rworldmap (version 1.01)

countryRegions: Regional Classification Table

Description

A number of regional classifications exist, e.g. SRES, Stern, etc. This table can be used to find which grouping a country belongs to, given its country code. A variety of different codes or groupings can be used.

Usage

data(countryRegions)

Details

Joined onto vector country maps. Used by country2Region and mapByRegion.

Examples

data(countryRegions,envir=environment(),package="rworldmap")
str(countryRegions)

#joining example data onto the regional classifications
data(countryExData,envir=environment(),package="rworldmap")
dF <- merge(countryExData,countryRegions,by.x='ISO3V10',by.y='ISO3')
#plotting ENVHEALTH for Least Developed Countries (LDC) against others
#plot( dF$ENVHEALTH ~ dF$LDC)
#points( y=dF$ENVHEALTH, x=dF$LDC)