United Nations geoscheme for Africa



The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes.

Of the list below, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the French Southern Territories, Mayotte, Réunion, and Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) are dependencies or overseas territories of European countries; Western Sahara is a disputed territory.

Northern Africa

 * 🇩🇿 Algeria
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt
 * 🇱🇾 Libya
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia
 * 🇪🇭 Western Sahara

Eastern Africa

 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
 * French Southern and Antarctic Lands
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique
 * 🇷🇪 Réunion
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia
 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan
 * 🇺🇬 Uganda
 * United Republic of Tanzania
 * 🇿🇲 Zambia
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Middle Africa

 * 🇦🇴 Angola
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
 * 🇹🇩 Chad
 * 🇨🇩 Congo
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
 * 🇬🇦 Gabon
 * São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa

 * 🇧🇼 Botswana
 * Eswatini
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa

Western Africa

 * 🇧🇯 Benin
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
 * Cabo Verde
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
 * 🇬🇲 Gambia
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia
 * 🇲🇱 Mali
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania
 * 🇳🇪 Niger
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria
 * 🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
 * Saint Helena
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
 * 🇹🇬 Togo