GET /subregion/{subregion}

restcountries.com:rest-countries-api

Summary: Search countries by subregion
Operation ID: getCountriesBySubregion
Auth: none

Get all countries in a subregion. Subregions are more specific geographic divisions like "Western Europe", "South America", "Middle Africa", "Southeast Asia". Useful for finer geographic grouping than regions. Valid subregion names match the UN M49 classification.

Original spec description

Get all countries in a specific subregion (e.g., Western Europe, South America, Eastern Africa).

Usage Tips

- Examples: "Western Europe", "South America", "Eastern Asia", "Middle Africa" - Case-insensitive, URL-encode spaces: "Western%20Europe" or "western europe" - Subregions follow UN M49 standard geographic regions - Check a country's subregion field to discover valid values

Parameters (2)

fields (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of fields to include (max 10 fields)

subregion (string, path, required)

Subregion name

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search by subregion openapi-spec https://restcountries.com/v3.1/subregion/south america
Search by subregion openapi-spec https://restcountries.com/v3.1/subregion/Western Europe
Get countries by subregion openapi-spec https://restcountries.com/v3/subregion/western europe

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:19:54.228206 200 526ms
2026-03-23 10:16:07.791449 200 416ms
2026-03-23 09:38:30.191842 200 412ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:16:07.791449 05ad5c4e9963 a1bf3180be56
2026-03-23 10:19:54.228206 a1bf3180be56 875e75bf4447