World countries POLYGON sf object 2024

A sf object including all countries as provided by GISCO (2024 version).

Format

A MULTIPOLYGON data frame (resolution: 1:20million, EPSG:4326) object with 260 rows and variables:

CNTR_ID

Country ID as per Eurostat.

CNTR_NAME

Official country name on 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, as provided by GISCO.

SVRG_UN

Sovereign status as per United Nations.

CAPT

Capitol city.

EU_STAT

European Union member.

EFTA_STAT

EFTA member.

CC_STAT

EU candidate member.

NAME_GERM

Country name in German.

geometry

geometry field.

Source

CNTR_RG_20M_2024_4326.gpkg file.

See also

gisco_get_countries()

Other dataset: gisco_coastallines, gisco_countries, gisco_countrycode, gisco_db, gisco_nuts

Examples

data("gisco_countries_2024")
head(gisco_countries_2024)
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 11 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -180 ymin: -89 xmax: 179.7788 ymax: 42.6412
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#> # A tibble: 6 × 12
#>   CNTR_ID CNTR_NAME          NAME_ENGL NAME_FREN ISO3_CODE SVRG_UN CAPT  EU_STAT
#>   <chr>   <chr>              <chr>     <chr>     <chr>     <chr>   <chr> <chr>  
#> 1 AQ      Antarctica         Antarcti… Antarcti… ATA       Sovere… NA    F      
#> 2 AR      Argentina          Argentina Argentine ARG       UN Mem… Buen… F      
#> 3 AS      American Samoa-Sā… American… Samoa am… ASM       US Non… Pago… F      
#> 4 AD      Andorra            Andorra   Andorre   AND       UN Mem… Ando… F      
#> 5 AE      الإمارات العربية … United A… Émirats … ARE       UN Mem… Abu … F      
#> 6 AF      افغانستان-افغانست… Afghanis… Afghanis… AFG       UN Mem… Kabul F      
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: EFTA_STAT <chr>, CC_STAT <chr>, NAME_GERM <chr>,
#> #   geometry <MULTIPOLYGON [°]>