Classification of grouping of countries and citizenship

The classification has been prepared with SSB's needs for producing statistics in mind. The standard has three hierarchical levels, will be applicable from 01.01. 2023. It only has one older version (2021) to make the transition easier. Earlier versions exist as variants of Standard for country codes (SSB-3). The variants are called Landgruppering Todeling. Level 1 consists of 4 categories. In addition to Norway and the category stateless and unspecified, there are country groups G1 and G2. At level 2, world regions are further divided. The three-digit alphanumeric code is hierarchically linked to the level above with the first two characters. The last digit is a serial number. Level 3 consists of the country itself and uses the SSB_3 numerical code set.

Grouping of countries and citizenship 2023

The standard for grouping countries and citizenships, formerly known as the Standard for world regions, is documented in KLASS as a variant of the Standard for countries and citizenships in personal statistics under the name Country grouping Todeling. The main difference between Standard for grouping of countries and citizenship (2023) and Country grouping Bisection (2012-2022) is that the new standard (2023) has several levels, the code starts with the letter "G" to mark Grouping and that the values are stateless and unspecified separated as a separate group (G9). More information can be found in the publication below.