ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 - Wikipedia

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 ... ISO3166-1alpha-3 FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Three-lettercountrycodesdefinedinISO3166-1 ISO3166-1alpha-3codesarethree-lettercountrycodesdefinedinISO3166-1,partoftheISO3166standardpublishedbytheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO),torepresentcountries,dependentterritories,andspecialareasofgeographicalinterest.Theyallowabettervisualassociationbetweenthecodesandthecountrynamesthanthetwo-letteralpha-2codes(thethirdsetofcodesisnumericandhenceoffersnovisualassociation).[1]TheywerefirstincludedaspartoftheISO3166standardinitsfirsteditionin1974. Contents 1Usesandapplications 2Currentcodes 2.1Officiallyassignedcodeelements 2.2User-assignedcodeelements 2.2.1Examples 2.3Reservedcodeelements 2.3.1Exceptionalreservations 2.3.2Transitionalreservations 2.3.3Indeterminatereservations 2.3.4Codescurrentlyagreednottouse 3Deletedcodes 4Seealso 5References 6Sourcesandexternallinks Usesandapplications[edit] TheISO3166-1alpha-3codesareusedmostprominentlyinISO/IEC7501-1formachine-readablepassports,asstandardizedbytheInternationalCivilAviationOrganization,withanumberofadditionalcodesforspecialpassports;someofthesecodesarecurrentlyreservedandnotusedatthepresentstageinISO3166-1.[2] TheUnitedNationsusesacombinationofISO3166-1alpha-2andalpha-3codes,alongwithcodesthatpre-datethecreationofISO3166,forinternationalvehicleregistrationcodes,whicharecodesusedtoidentifytheissuingcountryofavehicleregistrationplate;someofthesecodesarecurrentlyindeterminatelyreservedinISO3166-1.[3] Currentcodes[edit] Officiallyassignedcodeelements[edit] ThefollowingisacompletelistofthecurrentofficiallyassignedISO3166-1alpha-3codes,[4]usingatitlecaseversionoftheEnglishshortnamesofficiallydefinedbytheISO3166MaintenanceAgency(ISO3166/MA): ABW  Aruba AFG  Afghanistan AGO  Angola AIA  Anguilla ALA  ÅlandIslands ALB  Albania AND  Andorra ARE  UnitedArabEmirates ARG  Argentina ARM  Armenia ASM  AmericanSamoa ATA  Antarctica ATF  FrenchSouthernTerritories ATG  AntiguaandBarbuda AUS  Australia AUT  Austria AZE  Azerbaijan BDI  Burundi BEL  Belgium BEN  Benin BES  Bonaire,SintEustatiusandSaba BFA  BurkinaFaso BGD  Bangladesh BGR  Bulgaria BHR  Bahrain BHS  Bahamas BIH  BosniaandHerzegovina BLM  SaintBarthélemy BLR  Belarus BLZ  Belize BMU  Bermuda BOL  Bolivia(PlurinationalStateof) BRA  Brazil BRB  Barbados BRN  BruneiDarussalam BTN  Bhutan BVT  BouvetIsland BWA  Botswana CAF  CentralAfricanRepublic CAN  Canada CCK  Cocos(Keeling)Islands CHE  Switzerland CHL  Chile CHN  China CIV  Côted'Ivoire CMR  Cameroon COD  Congo,DemocraticRepublicofthe COG  Congo COK  CookIslands COL  Colombia COM  Comoros CPV  CaboVerde CRI  CostaRica CUB  Cuba CUW  Curaçao CXR  ChristmasIsland CYM  CaymanIslands CYP  Cyprus CZE  Czechia DEU  Germany DJI  Djibouti DMA  Dominica DNK  Denmark DOM  DominicanRepublic DZA  Algeria ECU  Ecuador EGY  Egypt ERI  Eritrea ESH  WesternSahara ESP  Spain EST  Estonia ETH  Ethiopia FIN  Finland FJI  Fiji FLK  FalklandIslands(Malvinas) FRA  France FRO  FaroeIslands FSM  Micronesia(FederatedStatesof) GAB  Gabon GBR  UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland GEO  Georgia GGY  Guernsey GHA  Ghana GIB  Gibraltar GIN  Guinea GLP  Guadeloupe GMB  Gambia GNB  Guinea-Bissau GNQ  EquatorialGuinea GRC  Greece GRD  Grenada GRL  Greenland GTM  Guatemala GUF  FrenchGuiana GUM  Guam GUY  Guyana HKG  HongKong HMD  HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands HND  Honduras HRV  Croatia HTI  Haiti HUN  Hungary IDN  Indonesia IMN  IsleofMan IND  India IOT  BritishIndianOceanTerritory IRL  Ireland IRN  Iran(IslamicRepublicof) 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  SaintKittsandNevis KOR  Korea,Republicof KWT  Kuwait LAO  LaoPeople'sDemocraticRepublic LBN  Lebanon LBR  Liberia LBY  Libya LCA  SaintLucia LIE  Liechtenstein LKA  SriLanka LSO  Lesotho LTU  Lithuania LUX  Luxembourg LVA  Latvia MAC  Macao MAF  SaintMartin(Frenchpart) MAR  Morocco MCO  Monaco MDA  Moldova,Republicof MDG  Madagascar MDV  Maldives MEX  Mexico MHL  MarshallIslands MKD  NorthMacedonia MLI  Mali MLT  Malta MMR  Myanmar MNE  Montenegro MNG  Mongolia MNP  NorthernMarianaIslands MOZ  Mozambique MRT  Mauritania MSR  Montserrat MTQ  Martinique MUS  Mauritius MWI  Malawi MYS  Malaysia MYT  Mayotte NAM  Namibia NCL  NewCaledonia NER  Niger NFK  NorfolkIsland NGA  Nigeria NIC  Nicaragua NIU  Niue NLD  Netherlands NOR  Norway NPL  Nepal NRU  Nauru NZL  NewZealand OMN  Oman PAK  Pakistan PAN  Panama PCN  Pitcairn PER  Peru PHL  Philippines PLW  Palau PNG  PapuaNewGuinea POL  Poland PRI  PuertoRico PRK  Korea(DemocraticPeople'sRepublicof) PRT  Portugal PRY  Paraguay PSE  Palestine,Stateof PYF  FrenchPolynesia QAT  Qatar REU  Réunion ROU  Romania RUS  RussianFederation RWA  Rwanda SAU  SaudiArabia SDN  Sudan SEN  Senegal SGP  Singapore SGS  SouthGeorgiaandtheSouthSandwichIslands SHN  SaintHelena,AscensionandTristandaCunha SJM  SvalbardandJanMayen SLB  SolomonIslands SLE  SierraLeone SLV  ElSalvador SMR  SanMarino SOM  Somalia SPM  SaintPierreandMiquelon SRB  Serbia SSD  SouthSudan STP  SaoTomeandPrincipe SUR  Suriname SVK  Slovakia SVN  Slovenia SWE  Sweden SWZ  Eswatini SXM  SintMaarten(Dutchpart) SYC  Seychelles SYR  SyrianArabRepublic TCA  TurksandCaicosIslands TCD  Chad TGO  Togo THA  Thailand TJK  Tajikistan TKL  Tokelau TKM  Turkmenistan TLS  Timor-Leste TON  Tonga TTO  TrinidadandTobago TUN  Tunisia TUR  Turkey TUV  Tuvalu TWN  Taiwan,ProvinceofChina TZA  Tanzania,UnitedRepublicof UGA  Uganda UKR  Ukraine UMI  UnitedStatesMinorOutlyingIslands URY  Uruguay USA  UnitedStatesofAmerica UZB  Uzbekistan VAT  HolySee VCT  SaintVincentandtheGrenadines VEN  Venezuela(BolivarianRepublicof) VGB  VirginIslands(British) VIR  VirginIslands(U.S.) VNM  VietNam VUT  Vanuatu WLF  WallisandFutuna WSM  Samoa YEM  Yemen ZAF  SouthAfrica ZMB  Zambia ZWE  Zimbabwe User-assignedcodeelements[edit] User-assignedcodeelementsarecodesatthedisposalofuserswhoneedtoaddfurthernamesofcountries,territories,orothergeographicalentitiestotheirin-houseapplicationofISO3166-1,andtheISO3166/MAwillneverusethesecodesintheupdatingprocessofthestandard.Thefollowingalpha-3codescanbeuser-assigned:AAAtoAAZ,QMAtoQZZ,XAAtoXZZ,andZZAtoZZZ.[5] Examples[edit] ThefollowingcodesareusedinISO/IEC7501-1forspecialmachine-readablepassports:[2] EUEisusedfortheEuropeanUnionlaissez-passer[6] XOMisusedtorepresenttheSovereignMilitaryOrderofMalta XPOisusedforInterpoltraveldocuments XXAisusedtorepresentastatelessperson,asdefinedinArticle1ofthe1954ConventionRelatingtotheStatusofStatelessPersons XXBisusedtorepresentarefugee,asdefinedinArticle1ofthe1951ConventionRelatingtotheStatusofRefugeesasamendedbythe1967Protocol XXCisusedtorepresentarefugee,otherthanasdefinedabove XXXisusedtorepresentapersonofunspecifiednationality WSAisusedfortheWorldServiceAuthorityWorldPassport(TheWorldServiceAuthorityWorldPassportcontains"WSA"astheauthoritycode.IthasbeenfiledwiththeInternationalCivilAviationOrganization,butdoesnotappearinofficialICAOdocumentsasvalid.[7]) NATOSTANAG1059INTisbuiltuponISOalpha-3codes,butalsodefinesalpha-2codesincompatiblewithISO3166-1.Itintroducesseveralprivateusecodesforfictionalcountriesandorganizationalentities: XXB"Brownland" XXG"Greyland" XXI"Indigoland" XXL"Limeland" XXP"Purpleland" XXR"Redland" XXW"Whiteland" XXY"Yellowland" XXESHAPE XXMNATO XXNNATO"Blue"Command XXSSACLANT NATOalsocontinuestousereservedcodesforcontinents: ABBAsia EEEEurope FFFAfrica NNNNorthAmerica SRRSouthAmerica UUUOceania NTTNATOcountries Reservedcodeelements[edit] Reservedcodeelementsarecodeswhichhavebecomeobsolete,orarerequiredinordertoenableaparticularuserapplicationofthestandardbutdonotqualifyforinclusioninISO3166-1.Toavoidtransitionalapplicationproblemsandtoaiduserswhorequirespecificadditionalcodeelementsforthefunctioningoftheircodingsystems,theISO3166/MA,whenjustified,reservesthesecodeswhichitundertakesnottouseforotherthanspecifiedpurposesduringalimitedorindeterminateperiodoftime.Thereservedalpha-3codescanbedividedintothefollowingfourcategories:exceptionalreservations,transitionalreservations,indeterminatereservations,andcodescurrentlyagreednottouse. Exceptionalreservations[edit] ExceptionallyreservedcodeelementsarecodesreservedattherequestofnationalISOmemberbodies,governmentsandinternationalorganizations,whicharerequiredinordertosupportaparticularapplication,asspecifiedbytherequestingbodyandlimitedtosuchuse;anyfurtheruseofsuchcodeelementsissubjecttoapprovalbytheISO3166/MA.Thefollowingalpha-3codesarecurrentlyexceptionallyreserved: ASCAscensionIsland –ReservedonrequestofUniversalPostalUnion(UPU),alsousedbyInternationalTelecommunicationUnion(ITU) CPTClippertonIsland –ReservedonrequestofITU DGADiegoGarcia –ReservedonrequestofITU FXXFrance,Metropolitan –ReservedonrequestofFrance;OfficiallyassignedbeforebeingdeletedfromISO3166-1 SUNUSSR –FromJune2008;TransitionallyreservedfromSeptember1992;OfficiallyassignedbeforebeingdeletedfromISO3166-1 TAATristandaCunha –ReservedonrequestofUPU Thefollowingalpha-3codeswerepreviouslyexceptionallyreserved,butarenowofficiallyassigned: GGYGuernsey –ReservedonrequestofUPU IMNIsleofMan –ReservedonrequestofUPU JEYJersey –ReservedonrequestofUPU Transitionalreservations[edit] TransitionalreservedcodeelementsarecodesreservedaftertheirdeletionfromISO3166-1.Thesecodesmaybeusedonlyduringatransitionalperiodofatleastfiveyearswhilenewcodeelementsthatmayhavereplacedthemaretakenintouse.ThesecodesmaybereassignedbytheISO3166/MAaftertheexpirationofthetransitionalperiod.Thefollowingalpha-3codesarecurrentlytransitionallyreserved: ANTNetherlandsAntilles –FromDecember2010 BURBurma –FromDecember1989 BYSByelorussianSSR –FromJune1992 CSKCzechoslovakia –FromJune1993 NTZNeutralZone –FromJuly1993 ROMRomania –FromFebruary2002;CodechangedtoROU[8] SCGSerbiaandMontenegro –FromSeptember2006 TMPEastTimor –FromMay2002 YUGYugoslavia –FromJuly2003 ZARZaire –FromJuly1997 Indeterminatereservations[edit] Indeterminatelyreservedcodeelementsarecodesusedtodesignateroadvehiclesunderthe1949and1968UnitedNationsConventionsonRoadTrafficbutdifferingfromthosecontainedinISO3166-1.ThesecodeelementsareexpectedeventuallytobeeithereliminatedorreplacedbycodeelementswithinISO3166-1.Inthemeantime,theISO3166/MAhasreservedsuchcodeelementsforanindeterminateperiod.AnyusebeyondtheapplicationofthetwoConventionsisdiscouragedandwillnotbeapprovedbytheISO3166/MA.Moreover,thesecodesmaybereassignedbytheISO3166/MAatanytime.Thefollowingalpha-3codesarecurrentlyindeterminatelyreserved: ADNAden BDSBarbados BRUBrunei CDNCanada EAKKenya EATTanganyika[PartofTanzania,UnitedRepublicof] EAUUganda EAZZanzibar[PartofTanzania,UnitedRepublicof] GBAAlderney GBGGuernsey GBJJersey GBMIsleofMan GBZGibraltar GCAGuatemala HKJJordan MALMalaysia RCACentralAfricanRepublic RCBCongo,People'sRepublicof RCHChile RMMMali RNRZambia ROKKorea,Republicof RSMSanMarino RSRSouthernRhodesia[nowZimbabwe] SLOSlovenia SMESuriname TMNTurkmenistan WAGGambia WALSierraLeone WANNigeria ZREZaire,People'sRepublicof Thefollowingalpha-3codewaspreviouslyindeterminatelyreserved,buthasbeenreassignedtoanothercountryasitsofficialcode: ROUUruguay –CodereassignedtoRomania Codescurrentlyagreednottouse[edit] Inaddition,theISO3166/MAwillnotusethefollowingalpha-3codesatthepresentstage,astheyareusedinISO/IEC7501-1forspecialmachine-readablepassports: GBDidentifiesaBritishPassportholderwhoisaBritishOverseasTerritoriescitizen GBNidentifiesaBritishPassportholderwhoisaBritishNational(Overseas) GBOidentifiesaBritishPassportholderwhoisaBritishOverseascitizen GBPidentifiesaBritishPassportholderwhoisaBritishprotectedperson GBSidentifiesaBritishPassportholderwhoisaBritishsubject UNAisusedasasubstitutefornationalitywheretheholderisanOfficialofaSpecializedAgencyoftheUNOrganization UNKidentifiesKosovoresidentstowhomtraveldocumentswereissuedbytheUnitedNationsInterimAdministrationinKosovo(UNMIK) UNOisusedtodesignatetheUNOrganizationastheissuerandusedasasubstitutefornationalitywheretheholderisanOfficialoftheUNOrganization Deletedcodes[edit] Besidesthecodescurrentlytransitionallyreservedandtwoothercodescurrentlyexceptionallyreserved(FXXforFrance,MetropolitanandSUNforUSSR),thefollowingalpha-3codeshavealsobeendeletedfromISO3166-1:[9] AFIFrenchAfarsandIssas ATBBritishAntarcticTerritory ATNDronningMaudLand CTECantonandEnderburyIslands DDRGermanDemocraticRepublic DHYDahomey GELGilbertandElliceIslands HVOUpperVolta JTNJohnstonIsland MIDMidwayIslands NHBNewHebrides PCIPacificIslands(TrustTerritory) PCZPanamaCanalZone PHIPhilippines –CodechangedtoPHLin1976[10] PUSUnitedStatesMiscellaneousPacificIslands RHOSouthernRhodesia SKMSikkim VDRViet-Nam,DemocraticRepublicof WAKWakeIsland YMDYemen,Democratic Seealso[edit] ListofIOCcountrycodes,usedbytheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC) ListofFIFAcountrycodes,usedbytheFédérationInternationaledeFootballAssociation(FIFA) Comparisonofalphabeticcountrycodes References[edit] ^"ISO3166–FAQs–Generalquestions".InternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO). ^ab"Appendix7toSectionIV–Three-lettercodes"(PDF).Doc9303,MachineReadableTravelDocuments,PartI–MachineReadablePassports,VolumeI–PassportswithMachineReadableDataStoredinOpticalCharacterRecognitionFormat.InternationalCivilAviationOrganization.pp. IV-43–IV-46. ^"Distinguishingsignsusedonvehiclesininternationaltraffic"(PDF).UnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforEurope. ^"Countrynamesandcodeelements".ISO. ^"GlossaryforISO3166-Codesforcountriesandtheirsubdivisions".ISO. ^"EuropeanUnionlaissez-passer(videoat0:47)".Laissez-passer.eu.Retrieved4June2016. ^"Doc9303 :MachineReadableTravelDocuments"(PDF).Icao.int.p. III-1-4.Retrieved15July2018. ^ISOInternationalOrganizationforStandardization,ISO3166MaintenanceAgency(1February2002)."RE:Changeofalpha-3CodeElement"(PDF).ISO3166-1NEWSLETTERNo.V-3.Archivedfromtheoriginal(PDF)on2011-07-22.Retrieved26June2017.Descriptionofchange:Changeofthealpha-3CodeelementforRomaniafromROMtoROUfollowingarequestoftheGovernmentofRomania. ^CliveFeather(2003-07-25)."CountrycodesinISO3166(Table2:codeswithdrawnfromuse)".Davros.org. ^GwillimLaw(2014-07-17)."ChangesinISO3166-1".Statoids.com. Sourcesandexternallinks[edit] ISO3166MaintenanceAgency,InternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO) ReservedcodeelementsunderISO3166-1"Codesfortherepresentationofnamesofcountriesandtheirsubdivisions–Part1:Countrycodes",availableonrequestfromISO3166/MA StandardCountryorAreaCodesforStatisticalUse,UnitedNationsStatisticsDivision Countriesorareas,codesandabbreviations –listofalpha-3andnumericcodes(afewterritoriesofficiallyassignedcodesinISO3166-1arenotincludedinthislist) TheWorldFactbook(publicdomain),CentralIntelligenceAgency AppendixD –Cross-ReferenceListofCountryDataCodes –comparisonofFIPS10,ISO3166,andSTANAG1059countrycodes AdministrativeDivisionsofCountries("Statoids"),Statoids.com Countrycodes –comparisonofISO3166-1countrycodeswithothercountrycodes ISO3166-1ChangeHistory,Statoids.com vteISO3166–CodesfortherepresentationofnamesofcountriesandtheirsubdivisionsListofISO3166countrycodesISO3166-1countrycodes alpha-2 alpha-3 numeric ISO3166-2countrysubdivisioncodes AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AX AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BL BM BN BO BQ BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CD CF CG CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CR CU CV CW CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW GY HK HM HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IM IN IO IQ IR IS IT JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KR KW KY KZ LA LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA PE PF PG PH PK PL PM PN PR PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RS RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SV SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TH TJ TK TLa TM TN TO TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS YE YT ZA ZM ZW Deleted AN CSb ISO3166-3codesforformernamesofcountries List aChangedfromTP bChangedfromYU Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ISO_3166-1_alpha-3&oldid=1083570259" Categories:ISO3166CountrycodesLocationcodesHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidata Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages العربيةবাংলাDanskΕλληνικάEspañolGalego한국어HrvatskiIlokanoItalianoمصرىNorskbokmålپنجابیPolskiPortuguêsSimpleEnglishதமிழ்TarandíneTürkçeاردوTiếngViệtYorùbá中文 Editlinks