eu_countries: Countries and Country Codes

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Countries and Country Codes

Description

Countries and country codes in EU, Euro area, EFTA and EU candidate countries.

Usage

eu_countries

ea_countries

efta_countries

eu_candidate_countries

Format

A data_frame:

• code: Country code in the Eurostat database (two-letter ISO code (ISO 3166 alpha-2) except in the case of Greece where EL is used).

• name: Country name in English.

• label: Country name in the Eurostat database

• name_fr: Country name in French

• name_de: Country name in German

• country_language: Country name in national language(s).

An object of class data.frame with 20 rows and 6 columns.

An object of class data.frame with 4 rows and 6 columns.

An object of class data.frame with 9 rows and 6 columns.

Details

Country codes are two-letter ISO codes (ISO 3166 alpha-2) except in the case of Greece where EL is used instead of the standard ISO code.

Source

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Tutorial:Country_codes_and_protocol_order, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Euro_area

See Also

Other datasets: eurostat_geodata_60_2024, tgs00026

eurostat documentation built on Sept. 24, 2026, 5:06 p.m.