GOV.UK Worldwide

GOV.UK Worldwide

Access UK government worldwide services via the GOV.UK Content API. No authentication required.

Data Model

• World Location — A country or international delegation with UK government services.
• Child Taxons — Sub-categories under each country: living abroad, travelling, trade, etc.
• International Delegations — UK missions (NATO, EU, OSCE, etc.).

Capabilities

• List world locations — enumerate every country and international delegation in one call.
• Country detail — given a country slug, load child taxons, linked organisations, and related GOV.UK content for that location.

Key Fields

• title — Location/country name
• description — Summary of UK services available
• base_path — URL path on GOV.UK
• details.international_delegations — List of UK international delegations
• links.child_taxons — Sub-categories (living, travelling, trade, etc.)

Gotchas

• Country slugs are lowercase kebab-case (e.g. 'france', 'united-states', 'south-korea').
• The world-location listing returns the full catalog in one response; there is no search or filter parameter.
• Some countries have extensive child taxons; others have minimal coverage.