# List of included regions

#### Hugo Gruson

#### 2024-09-25

    library(contactdata)

Note that this package does not make any geopolitical statement and only provides the data as it has been published.

The data included in this package comes from two articles

> Kiesha Prem, Alex R. Cook, Mark Jit, Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data, PLoS Comp. Biol. (2017), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005697.

and

> Kiesha Prem, Kevin van Zandvoort, Petra Klepac, Rosalind M. Eggo, Nicholas G. Davies, CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Alex R. Cook, Mark Jit, Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions: An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era, PLoS Comp. Biol. (2021), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009098.

and as indicated by the titles, not all regions were included.

The full list is available with the `list_countries()` function:

    (all_countries_2017 <- list_countries(data_source = 2017))
    #>   [1] "Albania"              "Algeria"              "Andorra"
    #>   [4] "Antigua & Barbuda"    "Argentina"            "Armenia"
    #>   [7] "Australia"            "Austria"              "Azerbaijan"
    #>  [10] "Bahamas"              "Bahrain"              "Bangladesh"
    #>  [13] "Belarus"              "Belgium"              "Belize"
    #>  [16] "Benin"                "Bhutan"               "Bolivia"
    #>  [19] "Bosnia"               "Botswana"             "Brazil"
    #>  [22] "Brunei"               "Bulgaria"             "Burkina Faso"
    #>  [25] "Cape Verde"           "Cambodia"             "Cameroon"
    #>  [28] "Canada"               "Chile"                "China"
    #>  [31] "Colombia"             "Congo - Brazzaville"  "Costa Rica"
    #>  [34] "Croatia"              "Cyprus"               "Czechia"
    #>  [37] "Denmark"              "Dominican Republic"   "Ecuador"
    #>  [40] "Egypt"                "El Salvador"          "Estonia"
    #>  [43] "Ethiopia"             "Fiji"                 "Finland"
    #>  [46] "France"               "Georgia"              "Germany"
    #>  [49] "Ghana"                "Greece"               "Guatemala"
    #>  [52] "Guinea"               "Guyana"               "Haiti"
    #>  [55] "Honduras"             "Hong Kong"            "Hungary"
    #>  [58] "Iceland"              "India"                "Indonesia"
    #>  [61] "Iran"                 "Iraq"                 "Ireland"
    #>  [64] "Israel"               "Italy"                "Jamaica"
    #>  [67] "Japan"                "Jordan"               "Kazakhstan"
    #>  [70] "Kenya"                "Kiribati"             "Kuwait"
    #>  [73] "Kyrgyzstan"           "Laos"                 "Latvia"
    #>  [76] "Lebanon"              "Lesotho"              "Liberia"
    #>  [79] "Lithuania"            "Luxembourg"           "Malaysia"
    #>  [82] "Maldives"             "Malta"                "Mauritania"
    #>  [85] "Mauritius"            "Mexico"               "Monaco"
    #>  [88] "Mongolia"             "Montenegro"           "Morocco"
    #>  [91] "Mozambique"           "Namibia"              "Nepal"
    #>  [94] "Netherlands"          "New Zealand"          "Nicaragua"
    #>  [97] "Niger"                "Nigeria"              "Oman"
    #> [100] "Pakistan"             "Panama"               "Paraguay"
    #> [103] "Peru"                 "Philippines"          "Poland"
    #> [106] "Portugal"             "Qatar"                "South Korea"
    #> [109] "Romania"              "Russia"               "Rwanda"
    #> [112] "St. Lucia"            "Samoa"                "São Tomé & Príncipe"
    #> [115] "Saudi Arabia"         "Senegal"              "Serbia"
    #> [118] "Seychelles"           "Sierra Leone"         "Singapore"
    #> [121] "Slovakia"             "Slovenia"             "Solomon Islands"
    #> [124] "South Africa"         "Spain"                "Sri Lanka"
    #> [127] "Suriname"             "Sweden"               "Switzerland"
    #> [130] "Syria"                "Taiwan"               "Tajikistan"
    #> [133] "North Macedonia"      "Thailand"             "Timor-Leste"
    #> [136] "Tonga"                "Tunisia"              "Turkey"
    #> [139] "Uganda"               "Ukraine"              "United Arab Emirates"
    #> [142] "UK"                   "Tanzania"             "US"
    #> [145] "Uruguay"              "Uzbekistan"           "Vanuatu"
    #> [148] "Venezuela"            "Vietnam"              "Yemen"
    #> [151] "Zambia"               "Zimbabwe"
    (all_countries_2020 <- list_countries(data_source = 2020))
    #>   [1] "Afghanistan"              "Angola"
    #>   [3] "Albania"                  "United Arab Emirates"
    #>   [5] "Argentina"                "Armenia"
    #>   [7] "Austria"                  "Azerbaijan"
    #>   [9] "Burundi"                  "Belgium"
    #>  [11] "Benin"                    "Burkina Faso"
    #>  [13] "Bangladesh"               "Bulgaria"
    #>  [15] "Bahrain"                  "Bahamas"
    #>  [17] "Bosnia"                   "Belarus"
    #>  [19] "Belize"                   "Bolivia"
    #>  [21] "Brazil"                   "Barbados"
    #>  [23] "Brunei"                   "Bhutan"
    #>  [25] "Botswana"                 "Central African Republic"
    #>  [27] "Canada"                   "Switzerland"
    #>  [29] "Chile"                    "China"
    #>  [31] "Côte d’Ivoire"            "Cameroon"
    #>  [33] "Congo - Kinshasa"         "Congo - Brazzaville"
    #>  [35] "Colombia"                 "Comoros"
    #>  [37] "Cape Verde"               "Costa Rica"
    #>  [39] "Cuba"                     "Cyprus"
    #>  [41] "Czechia"                  "Germany"
    #>  [43] "Djibouti"                 "Denmark"
    #>  [45] "Dominican Republic"       "Algeria"
    #>  [47] "Ecuador"                  "Egypt"
    #>  [49] "Eritrea"                  "Spain"
    #>  [51] "Estonia"                  "Ethiopia"
    #>  [53] "Finland"                  "Fiji"
    #>  [55] "France"                   "Gabon"
    #>  [57] "UK"                       "Georgia"
    #>  [59] "Ghana"                    "Guinea"
    #>  [61] "Gambia"                   "Guinea-Bissau"
    #>  [63] "Equatorial Guinea"        "Greece"
    #>  [65] "Guatemala"                "Guyana"
    #>  [67] "Hong Kong"                "Honduras"
    #>  [69] "Croatia"                  "Hungary"
    #>  [71] "Indonesia"                "India"
    #>  [73] "Ireland"                  "Iran"
    #>  [75] "Iraq"                     "Iceland"
    #>  [77] "Israel"                   "Italy"
    #>  [79] "Jamaica"                  "Jordan"
    #>  [81] "Kazakhstan"               "Kenya"
    #>  [83] "Kyrgyzstan"               "Cambodia"
    #>  [85] "South Korea"              "Kuwait"
    #>  [87] "Laos"                     "Liberia"
    #>  [89] "Libya"                    "St. Lucia"
    #>  [91] "Sri Lanka"                "Lesotho"
    #>  [93] "Lithuania"                "Luxembourg"
    #>  [95] "Latvia"                   "Macao"
    #>  [97] "Morocco"                  "Moldova"
    #>  [99] "Madagascar"               "Maldives"
    #> [101] "Mexico"                   "North Macedonia"
    #> [103] "Mali"                     "Malta"
    #> [105] "Myanmar"                  "Montenegro"
    #> [107] "Mongolia"                 "Mozambique"
    #> [109] "Mauritania"               "Mauritius"
    #> [111] "Malawi"                   "Malaysia"
    #> [113] "Namibia"                  "Niger"
    #> [115] "Nigeria"                  "Nicaragua"
    #> [117] "Netherlands"              "Norway"
    #> [119] "Nepal"                    "New Zealand"
    #> [121] "Oman"                     "Pakistan"
    #> [123] "Panama"                   "Peru"
    #> [125] "Philippines"              "Papua New Guinea"
    #> [127] "Poland"                   "Puerto Rico"
    #> [129] "North Korea"              "Portugal"
    #> [131] "Paraguay"                 "Palestine"
    #> [133] "Qatar"                    "Romania"
    #> [135] "Russia"                   "Rwanda"
    #> [137] "Saudi Arabia"             "Sudan"
    #> [139] "Senegal"                  "Singapore"
    #> [141] "Solomon Islands"          "Sierra Leone"
    #> [143] "El Salvador"              "Serbia"
    #> [145] "South Sudan"              "São Tomé & Príncipe"
    #> [147] "Suriname"                 "Slovakia"
    #> [149] "Slovenia"                 "Sweden"
    #> [151] "Eswatini"                 "Syria"
    #> [153] "Chad"                     "Togo"
    #> [155] "Thailand"                 "Tajikistan"
    #> [157] "Turkmenistan"             "Timor-Leste"
    #> [159] "Tonga"                    "Trinidad & Tobago"
    #> [161] "Tunisia"                  "Turkey"
    #> [163] "Tanzania"                 "Uganda"
    #> [165] "Ukraine"                  "Uruguay"
    #> [167] "US"                       "Uzbekistan"
    #> [169] "St. Vincent & Grenadines" "Venezuela"
    #> [171] "Vietnam"                  "Vanuatu"
    #> [173] "Samoa"                    "Yemen"
    #> [175] "South Africa"             "Zambia"
    #> [177] "Zimbabwe"

Below is a map that may help you find out which countries are absent from the dataset:

    library(ggplot2)

    wrld <- map_data("world")
    wrld$region <- countrycode::countryname(wrld$region)
    #> Warning: Some values were not matched unambiguously: Ascension Island, Azores, Barbuda, Canary Islands, Chagos Archipelago, Grenadines, Heard Island, Madeira Islands, Micronesia, Saba, Saint Martin, Siachen Glacier, Sint Eustatius, Virgin Islands

    wrld$included <- "Not included"

    wrld$included[wrld$region %in% all_countries_2020] <- "2020"
    wrld$included[wrld$region %in% all_countries_2017] <- "2017 & 2020"

    ggplot(wrld, aes(long, lat, group = group, fill = included)) +
      geom_polygon() +
      coord_equal() +
      theme_bw()