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title: countries
description: This documentation page provides detailed information about the use of
  the 'openbb.portfolio.alloc.countries' function from OpenBB Finance, which compares
  portfolio country allocation with a benchmark.
keywords:
- OpenBB Finance
- portfolio country allocation
- portfolio management
- financial modelling
- function documentation
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<HeadTitle title="portfolio.alloc.countries - Reference | OpenBB SDK Docs" />

Display portfolio country allocation compared to the benchmark

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/portfolio/portfolio_model.py#L858)]

```python
openbb.portfolio.alloc.countries(portfolio_engine: portfolio_engine.PortfolioEngine, limit: int = 10, tables: bool = False, recalculate: bool = False)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| portfolio_engine | PortfolioEngine | PortfolioEngine class instance, this will hold transactions and perform calculations.<br/>Use `portfolio.load` to create a PortfolioEngine. | None | False |
| tables | bool | Whether to include separate allocation tables | False | True |
| limit | int | The amount of assets you wish to show, by default this is set to 10 | 10 | True |
| recalculate | bool | Flag to force recalculate allocation if already exists | False | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| Union[pd.DataFrame, Tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]] | DataFrame with combined allocation plus individual allocation if tables is `True`. |
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## Examples

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
p = openbb.portfolio.load("openbb_terminal/miscellaneous/portfolio_examples/holdings/example.csv")
output = openbb.portfolio.alloc.countries(p)
```

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