Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: country-converter-lite
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: Utility for converting country names to ISO3 codes and managing country groupings (OECD, EU, G20)
Author: Cormac Everard
License-Expression: MIT
Requires-Python: >=3.9
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: pandas>=1.5
Dynamic: license-file


# CountryConverter

A lightweight Python utility for converting country names to ISO3 codes and managing country groupings (OECD, EU, EEA, G20).

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## 📌 Features

- ✅ Convert country names to ISO3 codes
- ✅ Handle alternative country names using a curated mapping
- ✅ Fast vectorised conversion using `pandas.map()`
- ✅ Predefined country groups:
  - OECD
  - EU
  - EEA
  - G20
  - Custom combined groups

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## 📂 Data Source

The converter is based on a single CSV file:
