EU Countries Choropleth Map Maker

How the EU Countries Choropleth Map Maker works

EU countries choropleth map maker: what to paste

Two columns: a country and a number, one per row, separated by commas or tabs. A header row is optional; when present the value column's name becomes the legend title unless you set one. Countries can be English names (Germany, Czechia), ISO alpha-2 codes (DE, CZ) or alpha-3 codes (DEU, CZE), and Eurostat's EL for Greece is understood. Matching ignores case, a leading "the" and punctuation, and common variants such as Czech Republic, Holland, Republic of Ireland and native names like Deutschland, España and Sverige are accepted. Rows that match nothing are listed under Unmatched rows in the stats.

Members and neighbours

The map is fitted to the 27 members, from Ireland to Cyprus and Finland to Malta. The United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova are drawn in grey so that the members are seen in their setting, and they can be given values too if your data covers the EEA or candidate countries; they are labelled with their own names when Labels is set to All names. The projection is Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 52°N 10°E, the standard ETRS89-LAEA layout used by Eurostat and the European Environment Agency, so country areas are true to size across the map.

Colour scale and classes

Continuous maps the lowest value to the palest tint and the highest to the darkest, with every value in between placed proportionally. Choosing 4 to 7 classes instead splits the range into equal-width bands, each with one colour, which is easier to read against the legend and is how Eurostat's published maps are usually classed. Single-hue scales (Blues, Greens, Reds, Oranges, Purples) suit data that runs from little to much; Viridis and Yellow to red give more contrast; Red to blue is a diverging scale for values with a natural midpoint, such as distance from the EU average. Countries without a value are drawn in light grey and marked "no data".

Labels and stats

Names with data, the default, prints the ISO alpha-2 code on each member that has a value. All names labels every drawn country, and Values prints the number in short form. Countries with data counts matches out of the 27 members; Highest, Lowest, Total and Mean are computed over matched countries only. Hover any country for its name and value.

Exporting

Download SVG gives a vector file with one path per country and editable labels. Download PNG renders at one, two or three times the preview width. Copy SVG puts the markup on the clipboard.

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