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Countries with UDC users

Information presented here is based on 2004 research and subsequent verification.

A - UDC is used in the majority of libraries within the country and is the dominant classification system

B - UDC is used in some type of libraries and in these countries it is used alongside other dominant classification system(s) such as DDC or some national classification system. UDC in these countries is a well known classification system and is also most likely to be taught in LIS schools (at least some).

C - although there are libraries and information centres using UDC in these countries, the system is used rarely.


EUROPE (41) A Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Repubic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
  B Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
  C Austria, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

ASIA (24) A Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Macao
  B India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhastan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
  C Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan

   
AFRICA (24) A Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Congo DR, Mali, Mozambique, Sengal, Togo
  B Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guniea Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda
  C Cameron, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA (9)

A [no countries with this type of usage]
  B Canada, Cuba, Costa Rica
  C Barabados, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, USA

SOUTH
AMERICA (11)
A [no countries with this type of usage]
  B Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname
  C Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC (4) A [no countries with this type of usage]
  B Australia, French. Polynesia, New Zealand
  C Fiji

 

In addition:

UDC users survey in Delhi 2007 - report published in Extensions & Corrections to The UDC, 30 (2008).

Countries by language of use


ENGLISH  

B: Australia, Finland, Norway, Ghana, South Africa, India, UK

B/C: Ireland, Canada, Uganda, Indonesia, Israel, New Zealand

C: Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Sudan, Malaysia, Syria, Barbados, Jamaica

 


FRENCH  

A: Congo DR, Togo

A/B: Belgium, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal

B: France, Luxembourg, Tunisia


B/C: Benin, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, French Polynesia

C: Cameroon


GERMAN  

A/B: Switzerland

B/C: Germany

C: Austria


PORTUGUESE  

A: Portugal, Angola

A/B: Mozambique, Macao (China)

B: Guinea Bissau, Brazil

B/C: Cape Verde


RUSSIAN   A/B: Armenia, Azerbaijan

B: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

SPANISH   A: Andorra, Spain

B: Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay

B/C: Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

OTHER LANG.  

A : Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech R., Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

A/B: Bulgaria

B: Denmark, Sweden, Japan

B/C: Vietnam, The Netherlands, Surinam

C: China, Faeroe Islands, Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey,


 

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