FAO Terminology - names of countries - In order to standardize and harmonize the vast quantity of terms used in FAO documents and publications, the Organization developed the terminology database FAOTERM. The Corporate NAMES OF COUNTRIES database also aims at facilitating the consultation and harmonization of country names throughout the Organization. Downloading options are available to enable the creation of customized country lists and databases.

Africa | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa | Economic Community of Central African States | middle Africa | Southern African Development Community

Group members of Africa

Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | United Republic of Tanzania | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Group members of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Burundi | Comoros | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Djibouti | Egypt | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mauritius | Namibia | Rwanda | Seychelles | Sudan | Swaziland | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Group members of Economic Community of Central African States

Angola | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe

Group members of middle Africa

Angola | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Sao Tome and Principe

Group members of Southern African Development Community

Angola | Botswana | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Lesotho | Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | Seychelles | South Africa | Swaziland | United Republic of Tanzania | Zambia | Zimbabwe