diff --git a/packages/analytics-react-native/src/config.ts b/packages/analytics-react-native/src/config.ts
index ad7c449fb..1507b03ec 100644
--- a/packages/analytics-react-native/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/analytics-react-native/src/config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const getDefaultConfig = () => {
     platform: true,
     appSetId: true,
     idfv: true,
-    country: true,
+    country: false, // NOTE: tracking country information would disable server-side IP address lookup to fill other information like region, city, dma, etc.
   };
   return {
     cookieExpiration: 365,
diff --git a/packages/analytics-react-native/test/config.test.ts b/packages/analytics-react-native/test/config.test.ts
index 6eaa5c6de..ad3407ad9 100644
--- a/packages/analytics-react-native/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/analytics-react-native/test/config.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
           platform: true,
           appSetId: true,
           idfv: true,
-          country: true,
+          country: false,
         },
         transportProvider: new FetchTransport(),
         useBatch: false,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
           platform: true,
           appSetId: true,
           idfv: true,
-          country: true,
+          country: false,
         },
         transportProvider: new FetchTransport(),
         useBatch: false,
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
           platform: true,
           appSetId: true,
           idfv: true,
-          country: true,
+          country: false,
         },
         transportProvider: new FetchTransport(),
         useBatch: false,