United Nations geoscheme for Africa

UNSD regions of Africa:

  Northern Africa

  Eastern Africa

  Middle Africa

  Southern Africa

  Western Africa

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

Of the list below, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Mayotte, and Réunion are dependent states; Western Sahara is disputed.

Northern Africa

Main article: North Africa

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Libya
• Morocco
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• Western Sahara

Sub-Saharan Africa

Main article: Sub-Saharan Africa

Eastern Africa

Main article: East Africa

• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Burundi
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• French Southern Territories
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mozambique
• Réunion
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Uganda
• United Republic of Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Middle Africa

Main article: Central Africa

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Sao Tome and Principe

Southern Africa

Main article: Southern Africa

• Botswana
• Eswatini
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• South Africa

Western Africa

Main article: West Africa

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cabo Verde
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Saint Helena
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

See also

• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa
• List of regions of Africa
• Regions of the African Union
• United Nations geoscheme

External links

• United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications