gisco_countries_2024: Countries 2024 'sf' object

In giscoR: Download 'Eurostat' 'GISCO' Spatial Data

Countries 2024 sf object

Description

This object contains world administrative boundaries at the country level.

Format

An sf object with MULTIPOLYGON geometries, resolution: 1:20 million and EPSG:4326. It has 263 rows and 12 variables:

CNTR_ID

Country ID from Eurostat.

CNTR_NAME

Official country name in the local language.

NAME_ENGL

Country name in English.

NAME_FREN

Country name in French.

ISO3_CODE

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of each country from GISCO.

SVRG_UN

Sovereign status according to the United Nations.

CAPT

Capital city.

EU_STAT

European Union member.

EFTA_STAT

EFTA member.

CC_STAT

EU candidate member.

NAME_GERM

Country name in German.

geometry

Geometry field.

Copyright

See the GISCO administrative unit copyright provisions: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/administrative-units.

Note

Check the download and usage provisions in gisco_attributions().

Source

CNTR_RG_20M_2024_4326.gpkg file.

See Also

gisco_get_countries()

Included datasets: gisco_coastal_lines, gisco_countrycode, gisco_db, gisco_nuts_2024

Examples

data("gisco_countries_2024")
head(gisco_countries_2024)

giscoR documentation built on Oct. 1, 2026, 5:13 p.m.