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What is the World Bank regions?
The World Bank divides the world into seven geographic regions for the purposes of development finance, research, and reporting. These regions are used in BigDataCloud APIs as the wbRegion field.
| ID | ISO2 code | Region name |
|---|---|---|
| EAS | Z4 | East Asia and Pacific |
| ECS | Z7 | Europe and Central Asia |
| LCN | ZJ | Latin America and Caribbean |
| MEA | ZQ | Middle East and North Africa |
| NAC | XU | North America |
| SAS | 8S | South Asia |
| SSF | ZG | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| NA | NA | Aggregates |
The region classification is useful for grouping countries by broad geography in analytics, content targeting, and compliance workflows where continent or macro-region is sufficient granularity.