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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3

October 15, 2023

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two-letter alpha-2 codes (the third set of codes is numeric and hence offers no visual association).[1] They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.

Uses and applications Edit

The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are used most prominently in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for machine-readable passports, as standardized by the International Civil Aviation Organization, with a number of additional codes for special passports; some of these codes are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166-1.[2]

The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for international vehicle registration codes, which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166-1.[3]

Current codes Edit

Officially assigned code elements Edit

The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes,[4] using a title case version of the English short names officially defined by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):

User-assigned code elements Edit

User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-3 codes can be user-assigned: AAA to AAZ, QMA to QZZ, XAA to XZZ, and ZZA to ZZZ.[5]

Examples Edit

The following codes are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special machine-readable passports:[2]

NATO STANAG 1059 INT is built upon ISO alpha-3 codes, but also defines alpha-2 codes incompatible with ISO 3166-1. It introduces several private use codes for fictional countries and organizational entities:

  • XXB "Brownland"
  • XXG "Greyland"
  • XXI "Indigoland"
  • XXL "Limeland"
  • XXP "Purpleland"
  • XXR "Redland"
  • XXW "Whiteland"
  • XXY "Yellowland"
  • XXE SHAPE
  • XXM NATO
  • XXN NATO "Blue" Command
  • XXS SACLANT

NATO also continues to use reserved codes for continents:

  • ABB Asia
  • EEE Europe
  • FFF Africa
  • NNN North America
  • SRR South America
  • UUU Oceania
  • NTT NATO countries

Reserved code elements Edit

Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time. The reserved alpha-3 codes can be divided into the following four categories: exceptional reservations, transitional reservations, indeterminate reservations, and codes currently agreed not to use.

Exceptional reservations Edit

Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-3 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:

The following alpha-3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:

  • GGY Guernsey – Reserved on request of UPU
  • IMN Isle of Man – Reserved on request of UPU
  • JEY Jersey – Reserved on request of UPU

Transitional reservations Edit

Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-3 codes are currently transitionally reserved:

Indeterminate reservations Edit

Indeterminately reserved code elements are codes used to designate road vehicles under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic but differing from those contained in ISO 3166-1. These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166-1. In the meantime, the ISO 3166/MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period. Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166/MA. Moreover, these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA at any time. The following alpha-3 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:

The following alpha-3 code was previously indeterminately reserved, but has been reassigned to another country as its official code:

Codes currently agreed not to use Edit

In addition, the ISO 3166/MA will not use the following alpha-3 codes at the present stage, as they are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special machine-readable passports:

Deleted codes Edit

Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved (FXX for France, Metropolitan and SUN for USSR), the following alpha-3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:[9]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ . International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.
  2. ^ a b "Codes for Nationality, Place of Birth, Location of Issuing State/Authority and Other Purposes", Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part 3: Specifications Common to all MRTDs (PDF) (Eighth ed.), International Civil Aviation Organization, 2021, pp. 21–23
  3. ^ "Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
  4. ^ "Country names and code elements". ISO.
  5. ^ "Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions". ISO.
  6. ^ "European Union laissez-passer (video at 0:47)". Laissez-passer.eu. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Doc 9303 : Machine Readable Travel Documents" (PDF). Icao.int. p. III-1-4. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ ISO International Organization for Standardization, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (1 February 2002). (PDF). ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 26 June 2017. Description of change: Change of the alpha-3 Code element for Romania from ROM to ROU following a request of the Government of Romania.
  9. ^ Clive Feather (2003-07-25). "Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)". Davros.org.
  10. ^ Gwillim Law (2014-07-17). "Changes in ISO 3166-1". Statoids.com.

Sources and external links Edit

  • ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
    • Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes", available on request from ISO 3166/MA
  • Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use, United Nations Statistics Division
    • Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations – list of alpha-3 and numeric codes (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list)
  • The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
    • Appendix D – Country Data Codes – comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
  • Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"), Statoids.com
    • Country codes – comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
    • ISO 3166-1 Change History, Statoids.com

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ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 codes are three letter country codes defined in ISO 3166 1 part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization ISO to represent countries dependent territories and special areas of geographical interest They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two letter alpha 2 codes the third set of codes is numeric and hence offers no visual association 1 They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974 Contents 1 Uses and applications 2 Current codes 2 1 Officially assigned code elements 2 2 User assigned code elements 2 2 1 Examples 2 3 Reserved code elements 2 3 1 Exceptional reservations 2 3 2 Transitional reservations 2 3 3 Indeterminate reservations 2 3 4 Codes currently agreed not to use 3 Deleted codes 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources and external linksUses and applications EditThe ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 codes are used most prominently in ISO IEC 7501 1 for machine readable passports as standardized by the International Civil Aviation Organization with a number of additional codes for special passports some of these codes are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166 1 2 The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 and alpha 3 codes along with codes that pre date the creation of ISO 3166 for international vehicle registration codes which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166 1 3 Current codes EditOfficially assigned code elements Edit The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 codes 4 using a title case version of the English short names officially defined by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ISO 3166 MA ABW Aruba AFG Afghanistan AGO Angola AIA Anguilla ALA Aland Islands ALB Albania AND Andorra ARE United Arab Emirates ARG Argentina ARM Armenia ASM American Samoa ATA Antarctica ATF French Southern Territories ATG Antigua and Barbuda AUS Australia AUT Austria AZE Azerbaijan BDI Burundi BEL Belgium BEN Benin BES Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba BFA Burkina Faso BGD Bangladesh BGR Bulgaria BHR Bahrain BHS Bahamas BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina BLM Saint Barthelemy BLR Belarus BLZ Belize BMU Bermuda BOL Bolivia Plurinational State of BRA Brazil BRB Barbados BRN Brunei Darussalam BTN Bhutan BVT Bouvet Island BWA Botswana CAF Central African Republic CAN Canada CCK Cocos Keeling Islands CHE Switzerland CHL Chile CHN China CIV Cote d Ivoire CMR Cameroon COD Congo Democratic Republic of the COG Congo COK Cook Islands COL Colombia COM Comoros CPV Cabo Verde CRI Costa Rica CUB Cuba CUW Curacao CXR Christmas Island CYM Cayman Islands CYP Cyprus CZE Czechia DEU Germany DJI Djibouti DMA Dominica DNK Denmark DOM Dominican Republic DZA Algeria ECU Ecuador EGY Egypt ERI Eritrea ESH Western Sahara ESP Spain EST Estonia ETH Ethiopia FIN Finland FJI Fiji FLK Falkland Islands Malvinas FRA France FRO Faroe Islands FSM Micronesia Federated States of GAB Gabon GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GEO Georgia GGY Guernsey GHA Ghana GIB Gibraltar GIN Guinea GLP Guadeloupe GMB Gambia GNB Guinea Bissau GNQ Equatorial Guinea GRC Greece GRD Grenada GRL Greenland GTM Guatemala GUF French Guiana GUM Guam GUY Guyana HKG Hong Kong HMD Heard Island and McDonald Islands HND Honduras HRV Croatia HTI Haiti HUN Hungary IDN Indonesia IMN Isle of Man IND India IOT British Indian Ocean Territory IRL Ireland IRN Iran Islamic Republic of IRQ Iraq ISL Iceland ISR Israel ITA Italy JAM Jamaica JEY Jersey JOR Jordan JPN Japan KAZ Kazakhstan KEN Kenya KGZ Kyrgyzstan KHM Cambodia KIR Kiribati KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis KOR Korea Republic of KWT Kuwait LAO Lao People s Democratic Republic LBN Lebanon LBR Liberia LBY Libya LCA Saint Lucia LIE Liechtenstein LKA Sri Lanka LSO Lesotho LTU Lithuania LUX Luxembourg LVA Latvia MAC Macao MAF Saint Martin French part MAR Morocco MCO Monaco MDA Moldova Republic of MDG Madagascar MDV Maldives MEX Mexico MHL Marshall Islands MKD North Macedonia MLI Mali MLT Malta MMR Myanmar MNE Montenegro MNG Mongolia MNP Northern Mariana Islands MOZ Mozambique MRT Mauritania MSR Montserrat MTQ Martinique MUS Mauritius MWI Malawi MYS Malaysia MYT Mayotte NAM Namibia NCL New Caledonia NER Niger NFK Norfolk Island NGA Nigeria NIC Nicaragua NIU Niue NLD Netherlands Kingdom of the NOR Norway NPL Nepal NRU Nauru NZL New Zealand OMN Oman PAK Pakistan PAN Panama PCN Pitcairn PER Peru PHL Philippines PLW Palau PNG Papua New Guinea POL Poland PRI Puerto Rico PRK Korea Democratic People s Republic of PRT Portugal PRY Paraguay PSE Palestine State of PYF French Polynesia QAT Qatar REU Reunion ROU Romania RUS Russian Federation RWA Rwanda SAU Saudi Arabia SDN Sudan SEN Senegal SGP Singapore SGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SHN Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen SLB Solomon Islands SLE Sierra Leone SLV El Salvador SMR San Marino SOM Somalia SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon SRB Serbia SSD South Sudan STP Sao Tome and Principe SUR Suriname SVK Slovakia SVN Slovenia SWE Sweden SWZ Eswatini SXM Sint Maarten Dutch part SYC Seychelles SYR Syrian Arab Republic TCA Turks and Caicos Islands TCD Chad TGO Togo THA Thailand TJK Tajikistan TKL Tokelau TKM Turkmenistan TLS Timor Leste TON Tonga TTO Trinidad and Tobago TUN Tunisia TUR Turkiye TUV Tuvalu TWN Taiwan Province of China TZA Tanzania United Republic of UGA Uganda UKR Ukraine UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands URY Uruguay USA United States of America UZB Uzbekistan VAT Holy See VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VEN Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of VGB Virgin Islands British VIR Virgin Islands U S VNM Viet Nam VUT Vanuatu WLF Wallis and Futuna WSM Samoa YEM Yemen ZAF South Africa ZMB Zambia ZWE Zimbabwe User assigned code elements Edit User assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries territories or other geographical entities to their in house application of ISO 3166 1 and the ISO 3166 MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard The following alpha 3 codes can be user assigned AAA to AAZ QMA to QZZ XAA to XZZ and ZZA to ZZZ 5 Examples Edit The following codes are used in ISO IEC 7501 1 for special machine readable passports 2 EUE is used for the European Union laissez passer 6 XOM is used to represent the Sovereign Military Order of Malta XPO is used for Interpol travel documents XXA is used to represent a stateless person as defined in Article 1 of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons XXB is used to represent a refugee as defined in Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the 1967 Protocol XXC is used to represent a refugee other than as defined above XXX is used to represent a person of unspecified nationality WSA is used for the World Service Authority World Passport The World Service Authority World Passport contains WSA as the authority code It has been filed with the International Civil Aviation Organization but does not appear in official ICAO documents as valid 7 NATO STANAG 1059 INT is built upon ISO alpha 3 codes but also defines alpha 2 codes incompatible with ISO 3166 1 It introduces several private use codes for fictional countries and organizational entities XXB Brownland XXG Greyland XXI Indigoland XXL Limeland XXP Purpleland XXR Redland XXW Whiteland XXY Yellowland XXE SHAPE XXM NATO XXN NATO Blue Command XXS SACLANT NATO also continues to use reserved codes for continents ABB Asia EEE Europe FFF Africa NNN North America SRR South America UUU Oceania NTT NATO countries Reserved code elements Edit Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166 1 To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems the ISO 3166 MA when justified reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time The reserved alpha 3 codes can be divided into the following four categories exceptional reservations transitional reservations indeterminate reservations and codes currently agreed not to use Exceptional reservations Edit Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies governments and international organizations which are required in order to support a particular application as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166 MA The following alpha 3 codes are currently exceptionally reserved ASC Ascension Island Reserved on request of Universal Postal Union UPU also used by International Telecommunication Union ITU CPT Clipperton Island Reserved on request of ITU DGA Diego Garcia Reserved on request of ITU FXX France Metropolitan Reserved on request of France Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166 1 SUN USSR From June 2008 Transitionally reserved from September 1992 Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166 1 TAA Tristan da Cunha Reserved on request of UPUThe following alpha 3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved but are now officially assigned GGY Guernsey Reserved on request of UPU IMN Isle of Man Reserved on request of UPU JEY Jersey Reserved on request of UPUTransitional reservations Edit Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166 1 These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166 MA after the expiration of the transitional period The following alpha 3 codes are currently transitionally reserved ANT Netherlands Antilles From December 2010 BUR Burma From December 1989 BYS Byelorussian SSR From June 1992 CSK Czechoslovakia From June 1993 NTZ Neutral Zone From July 1993 ROM Romania From February 2002 Code changed to ROU 8 SCG Serbia and Montenegro From September 2006 TMP East Timor From May 2002 YUG Yugoslavia From July 2003 ZAR Zaire From July 1997Indeterminate reservations Edit Indeterminately reserved code elements are codes used to designate road vehicles under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic but differing from those contained in ISO 3166 1 These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166 1 In the meantime the ISO 3166 MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166 MA Moreover these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166 MA at any time The following alpha 3 codes are currently indeterminately reserved ADN Aden BDS Barbados BRU Brunei CDN Canada EAK Kenya EAT Tanganyika Part of Tanzania United Republic of EAU Uganda EAZ Zanzibar Part of Tanzania United Republic of GBA Alderney GBG Guernsey GBJ Jersey GBM Isle of Man GBZ Gibraltar GCA Guatemala HKJ Jordan MAL Malaysia RCA Central African Republic RCB Congo People s Republic of RCH Chile RMM Mali RNR Zambia ROK Korea Republic of RSM San Marino RSR Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe SLO Slovenia SME Suriname TMN Turkmenistan WAG Gambia WAL Sierra Leone WAN Nigeria ZRE ZaireThe following alpha 3 code was previously indeterminately reserved but has been reassigned to another country as its official code ROU Uruguay Code reassigned to RomaniaCodes currently agreed not to use Edit In addition the ISO 3166 MA will not use the following alpha 3 codes at the present stage as they are used in ISO IEC 7501 1 for special machine readable passports GBD identifies a British Passport holder who is a British Overseas Territories citizen GBN identifies a British Passport holder who is a British National Overseas GBO identifies a British Passport holder who is a British Overseas citizen GBP identifies a British Passport holder who is a British protected person GBS identifies a British Passport holder who is a British subject UNA is used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of a Specialized Agency of the UN Organization UNK identifies Kosovo residents to whom travel documents were issued by the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo UNMIK UNO is used to designate the UN Organization as the issuer and used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of the UN OrganizationDeleted codes EditBesides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved FXX for France Metropolitan and SUN for USSR the following alpha 3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166 1 9 AFI French Afars and Issas ATB British Antarctic Territory ATN Dronning Maud Land CTE Canton and Enderbury Islands DDR German Democratic Republic DHY Dahomey GEL Gilbert and Ellice Islands HVO Upper Volta JTN Johnston Island MID Midway Islands NHB New Hebrides PCI Pacific Islands Trust Territory PCZ Panama Canal Zone PHI Philippines Code changed to PHL in 1976 10 PUS United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands RHO Southern Rhodesia SKM Sikkim VDR Viet Nam Democratic Republic of WAK Wake Island YMD Yemen DemocraticSee also EditList of IOC country codes used by the International Olympic Committee IOC List of FIFA country codes used by the Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA Comparison of alphabetic country codesReferences Edit ISO 3166 FAQs General questions International Organization for Standardization ISO Archived from the original on 2011 05 14 a b Codes for Nationality Place of Birth Location of Issuing State Authority and Other Purposes Doc 9303 Machine Readable Travel Documents Part 3 Specifications Common to all MRTDs PDF Eighth ed International Civil Aviation Organization 2021 pp 21 23 Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic PDF United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Country names and code elements ISO Glossary for ISO 3166 Codes for countries and their subdivisions ISO European Union laissez passer video at 0 47 Laissez passer eu Retrieved 4 June 2016 Doc 9303 Machine Readable Travel Documents PDF Icao int p III 1 4 Retrieved 15 July 2018 ISO International Organization for Standardization ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency 1 February 2002 RE Change of alpha 3 Code Element PDF ISO 3166 1 NEWSLETTER No V 3 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 22 Retrieved 26 June 2017 Description of change Change of the alpha 3 Code element for Romania from ROM to ROU following a request of the Government of Romania Clive Feather 2003 07 25 Country codes in ISO 3166 Table 2 codes withdrawn from use Davros org Gwillim Law 2014 07 17 Changes in ISO 3166 1 Statoids com Sources and external links EditISO 3166 Maintenance Agency International Organization for Standardization ISO Reserved code elements under ISO 3166 1 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1 Country codes available on request from ISO 3166 MA Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use United Nations Statistics Division Countries or areas codes and abbreviations list of alpha 3 and numeric codes a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166 1 are not included in this list The World Factbook public domain Central Intelligence Agency Appendix D Country Data Codes comparison of FIPS 10 ISO 3166 and STANAG 1059 country codes Administrative Divisions of Countries Statoids Statoids com Country codes comparison of ISO 3166 1 country codes with other country codes ISO 3166 1 Change History Statoids com Retrieved 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