Asubregion is a part of a larger geographicalregion orcontinent.Cardinal directions are commonly used to define subregions. There are many criteria for creating systems of subregions; this article is focusing on the United Nations geoscheme, which is a changing, constantly updated, UN tool based on specificpolitical geography anddemography considerations relevant in UN statistics.
TheStatistics Division of theUnited Nations (UN) is in charge of the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistical information for the UN.[1] In 1999, it developed a system of macro-geographical (continental) regions, subregions, and other selected economic groups to report advances towards achieving numerousMillennium Development Goals worldwide. Thesestatistical divisions were devised for statistical purposes and is used for carrying out statistical analysis.[2] The division's first publication was the bookWorld's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics in 2000.
According to the UN, the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories.[3]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of subregions, arranged alphabetically by region (i.e., by continent); in the UN geoscheme, higher-level, macro-geographical regions are arranged to the extent possible according to continents.
Sequence used in the list (not all criteria are applied to each continent):
Afro-Eurasia is a continentallandmass comprising thecontinents ofAfrica,Asia, andEurope.
Eurasia is a continentalmainland comprising thecontinents ofAsia andEurope.
TheAmericas is a continentallandmass comprising thecontinents ofNorth America andSouth America.
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