United Nations Geoscheme - List of Regions and Subregions

List of Regions and Subregions

  • Afro-Eurasia
    • Africa – see also: UN geoscheme for Africa
      • Eastern Africa
      • Middle Africa
      • Northern Africa
      • Southern Africa
      • Western Africa
    • Eurasia
      • Asia – see also: UN geoscheme for Asia
        • Central Asia
        • Eastern Asia
        • Southern Asia
        • South-Eastern Asia
        • Western Asia
      • Europe – see also: UN geoscheme for Europe
        • Eastern Europe - UN includes North Asia (Siberia) in this subregion
        • Northern Europe
        • Southern Europe
        • Western Europe
  • Americas – see also: UN geoscheme for the Americas
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
      • Caribbean *
      • Central America *
      • South America
    • Northern America *
* These three subregions together form the continent of North America.
  • Antarctica
    • Antarctica
  • Oceania – see also: UN geoscheme for Oceania
    • Australia and New Zealand
    • Melanesia
    • Micronesia
    • Polynesia

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