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GET
/
countries
/
{id}
Get a single country
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.openalex.org/countries/{id}?api_key='
{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/countries/US",
  "display_name": "<string>",
  "country_code": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "display_name_alternatives": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "continent": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "display_name": "<string>"
  },
  "is_global_south": true,
  "ids": {
    "openalex": "<string>",
    "iso": "<string>",
    "wikidata": "<string>",
    "wikipedia": "<string>"
  },
  "works_count": 123,
  "cited_by_count": 123,
  "works_api_url": "<string>",
  "authors_api_url": "<string>",
  "institutions_api_url": "<string>",
  "created_date": "2023-12-25",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

​
api_key
string
query
required

Your OpenAlex API key. Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., US, GB, CN)

Query Parameters

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select
string

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

​
api_key
string
required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

Geographic country

​
id
string

The OpenAlex ID for this country.

Example:

"https://openalex.org/countries/US"

​
display_name
string

The full name of the country.

​
country_code
string

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

​
description
string

A brief description of the country.

​
display_name_alternatives
string[]

Alternate names for this country.

​
continent
object
​
is_global_south
boolean

Whether this country is part of the Global South.

​
ids
object

External identifiers:

​
works_count
integer

The number of works with authors affiliated with institutions in this country.

​
cited_by_count
integer

Total citations to works from this country.

​
works_api_url
string

A URL that returns all works from authors in this country.

​
authors_api_url
string

A URL that returns all authors with affiliations in this country.

​
institutions_api_url
string

A URL that returns all institutions in this country.

​
created_date
string<date>

When this country was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

​
updated_date
string<date-time>

When this country was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).