CDP Technical Note: Countries, Areas and Regions
CDP Corporate QuestionnaireContents
Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 2Version .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5Countries/areas (questions 1.7, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.3.2, 3.6.1, 4.7.2, 7.16, 7.30.14, 7.30.16, 7.30.17, 7.30.18,
7.30.19, 7.30.22, 7.33.16, 8.3, 8.4.1, 8.5, 8.6.1, 8.9.4, 8.15.2, 8.16.1, 8.17.1, 9.3.1, 11.5.1, 11.15.1) ............ 5
Regions (groupings of countries/areas in question 4.11.1) ......................................................................... 8Africa.................................................................................................................................................. 8Africa and Latin America ...................................................................................................................... 9
Africa and Middle East ......................................................................................................................... 9Africa/Eurasia ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Americas ............................................................................................................................................ 9Asia, Australasia, Middle East and Africa .............................................................................................. 9Asia Middle East (AME) ....................................................................................................................... 9Asia Pacific (or JAPA) ......................................................................................................................... 9
Australasia........................................................................................................................................ 10
Baltic States...................................................................................................................................... 10
Benelux ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Caribbean ......................................................................................................................................... 10
CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) ..................................................................................................... 10
Central America ................................................................................................................................ 11
Central Europe.................................................................................................................................. 11
CIS & Baltic States ............................................................................................................................ 11
CIS and Asia..................................................................................................................................... 11CIS+................................................................................................................................................. 11
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) ....................................................................................... 11
Eastern Europe ................................................................................................................................. 11
Eastern Europe & CIS ....................................................................................................................... 11
Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) .............................................................................. 12
EU12 ................................................................................................................................................ 12EU15 ................................................................................................................................................ 12EU25 ................................................................................................................................................ 12
EU27 ................................................................................................................................................ 13
EU28 ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Eurasia ............................................................................................................................................. 13Europe ............................................................................................................................................. 13
Europe and Africa ............................................................................................................................. 14
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).............................................................................................. 14
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russian Federation (EMEAR) ....................................................... 14
Gulf of Mexico (GOM) ........................................................................................................................ 14
Latin America (LATAM) ..................................................................................................................... 14
Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) ................................................................................................... 14Page 2 of 17@cdp | www.cdp.net

Latin or South America (LSA) ............................................................................................................. 15
Middle and Near East ........................................................................................................................ 15
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ................................................................................................. 15
Nordic countries ................................................................................................................................ 15
North Africa ...................................................................................................................................... 15
North America ................................................................................................................................... 16
Oceania ............................................................................................................................................ 16South America .................................................................................................................................. 17
Southern Europe ............................................................................................................................... 17
Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa (SEMEA) ............................................................................. 17
US, Latin America and Caribbean (USLAC) ........................................................................................ 17
Western Europe ................................................................................................................................ 17

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First published version.
List of countries/areas added, and applicable question numbers
updated.
Updated to align with the 2015 CDP climate change questionnaire.
Updated to align with the 2016 CDP climate change questionnaire.
Updated to align with the 2017 CDP climate change questionnaire.
Significant updates to align with the 2018 CDP climate changequestionnaire.
Updated to align with the 2019 CDP climate change questionnaire.
Countries/areas updated to align with ISO 3166 and question numbers
updated to align with the 2020 CDP climate change questionnaire.
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Introduction
This technical note lists the countries and areas available in the drop-down lists in questions 1.7, 3.1.1, 3.2,3.3.2, 3.6.1, 4.7.2, 7.16, 7.30.14, 7.30.16, 7.33.16, 8.3, 8.4.1, 8.5, 8.6.1, 8.9.4, 8.15.2, 8.16.1, 8.17.1, 9.3.1,11.5.1, 11.15.1, RE100-only questions 7.30.17, 7.30.18, 7.30.19, 7.30.22 as well as additionalcountry/area/region groupings available in question 4.11.1 of the questionnaire. Details are provided undereach region, either explaining which countries/areas comprise it, or explaining which of the other selectableregions comprise it .
Note: in this technical note the delimitation of geographical regions does not follow any particular system andthe designation of geographical entities does not imply the expression of any opinion by CDP concerning thelegal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers
or boundaries.

Countries/areas (questions 1.7, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.3.2, 3.6.1,4.7.2, 7.16, 7.30.14, 7.30.16, 7.30.17, 7.30.18, 7.30.19,
7.30.22, 7.33.16, 8.3, 8.4.1, 8.5, 8.6.1, 8.9.4, 8.15.2, 8.16.1,8.17.1, 9.3.1, 11.5.1, 11.15.1)
Afghanistan

Belgium

CanadaÅland Islands

BelizeCayman Islands

Albania

Benin

Central African Republic

Algeria

BermudaChadAmerican Samoa

BhutanChile

AndorraBolivia (Plurinational State of)China

AngolaBonaire, Sint Eustatius andSaba

China, Macao Special
Administrative Region

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Christmas Island

Botswana

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Bouvet Island

Colombia

BrazilComoros

British Indian Ocean Territory

Congo

British Virgin Islands

Cook Islands

Brunei Darussalam

Costa Rica

Bulgaria

Côte d'Ivoire

Burkina Faso

Croatia

Burundi

Cuba

Cabo VerdeCuraçao

Cambodia

CyprusCameroon

Czechia

Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
BahamasBahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
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Democratic People's Republicof Korea

GuineaLuxembourg

Guinea-Bissau

Madagascar

Democratic Republic of theCongo

GuyanaMalawi

Denmark

HaitiMalaysia

Djibouti

Heard Island and McDonald
Islands

Maldives

Dominica
Dominican Republic
EcuadorEgypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia

Holy See
Hong Kong SAR, China
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
MayotteMexicoIraq

Micronesia (Federated Statesof)

IrelandMonacoIsle of Man

Mongolia

IsraelMontenegro

Italy

Montserrat

Jamaica

MoroccoJapan

MozambiqueJerseyMyanmarJordanNamibia

Kazakhstan

Nauru

Kenya

Nepal

Kiribati

Netherlands

KuwaitNew Caledonia

KyrgyzstanNew Zealand

Lao People's Democratic
Republic

Nicaragua

Gibraltar
GreeceLatviaGreenland

LebanonGrenadaLesotho

Guadeloupe

Liberia

Guam

Libya

GuatemalaLiechtenstein

Guernsey

Lithuania

Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
FinlandFranceFrench Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
GambiaGeorgia
Germany
Ghana

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Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands
NorwayOman@cdp | www.cdp.net

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Togo

Palau

SenegalTokelauPanamaSerbia

Tonga

Papua New Guinea

SeychellesTrinidad and Tobago

Paraguay

Sierra Leone

Tunisia

Peru

Singapore

TurkeyPhilippines

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Turkmenistan

Pitcairn

Slovakia

Turks and Caicos Islands

PolandSlovenia

TuvaluPortugalSolomon Islands

UgandaPuerto Rico

Somalia

Ukraine

Qatar

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Republic of Korea

South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern IrelandSouth Sudan

United Republic of Tanzania

Spain

United States Minor Outlying
Islands

Republic of Moldova
RéunionRomania
Russian Federation
RwandaSaint BarthélemySaint Helena

Sri Lanka
State of Palestine
Sudan
Suriname

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Islands

Saint Lucia

SwedenSaint Martin (French part)

Switzerland

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Syrian Arab RepublicSaint Vincent and theGrenadines

Taiwan, China

Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe

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Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste

United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (BolivarianRepublic of)Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Western Sahara
Yemen
ZambiaZimbabwe@cdp | www.cdp.net

Regions (groupings of countries/areas in question
4.11.1)AfricaAlgeria

Ethiopia

Nigeria

AngolaFrench Southern Territories

Réunion

Benin

Gabon

RwandaBotswana

GambiaSaint Helena

British Indian Ocean Territory

Ghana

Sao Tome and Principe

Burkina Faso

GuineaSenegalBurundiGuinea-Bissau

Seychelles

Cameroon

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Cabo Verde

LesothoSomalia

Central African Republic

LiberiaSouth Africa

Chad

Libya

South Sudan

Comoros

Madagascar

Sudan

Congo

Malawi

United Republic of Tanzania

Côte d'Ivoire

Mali

Togo

Democratic Republic of theCongo

Mauritania

Tunisia

Mauritius

UgandaMayotteWestern Sahara

MoroccoZambia

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini

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Namibia
Niger@cdp | www.cdp.net

Africa and Latin America
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Africa and Latin America regions

Africa and Middle EastThis region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Africa and Middle East regions

Africa/Eurasia
This region is comprised of the constituent countries/areas of the Africa, Europe and Asia (Eurasia) regions

AmericasThis region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Caribbean, Central America, SouthAmerica and North America regions

Asia, Australasia, Middle East and AfricaThis region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Asia, Australasia, Middle East and Africa
regions

Asia Middle East (AME)This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Asia and Middle East regions

Asia Pacific (or JAPA)
Afghanistan

French Polynesia

New Zealand

American Samoa

Guam

Niue

Australia

Hong Kong SAR, China India

Pakistan

BangladeshIndonesia

Palau

BhutanJapan

Papua New Guinea

Brunei Darussalam

Kiribati

Philippines

Cambodia

Malaysia

Pitcairn

China

Maldives

Russian Federation

Cook Islands

Mongolia

Samoa

Democratic People's Republicof Korea

MyanmarSingapore

Marshall Islands

Solomon Islands

Micronesia (Federated Statesof)

Nauru

Sri Lanka

Fiji

Nepal

Republic of Korea

New Caledonia

Thailand

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Taiwan, China

TuvaluViet Nam

Timor-Leste

United States Minor Outlying
Islands

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Tokelau
Tonga

VanuatuAsia, Pacific and Africa
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Asia Pacific and Africa regions

Asia, AustralasiaThis region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Asia and Australasia regions

Australasia
Australia

Papua New Guinea

New Zealand

Heard Island and McDonald
Islands

Baltic States
Estonia

LatviaLithuania

Netherlands

Luxembourg

AnguillaCuraçaoSaint Barthélemy

Antigua and Barbuda

Dominica

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Aruba

Dominican RepublicSaint Lucia

BahamasGrenadaSaint Martin (French part)

Barbados

Guadeloupe

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and
SabaHaiti

Saint Vincent and theGrenadines

Benelux
Belgium

Caribbean

British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba

Jamaica
MartiniqueMontserrat
Puerto RicoSint Maarten (Dutch part)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin Islands

CEE (Central and Eastern Europe)
Austria

Hungary

Russian Federation

Belarus

Liechtenstein

Slovakia

Bulgaria

PolandSlovenia

Czechia

Republic of Moldova

Switzerland

Germany

Romania

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Central America
BelizeGuatemalaNicaragua

Costa Rica

Honduras

PanamaEl Salvador

MexicoCentral Europe
Austria

Hungary

Slovakia

Czechia

LiechtensteinSlovenia

Germany

PolandSwitzerland

CIS & Baltic States
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS) and Baltic States regions

CIS and Asia
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS) and Asia regions

CIS+This region is composed of the 9 members states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS – seebelow) plus the two unofficial CIS member states of Turkmenistan and Ukraine

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Armenia

Kazakhstan

Russian Federation

Azerbaijan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Belarus

Republic of Moldova

Uzbekistan

Belarus

PolandSlovakia

Bulgaria

Republic of Moldova

UkraineCzechia

Romania

Hungary

Russian Federation

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe & CIS
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This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas of the Eastern Europe and Commonwealth ofIndependent States (CIS) regions

Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA)This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising Eastern Europe, Middle East andAfrica
regions

EU12
GreeceNetherlands

Ireland

Portugal

Italy

Spain

Luxembourg

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

Austria

GreeceSpain

Belgium

IrelandSwedenDenmark

Italy

Finland

Luxembourg

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

FranceNetherlands

Germany

Portugal

Belgium
Denmark
FranceGermany

EU15EU25Austria

GreecePoland Portugal

Belgium

Hungary

Slovakia

CyprusIreland

Slovenia

Czechia

Italy

Spain

Denmark

LatviaSwedenEstonia

Lithuania

Finland

Luxembourg

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

FranceMalta

Germany

Netherlands

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EU27
Austria

FranceMalta

Belgium

Germany

Netherlands

Bulgaria

GreecePolandCroatia

Hungary

Portugal

CyprusIrelandRomania

Czechia

Italy

Slovakia

Denmark

LatviaSlovenia

Estonia

Lithuania

Spain

Finland

Luxembourg

SwedenAustria

Germany

PolandBelgium

GreecePortugal

Bulgaria

Hungary

Romania

Croatia

Ireland

Slovakia

CyprusItaly

Slovenia

Czechia

LatviaSpainDenmark

Lithuania

SwedenEstonia

Luxembourg

Finland

Malta

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

FranceNetherlands

EU28

EurasiaThis region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Europe and Asia regions

EuropeÅland Islands

Denmark

GreeceAlbania

Estonia

Guernsey

AndorraFaroe Islands

Holy See

Austria

Romania

Hungary

Belarus

Russian Federation

Iceland

Belgium

San Marino

Ireland

Bosnia & Herzegovina

SerbiaIsle of Man

Bulgaria

Finland France

Italy

Croatia

Germany

JerseyCzechia

Gibraltar

Slovakia

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Slovenia

Lithuania

NorwaySpain

Luxembourg

PolandSvalbard and Jan Mayen
Islands

North Macedonia

Portugal

Malta

Republic of Moldova

MonacoTurkeyMontenegro

UkraineNetherlands

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

SwedenSwitzerland
LatviaLiechtenstein

Europe and Africa
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Europe and Africa regions

Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Europe, the Middle East andAfrica regions

Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russian Federation (EMEAR)
This region is composed of Russian Federation and the constituent countries/areas comprising the Europe,Middle East and Africa regions

Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
This region is composed of countries/areas bordering the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
Cuba
MexicoUnited States of America

Latin America (LATAM)
Argentina

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)EcuadorPanamaBrazilEl Salvador

Paraguay

Chile

GuatemalaPeru

Colombia

Haiti

Uruguay

Costa Rica

Honduras

Cuba

MexicoVenezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)

Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Latin America and Caribbean
regions

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Latin or South America (LSA)
This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Latin America and South America
regions

Middle and Near East
Algeria

JordanQatar

Bahrain

KuwaitSaudi Arabia

CyprusLebanonSyrian Arab Republic

Egypt

Libya

Tunisia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

MoroccoTurkeyIraq

Oman

United Arab Emirates

IsraelState of Palestine

Yemen

BahrainJordanSaudi Arabia

CyprusKuwaitSyrian Arab Republic

Egypt

LebanonTurkeyIran (Islamic Republic of)

Oman

United Arab Emirates

Iraq

State of Palestine

Yemen

IsraelQatar

Middle East

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Middle East and North Africa
regions

Nordic countriesÅland Islands

Greenland

Denmark

IcelandFaroe Islands

NorwaySvalbard and Jan Mayen
Islands
SwedenFinland

North Africa
Algeria

Libya

Sudan

Egypt

MoroccoTunisia

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Western Sahara

North America
Anguilla

Dominica

PanamaAntigua and Barbuda

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

Aruba

El Salvador

Saint Kitts and Nevis

BahamasGreenlandSaint Lucia

Barbados

GrenadaSaint Martin (French part)

BelizeGuadeloupeSaint Pierre and Miquelon

BermudaGuatemalaSaint Vincent and theGrenadines

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius andSaba

Haiti
Saint Barthélemy
Honduras

British Virgin Islands

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Jamaica

CanadaTrinidad and Tobago
Martinique

Cayman Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands
MexicoCosta Rica

United States of AmericaMontserrat

Cuba

United States Virgin Islands
Nicaragua

Curaçao

Oceania
Australia

Kiribati

Pitcairn

New Zealand

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Norfolk Island

Micronesia (Federated Statesof)

TokelauFiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
VanuatuHeard Island and McDonald
Islands
Guam

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Nauru

Tonga
TuvaluNorthern Mariana Islands
Palau

United States Minor Outlying
Islands

American Samoa

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Cook Islands
Polynesia

FrenchNiue@cdp | www.cdp.net

South America
Argentina

Ecuador

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands
Suriname

Bouvet Island

French Guiana

BrazilGuyanaChile

Paraguay

Colombia

Peru

Uruguay
Venezuela (BolivarianRepublic of)Southern Europe
Albania

Holy See

SerbiaAndorraItaly

SloveniaBosnia & Herzegovina

Malta

Spain

Croatia

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Gibraltar

Portugal

GreeceSan Marino

Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa (SEMEA)This region is composed of the constituent countries/areas comprising the Southern Europe, Middle Eastand Africa regions

US, Latin America and Caribbean (USLAC)
This region is composed of the United States of America and the constituent countries/areas comprising theLatin America and Caribbean regions

Western Europe
Austria

Germany

MonacoBelgium

Liechtenstein

Netherlands

FranceLuxembourg

Switzerland

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