gisco_nuts_2024: NUTS 2024 'sf' object

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NUTS 2024 sf object

Description

This dataset represents the regions for levels 0, 1, 2 and 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) for 2024.

Format

An sf object with MULTIPOLYGON geometries, resolution: 1:20 million and EPSG:4326. It has 1798 rows and 19 variables:

NUTS_ID

NUTS identifier.

LEVL_CODE

NUTS level code ⁠(0,1,2,3)⁠.

CNTR_CODE

Eurostat country code.

NAME_LATN

NUTS name in Latin characters.

NUTS_NAME

NUTS name in the local alphabet.

MOUNT_TYPE

Mountain type, see Details.

URBN_TYPE

Urban type, see Details.

COAST_TYPE

Coastal type, see Details.

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.

geo

Same value as NUTS_ID, provided for compatibility with eurostat.

geometry

Geometry field.

Details

MOUNT_TYPE: Mountain typology:

• 1: More than 50% of the surface is covered by topographic mountain areas.

• 2: More than 50% of the regional population lives in topographic mountain areas.

• 3: More than 50% of the surface is covered by topographic mountain areas and more than 50% of the regional population lives in these mountain areas.

• 4: Non-mountain region / other regions.

• 0: No classification provided.

URBN_TYPE: Urban-rural typology:

• 1: Predominantly urban region.

• 2: Intermediate region.

• 3: Predominantly rural region.

• 0: No classification provided.

COAST_TYPE: Coastal typology:

• 1: Coastal (on coast).

• 2: Coastal (less than 50% of the population lives within 50 km of the coastline).

• 3: Non-coastal region.

• 0: No classification provided.

Copyright

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

Note

Check the download and usage provisions in gisco_attributions().

Source

NUTS_RG_20M_2024_4326.gpkg file.

See Also

gisco_get_nuts()

Included datasets: gisco_coastal_lines, gisco_countries_2024, gisco_countrycode, gisco_db

Examples

data("gisco_nuts_2024")
head(gisco_nuts_2024)

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