ITU

ITU Reference API

Country and region reference data.

Operations 2

GET /country/all List all countries #
GET /region/all List all regions #

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OpenAPI Specification

itu-reference-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ITU DataHub Reference API
  version: '2'
  summary: Undocumented public JSON API behind the ITU DataHub ICT statistics portal.
  description: ITU publishes **no** OpenAPI, no reference documentation, and no terms of programmatic use for this API.
  contact:
    name: ITU ICT Data & Analytics Division
    email: indicators@itu.int
    url: https://datahub.itu.int/
  license:
    name: ITU Terms of Use
    url: https://www.itu.int/en/about/Pages/terms-of-use.aspx
  x-apievangelist-provenance:
    method: derived
    derived_from: live anonymous HTTP probes + the public DataHub client bundle
    probed: '2026-07-26'
    provider_published_spec: false
    note: Derived by API Evangelist from observed responses. ITU has not published, reviewed, or endorsed this description.
servers:
- url: https://api.datahub.itu.int/v2
  description: Production (AWS API Gateway + CloudFront). Anonymous.
tags:
- name: Reference
  description: Country and region reference data.
paths:
  /country/all:
    get:
      operationId: listCountries
      tags:
      - Reference
      summary: List all countries
      description: Returns the full ITU country reference list — 200-plus economies with their ITU CountryID, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, short and long names, and every regional grouping the country belongs to (ITU/BDT classification, UN M49, World Bank income group).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The full country list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
              examples:
                aruba:
                  summary: First element of the live response
                  value:
                  - CountryID: 4
                    IsoCode: ABW
                    ShortName: Aruba
                    LongName: Aruba
                    Regions:
                    - id: 330
                      regionCode: DEV
                      class: UN M49 Developed-developing
                      classID: 92
                      region: Developing
                    - id: 650
                      regionCode: OE
                      class: ITU/BDT & Other Classification
                      classID: 177
                      region: Other Economies
                    - id: 701
                      regionCode: World
                      class: World
                      no regions: null
                      classID: 187
                      region: World
                    - id: 2115
                      regionCode: HI2023
                      class: WB_Income2023
                      classID: 1310
                      region: High Income
  /region/all:
    get:
      operationId: listRegions
      tags:
      - Reference
      summary: List all regions
      description: Returns every regional grouping used across DataHub — the ITU/BDT classification (Africa, Americas, Arab States, Asia & Pacific, CIS, Europe), UN M49 groupings including LDC/LLDC/SIDS, and World Bank income classes by year.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The region list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Region'
              examples:
                arabStates:
                  value:
                  - className: ITU/BDT Classification
                    regionCode: ARB
                    regionName: Arab States
                    regionID: 3
components:
  schemas:
    CountryRegion:
      type: object
      description: A regional grouping membership for a country.
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        regionCode:
          type: string
        class:
          type: string
          description: The classification family
          e.g. "ITU/BDT & Other Classification".: null
        classID:
          type: integer
        region:
          type: string
    Country:
      type: object
      description: A country or economy in the ITU reference list.
      properties:
        CountryID:
          type: integer
          description: ITU numeric country identifier.
        IsoCode:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code.
        ShortName:
          type: string
        LongName:
          type: string
        Regions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryRegion'
    Region:
      type: object
      properties:
        className:
          type: string
        regionCode:
          type: string
        regionName:
          type: string
        regionID:
          type: integer
externalDocs:
  description: ITU DataHub portal (the only human surface for this API)
  url: https://datahub.itu.int/