3166
scope global
subjectArea demographic statistics
economic statistics
international statistics
social statistics
supports cross-country comparisons
time-series comparability
usedBy United Nations system
international organizations
national statistical offices
researchers
usedFor harmonization of country and area statistics
presentation of statistical data
tabulation of statistical data

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
ISO 3166-1 numeric
compatibleWith
Oceania ("United Nations geoscheme")
isMemberRegionOf

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