R/rd-eurostate_codes.R

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#' @importFrom tibble tibble
NULL

#' Eurostat Country Codes
#'
#' A data set taken from Eurostat's glossary on codes and country classifications.
#'
#' @format A data frame on the following 3 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{country}}{an English country/territorial unit name}
#' \item{\code{iso2c}}{a two-character code for the country/territorial unit}
#' \item{\code{cat}}{a category indicator for the country/territorial unit. See Details section for more.}
#' }
#'
#' @details
#'
#' The ISO two-character code for Kosovo is not "XK". XK is a "user assigned"
#' ISO 3166 code that is not used by the International Organization for
#' Standardization, but is nevertheless in wide use by entities like the European
#' Commission. To the best of my knowledge, Kosovo's official ISO classification
#' is still what it was when it was a subdivision of Serbia/Yugoslavia.
#'
#' A glossary on Eurostat provides the following category entries included in
#' this data frame. "EU" is an European Union member. "EFTA" are countries
#' outside the European Union, but still included in the free trade agreement.
#' "UK" is the United Kingdom, because they left. "EUCC" is a category for
#' European Union candidate countries. "PC" are potential candidates. European
#' Union expansion led to the delineation of neighboring states to "South" and
#' "East" as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). "OEC" stands for
#' "Other European Countries", but is effectively a simple indicator for Russia.
#'
"eurostat_codes"