United Nations geoscheme for Asia

This article is about the geoscheme devised by the United Nations Statistical Division. For other systems of categorizing regions, see Geography of Asia § Regions.
UN geoscheme subregions of Asia

The United Nations geoscheme for Asia is an internal tool created and used by the United Nations, maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics.[1] The scheme's subregions are presented here in alphabetical order. Its subregions may not coincide with other geographic categorization schemes.

  1. ^ United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience".