Country

New Zealand

The classification is also used as part of the usual residence and usual residence n years ago classifications. The classification is used by other parts of the Official Statistical System in New Zealand.

International

The classification is linked with the International Standard "Codes for the Representation of names of Countries" and linked and based upon the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC).

Amendments to the standard classification are as a result of the renaming or restructuring of countries.

The differences between the SACC and the New Zealand Country Classification (NZSCC) are summarised below:

• Statistics New Zealand consider the Ross Dependency to be part of New Zealand for statistical purposes. Category 1201: ‘New Zealand’ in the NZSCC, therefore includes the Ross Dependency but not in the SACC. In the SACC the Ross Dependency is allocated the code 1607 (in minor group 16: Antarctica). This difference is considered to have little statistical significance.
• The NZSCC has only one third level unit in the minor group Antarctica, 1601: Antarctica. The SACC separately identifies the seven individual Antarctic territories including the Ross Dependency. As a result of this divergent practice the code 1601 represents Antarctica as a whole in the NZSCC and Adelie Land (France) in the SACC. The codes 1602 - 1607 are not used in the NZSCC. This difference is considered to have little statistical significance.
• The SACC splits the major group North-East Asia into two minor groups: Chinese Asia (includes Mongolia), and Japan and the Koreas. This was done to derive a ‘total China’ and to encompass ‘Chinese’ countries which are important in the Australian context. In the NZSCC the major group North-East Asia contains a single minor group as preferred by New Zealand users of the classification. This difference results in a number of different country codes between the two classifications.
• The two classifications contain the following differences in country names. These differences are due to historical treatment of country titles, user requirements and reflects in some instances the official titles recognised by the government of each country.

Due to alphabetical ordering of countries within groups, these name differences will not affect the country codes between the two classifications excepting the Koreas.