The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics ( NUTS for French Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques ) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes .
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics , ( NUTS ) for the French nomenclature d'unités territoriales statistiques , is a geocode standard that shows the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes .