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Geographic Area Definitions

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World

World

Europe

European Union

Euro Area

Europe, excluding European Union

Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere

South and Central America

Other Western Hemisphere

Asia and Pacific      

Middle East

Africa

International organizations and unallocated

Members of OPEC

       

Additional areas in tables 5, 8a, 9a, 10a, and 11a:          

Latin America and Caribbean

Caribbean financial centers

Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers

Asia

                 

Additional areas in historical tables 2b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, and table 12:

Other countries in Asia and Africa

Other countries in Asia and Africa – Asia

Other countries in Asia and Africa – Africa

Industrial countries

Western Europe

Latin America

Caribbean banking centers

International financial institutions

Eastern Europe

European Union (6)

European Union (9)

European Union (10)


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World

Afghanistan

African Development Bank

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Asian Development Bank

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Caribbean Development Bank

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Colombia      

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cote d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Curacao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East African Development Bank

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

European Atomic Energy Community

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Central Bank

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Falkland Islands

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Gabon

Gambia

Gaza Strip

Georgia

Germany 1

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guernsey

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Inter-American Development Bank

International Development Association

International Finance Corporation

International Monetary Fund

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Islamic Development Bank

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Jan Mayen

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, Republic of

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Organization of American States

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Reunion

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Sint Maarten

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

St. Helena

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

Svalbard

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tokelau

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United Nations

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna

West Bank

Western Sahara

Yemen 2

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

Other international organizations

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Czechoslovakia 3

German Democratic Republic 4

Netherlands Antilles 5

Serbia and Montenegro 6

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 7

Yemen (Aden) 8

Yugoslavia 9

 


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Europe 10

European Union

Euro Area

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany 1

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Guernsey

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Jan Mayen

Jersey

Kazakhstan 10

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan 10

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Svalbard

Sweden

Switzerland

Tajikistan 10

Turkey

Turkmenistan 10

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Uzbekistan 10

Vatican City

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Central Bank

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Czechoslovakia 3

German Democratic Republic 4

Serbia and Montenegro 6

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 7

Yugoslavia 9

Austria 11

Belgium

Bulgaria 12

Cyprus 13

Czech Republic 13

Denmark

Estonia 13

Finland 11

France

Germany 1

Greece

Hungary 13

Ireland

Italy

Latvia 13

Lithuania 13

Luxembourg

Malta 13

Netherlands

Poland 13

Portugal

Romania 12

Slovakia 13

Slovenia 13

Spain

Sweden 11

United Kingdom

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Central Bank

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

Austria

Belgium

Cyprus 14

Estonia 15

Finland

France

Germany

Greece 16

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Malta 14

Netherlands

Portugal

Slovakia 17

Slovenia 12

Spain

 

European Central Bank

 


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Europe, excluding European Union

Latin America and

Other Western Hemisphere

South and Central America

 

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Faroe Islands

Georgia

Gibraltar

Greenland

Guernsey

Iceland

Isle of Man

Jan Mayen

Jersey

Kazakhstan 10

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan 10

Liechtenstein

Macedonia

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Norway

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Svalbard

Switzerland

Tajikistan 10

Turkey

Turkmenistan 10

Ukraine

Uzbekistan 10

Vatican City

 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Austria 18

Bulgaria 19

Cyprus 20

Czech Republic 20

Czechoslovakia 3

Estonia 20

Finland 18

German Democratic Republic 4

Hungary 20

Latvia 20

Lithuania 20

Malta 20

Poland 20

Romania 19

Serbia and Montenegro 6

Slovakia 20

Slovenia 20

Sweden 18

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 7

Yugoslavia 9

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curacao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Montserrat

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Sint Maarten

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

Caribbean Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Organization of American States

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Netherlands Antilles 5

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

Regional organizations

 


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Other Western Hemisphere

Asia and Pacific

Middle East

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Cuba

Curacao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique

Montserrat

Sint Maarten

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

 

Caribbean Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Organization of American States

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Netherlands Antilles 5

Afghanistan

Australia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Burma

Cambodia

China

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Cook Islands

Fiji

French Polynesia

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kiribati

Korea, Republic of

Laos

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Mongolia

Nauru

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Korea

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Tokelau

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna

 

Asian Development Bank

Other regional organizations

Bahrain

Gaza Strip

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

West Bank

Yemen

 

Islamic Development Bank

Other regional organizations

 


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Africa

International organizations and unallocated

Members of OPEC

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

British Indian Ocean Territory

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Reunion

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

St. Helena

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

African Development Bank

East African Development Bank

Other regional organizations

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Development Association

International Finance Corporation

International Monetary Fund

United Nations

Other international organizations

Algeria

Angola 12

Ecuador 21

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Nigeria

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Venezuela

 

Included for relevant years:

Gabon 18

Indonesia 22

 

 


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Additional areas in tables 5, 8a, 9a, 10a, and 11a:

Latin America and Caribbean

(same as L.A. & O.W.H. above)

Caribbean financial centers

Latin America, excluding

Caribbean financial centers

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curacao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Montserrat

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Sint Maarten

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

Caribbean Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Organization of American States

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Netherlands Antilles 5

Bahamas

Bermuda

Cayman Islands

Curacao

Sint Maarten

 

Included for relevant years:

Netherlands Antilles 5

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Aruba

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Montserrat

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

Caribbean Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Organization of American States

Other regional organizations

 


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Additional areas in tables 5, 8a, 9a, 10a, and 11a:

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Burma

Cambodia

China

Gaza Strip

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Taiwan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

West Bank

Yemen

 

Asian Development Bank

Other regional organizations

 


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Additional areas in historical tables 2b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, and table 12:

Other countries in Asia and Africa

Other countries in Asia and Africa - Asia

Other countries in Asia and Africa - Africa

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Benin

Bhutan

Botswana

British Indian Ocean Territory

Brunei

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

China

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

French Polynesia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Gabon

Gambia

Gaza Strip

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Macau

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Micronesia, Federated States of

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand 23

Niger

Nigeria

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Korea

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

Qatar

Reunion

Rwanda

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa 23

Sri Lanka

St. Helena

Sudan

Swaziland

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tokelau

Tonga

Tunisia

Tuvalu

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna

West Bank

Western Sahara

Yemen 2

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

Asian Development Bank

African Development Bank

East African Development Bank

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Yemen (Aden) 8

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Burma

Cambodia

China

Gaza Strip

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Nepal

New Zealand 23

North Korea

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Taiwan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

West Bank

Yemen 2

 

Asian Development Bank

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Yemen (Aden) 8

 

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

British Indian Ocean Territory

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Reunion

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa 23

St. Helena

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tonga

Tunisia

Uganda

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

African Development Bank

East African Development Bank

Other regional organizations

 


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Additional areas in historical tables 2b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, and table 12:

Industrial countries

Western Europe

Latin America

(same as South and Central America)

Western Europe

Canada

Japan

Australia

New Zealand

South Africa

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Cyprus

Denmark

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Germany 1

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Guernsey

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Jan Mayen

Jersey

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

San Marino

Serbia and Montenegro

Slovenia

Spain

Svalbard

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

Vatican City

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Central Bank

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

 

Included for relevant years:

Yugoslavia 9

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

Regional organizations

 


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Additional areas in historical tables 2b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, and table 12:

Caribbean banking centers

International financial institutions

Eastern Europe

Bahamas

Cayman Islands

Netherlands Antilles

Panama

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Development Association

International Finance Corporation

International Monetary Fund

Inter-American Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

Other international financial institutions

Albania

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Estonia

Georgia

Hungary

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 

Included for relevant years:

Czechoslovakia 3

German Democratic Republic 4

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 7

 


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Additional areas in historical tables 2b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, and table 12:

European Union (6)

European Union (9)

European Union (10)

Belgium

France

Germany

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

United Kingdom

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

United Kingdom

 

European Atomic Energy Community

European Coal and Steel Community

European Investment Bank

Other regional organizations

 


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1   Includes former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) beginning with 1990:IV

2   Includes former Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen beginning with 1990:II

3   Ending with 1992:IV

4   Ending with 1990:III

5   Ending with 2010:IV

6   Ending with 2006:II

7   Ending with 1991:IV

8   Ending with 1990:I

9   Ending with 1992:II

10  Europe is the combination of the historical areas Western Europe and Eastern Europe.  Eastern Europe includes some countries that are geographically located in Asia.

11  Beginning with 1995:I

12  Beginning with 2007:I

13  Beginning with 2004:II

14  Beginning with 2008:I

15  Beginning with 2011:I

16  Beginning with 2001:I

17  Beginning with 2009:I

18  Ending with 1994:IV

19  Ending with 2006:IV

20  Ending with 2004:I

21  Excluded from 1993:I-2007:III

22  Ending with 2008:IV

23  Beginning with 1986:I


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