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Country Code

Code identifying the country where the principal place of performance for the Other Transaction IDV is located. It is stored as a standardized location identifier rather than a free-text place name.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Place Of Performance
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode
Title
Country Code
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/countryCode
Description
Code identifying the country where the principal place of performance for the Other Transaction IDV is located. It is stored as a standardized location identifier rather than a free-text place name.
Business Meaning
This field is used to segment awards by geographic performance location, which supports analysis of domestic versus overseas work, geopolitical exposure, and concentration of performance outside the United States. It is also useful for mapping award activity to countries and comparing where obligations or work are executed.
Example Value
USA
Observed Non-Null Count
13,413

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/countryCode
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/countryCode' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Geographic award analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify the country of principal performance for an award
  • Separate U.S. and non-U.S. performance locations
  • Aggregate awards by country for geographic analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the code as a human-readable country name
  • Assuming all values use the same code standard without validation

Query Guidance

Use this field as a grouping or filter key in WHERE and GROUP BY clauses, and join it to a country reference table when translating codes to names. Standardize values before analysis and validate whether nulls, nonstandard codes, or legacy codes appear in the dataset.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode AS country_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__countryCode 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.