---
title: "Get a single country"
method: GET
path: "/countries/{id}"
tags: ["Countries"]
---

# Get a single country

`GET /countries/{id}`

Retrieve a single country by its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `select` string
- `api_key` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- Country — Geographic country
  - `id` string — The OpenAlex ID for this country.
  - `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 — The [continent](/api-reference/continents)
    - `id` string
    - `display_name` string
  - `is_global_south` boolean — Whether this country is part of the Global South.
  - `ids` object — External identifiers:
    - `openalex` string
    - `iso` string
    - `wikidata` string
    - `wikipedia` string
  - `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).

## Other responses

- `404` — Entity not found
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded

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