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Country Code Name

Human-readable country label for the vendor location recorded in the award. It is the description side of a coded country value and identifies the country associated with the vendor site address.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: label
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name
Title
Country Code Name
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/countryCode/name
Description
Human-readable country label for the vendor location recorded in the award. It is the description side of a coded country value and identifies the country associated with the vendor site address.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of suppliers, including domestic versus foreign sourcing, country-level vendor concentration, and compliance or risk reviews tied to place of performance and supplier location. It is useful for summarizing award activity by vendor geography without relying on code values that may be less readable.
Example Value
UNITED STATES
Observed Non-Null Count
104,057,896

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/countryCode/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/countryCode/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Count awards by vendor country
  • Separate domestic from foreign vendor locations
  • Display readable vendor geography in reports

Common Mistakes

  • Using the label as if it were the authoritative code field
  • Assuming the vendor location country equals place of performance

Query Guidance

Select and group by this field for reporting-level country rollups, but join or filter on the paired country code when exact matching or normalization is required. Use DISTINCT carefully because label variants, nulls, or formatting differences may appear across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name AS country_code_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__countryCode__name IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.