ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code. It was first published in 1998.

The purpose of ISO 3166-2 is to establish an international standard of short and unique alphanumeric codes to represent the relevant administrative divisions and dependent territories of all countries in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than their full names. Each complete ISO 3166-2 code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen:[1]

  • The first part is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country;
  • The second part is a string of up to three alphanumeric characters, which is usually obtained from national sources and stems from coding systems already in use in the country concerned, but may also be developed by the ISO itself.

Each complete ISO 3166-2 code can then be used to uniquely identify a country subdivision in a global context.

Currently more than 4000 codes are defined in ISO 3166-2. For some countries, codes are defined for more than one level of subdivisions.

Current codes

The following table can be used to access the current ISO 3166-2 codes of each country, and comprises three columns:

  • Entry — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, click to view the ISO 3166-2 codes of the country
  • Country name — English short country name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)[2]
  • Subdivisions assigned codes — Number and category of subdivisions assigned codes in ISO 3166-2[1]; if there are more than one level of subdivisions, the first-level subdivisions are shown in italics
Entry
(click to view codes)		 Country name Subdivisions assigned codes[1]
ADAndorra7 parishes
AEUnited Arab Emirates7 emirates
AFAfghanistan34 provinces
AGAntigua and Barbuda6 parishes
2 dependencies
AIAnguilla—
ALAlbania12 counties
AMArmenia1 city
10 regions
AOAngola18 provinces
AQAntarctica—
ARArgentina1 city
23 provinces
ASAmerican Samoa—
ATAustria9 states
AUAustralia6 states
2 territories
AWAruba—
AXÅland Islands—
AZAzerbaijan1 autonomous republic
11 municipalities
66 rayons
BABosnia and Herzegovina2 entities
1 district with special status
BBBarbados11 parishes
BDBangladesh8 divisions
64 districts
BEBelgium3 regions
10 provinces
BFBurkina Faso13 regions
45 provinces
BGBulgaria28 regions
BHBahrain4 governorates
BIBurundi18 provinces
BJBenin12 departments
BLSaint Barthélemy—
BMBermuda—
BNBrunei Darussalam4 districts
BOBolivia, Plurinational State of9 departments
BQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba3 special municipalities
BRBrazil1 federal district
26 states
BSBahamas31 districts
BTBhutan20 districts
BVBouvet Island—
BWBotswana10 districts
4 towns
2 cities
BYBelarus6 oblasts
1 city
BZBelize6 districts
CACanada10 provinces
3 territories
CCCocos (Keeling) Islands—
CDCongo, the Democratic Republic of the1 city
10 provinces
CFCentral African Republic1 commune
14 prefectures
2 economic prefectures
CGCongo12 departments
CHSwitzerland26 cantons
CICôte d'Ivoire12 districts
2 autonomous districts
CKCook Islands—
CLChile15 regions
CMCameroon10 regions
CNChina4 municipalities
23 provinces
5 autonomous regions
2 special administrative regions
COColombia1 capital district
32 departments
CRCosta Rica7 provinces
CUCuba15 provinces
1 special municipality
CVCabo Verde2 geographical regions
22 municipalities
CWCuraçao—
CXChristmas Island—
CYCyprus6 districts
CZCzechia13 regions and 1 capital city
98 districts
DEGermany16 Länder
DJDjibouti5 regions
1 city
DKDenmark5 regions
DMDominica10 parishes
DODominican Republic10 regions
1 district
31 provinces
DZAlgeria48 provinces
ECEcuador24 provinces
EEEstonia15 counties
EGEgypt27 governorates
EHWestern Sahara—
EREritrea6 regions
ESSpain17 autonomous communities
2 autonomous cities in North Africa
50 provinces
ETEthiopia2 administrations
9 states
FIFinland19 regions
FJFiji4 divisions
1 dependency
14 provinces
FKFalkland Islands (Malvinas)—
FMMicronesia, Federated States of4 states
FOFaroe Islands—
FRFrance13 metropolitan regions
3 overseas departments
96 metropolitan departments
1 dependency
3 overseas regions
9 overseas territorial collectivities
GAGabon9 provinces
GBUnited Kingdom3 countries
1 province
3 nations
78 unitary authorities
27 two-tier counties
32 London boroughs
1 city corporation
36 metropolitan districts
11 districts
32 council areas
GDGrenada6 parishes
1 dependency
GEGeorgia2 autonomous republics
1 city
9 regions
GFFrench Guiana—
GGGuernsey—
GHGhana10 regions
GIGibraltar—
GLGreenland4 municipalities
GMGambia1 city
5 divisions
GNGuinea7 administrative regions
1 governorate
33 prefectures
GPGuadeloupe—
GQEquatorial Guinea2 regions
7 provinces
GRGreece13 administrative regions
1 self-governed part
GSSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands—
GTGuatemala22 departments
GUGuam—
GWGuinea-Bissau3 provinces
1 autonomous sector
8 regions
GYGuyana10 regions
HKHong Kong—
HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands—
HNHonduras18 departments
HRCroatia1 city
20 counties
HTHaiti10 departments
HUHungary1 capital city
19 counties
23 cities of county right
IDIndonesia7 geographical units
32 provinces
1 capital district
1 special region
IEIreland4 provinces
26 counties
ILIsrael6 districts
IMIsle of Man—
INIndia29 states
7 union territories
IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory—
IQIraq18 governorates
IRIran, Islamic Republic of31 provinces
ISIceland8 regions
ITItaly20 regions
110 provinces
JEJersey—
JMJamaica14 parishes
JOJordan12 governorates
JPJapan47 prefectures
KEKenya47 counties
KGKyrgyzstan2 cities
7 regions
KHCambodia1 autonomous municipality
24 provinces
KIKiribati3 groups of islands
KMComoros3 islands
KNSaint Kitts and Nevis2 states
14 parishes
KPKorea (the Democratic People's Republic of)1 capital city
1 metropolitan city
1 special city
9 provinces
KRKorea (the Republic of)6 metropolitan cities
1 special city
1 special self-governing city
8 provinces
1 special self-governing province
KWKuwait6 governorates
KYCayman Islands—
KZKazakhstan3 cities
14 regions
LALao People's Democratic Republic1 prefecture
17 provinces
LBLebanon8 governorates
LCSaint Lucia10 districts
LILiechtenstein11 communes
LKSri Lanka9 provinces
25 districts
LRLiberia15 counties
LSLesotho10 districts
LTLithuania10 counties
9 municipalities
7 city municipalities
44 district municipalities
LULuxembourg12 cantons
LVLatvia110 municipalities
9 republican cities
LYLibya22 popularates
MAMorocco12 regions
62 provinces
13 prefectures
MCMonaco17 quarters
MDMoldova, Republic of1 autonomous territorial unit
3 cities
32 districts
1 territorial unit
MEMontenegro23 municipalities
MFSaint Martin (French part)—
MGMadagascar6 provinces
MHMarshall Islands2 chains of islands
24 municipalities
MKMacedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of71 municipalities
MLMali1 district
10 regions
MMMyanmar7 regions
7 states
1 union territory
MNMongolia1 capital city
21 provinces
MOMacao—
MPNorthern Mariana Islands—
MQMartinique—
MRMauritania15 regions
MSMontserrat—
MTMalta68 local councils
MUMauritius3 dependencies
9 districts
5 cities
MVMaldives7 provinces
1 capital
20 administrative atolls
MWMalawi3 regions
28 districts
MXMexico31 states
1 federal district
MYMalaysia3 federal territories
13 states
MZMozambique1 city
10 provinces
NANamibia14 regions
NCNew Caledonia—
NENiger1 urban community
7 departments
NFNorfolk Island—
NGNigeria1 capital territory
36 states
NINicaragua15 departments
2 autonomous regions
NLNetherlands[note 1]12 provinces
3 countries
3 special municipalities
NONorway19 counties
2 arctic regions
NPNepal5 development regions
14 zones
NRNauru14 districts
NUNiue—
NZNew Zealand16 regions
1 special island authority
OMOman11 governorates
PAPanama10 provinces
3 indigenous regions
PEPeru25 regions
1 municipality
PFFrench Polynesia—
PGPapua New Guinea1 district
20 provinces
1 autonomous region
PHPhilippines17 regions
81 provinces
PKPakistan1 federal capital territory
4 provinces
1 territory
2 Pakistan administered areas
PLPoland16 provinces
PMSaint Pierre and Miquelon—
PNPitcairn—
PRPuerto Rico—
PSPalestine, State of16 governorates
PTPortugal18 districts
2 autonomous regions
PWPalau16 states
PYParaguay1 capital
17 departments
QAQatar8 municipalities
RERéunion—
RORomania41 departments
1 municipality
RSSerbia2 autonomous provinces
1 city
29 districts
RURussian Federation21 republics
9 administrative territories
46 administrative regions
2 autonomous cities
1 autonomous region
4 autonomous districts
RWRwanda1 town council
4 provinces
SASaudi Arabia13 provinces
SBSolomon Islands1 capital territory
9 provinces
SCSeychelles25 districts
SDSudan18 states
SESweden21 counties
SGSingapore5 districts
SHSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha3 geographical entities
SISlovenia212 communes
SJSvalbard and Jan Mayen—
SKSlovakia8 regions
SLSierra Leone1 area
3 provinces
SMSan Marino9 municipalities
SNSenegal14 regions
SOSomalia18 regions
SRSuriname10 districts
SSSouth Sudan10 states
STSao Tome and Principe2 provinces
SVEl Salvador14 departments
SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)—
SYSyrian Arab Republic14 provinces
SZSwaziland4 districts
TCTurks and Caicos Islands—
TDChad23 regions
TFFrench Southern Territories—
TGTogo5 regions
THThailand1 metropolitan administration
1 special administrative city
76 provinces
TJTajikistan1 autonomous region
2 regions
1 capital territory
1 district under republic administration
TKTokelau—
TLTimor-Leste13 districts
TMTurkmenistan5 regions
1 city
TNTunisia24 governorates
TOTonga5 divisions
TRTurkey81 provinces
TTTrinidad and Tobago9 regions
5 municipalities
1 ward
TVTuvalu1 town council
7 island councils
TWTaiwan, Province of China [note 2]13 counties
3 cities
6 special municipalities
TZTanzania, United Republic of30 regions
UAUkraine24 regions
1 republic
2 cities
UGUganda4 geographical regions
121 districts
1 city
UMUnited States Minor Outlying Islands9 islands, groups of islands
USUnited States50 states
1 district
6 outlying areas
UYUruguay19 departments
UZUzbekistan1 city
12 regions
1 republic
VAHoly See (Vatican City State)—
VCSaint Vincent and the Grenadines6 parishes
VEVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of1 federal dependency
1 federal district
23 states
VGVirgin Islands, British—
VIVirgin Islands, U.S.—
VNViet Nam58 provinces
5 municipalities
VUVanuatu6 provinces
WFWallis and Futuna3 administrative precincts
WSSamoa11 districts
YEYemen1 municipality
21 governorates
YTMayotte—
ZASouth Africa9 provinces
ZMZambia10 provinces
ZWZimbabwe10 provinces

Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1

For the following countries, a number of their subdivisions in ISO 3166-2, most of them dependent territories, are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1:[2]

Entry Country name Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1 (alpha-2 code)
CN China CN-TW Taiwan ( TW) [note 2]
CN-HK Hong Kong ( HK)
CN-MO Macao ( MO)
FI Finland FI-01 Åland ( AX)
FR France FR-BL Saint Barthélemy ( BL)
FR-GF French Guiana ( GF)
FR-GP Guadeloupe ( GP)
FR-MF Saint Martin ( MF)
FR-MQ Martinique ( MQ)
FR-NC New Caledonia ( NC)
FR-PF French Polynesia ( PF)
FR-PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( PM)
FR-RE Réunion ( RE)
FR-TF French Southern Territories ( TF)
FR-WF Wallis and Futuna ( WF)
FR-YT Mayotte ( YT)
NL Netherlands[note 1] NL-AW Aruba ( AW)
NL-BQ1 Bonaire ( BQ) [note 3]
NL-BQ2 Saba ( BQ) [note 3]
NL-BQ3 Sint Eustatius ( BQ) [note 3]
NL-CW Curaçao ( CW)
NL-SX Sint Maarten ( SX)
NO Norway NO-21 Svalbard ( SJ) [note 4]
NO-22 Jan Mayen ( SJ) [note 4]
US United States US-AS American Samoa ( AS)
US-GU Guam ( GU)
US-MP Northern Mariana Islands ( MP)
US-PR Puerto Rico ( PR)
US-UM United States Minor Outlying Islands ( UM)
US-VI Virgin Islands, U.S. ( VI)
Notes
  1. 1 2 In ISO 3166-1, three countries are listed as subdivisions of the Netherlands. However, the mentioned Netherlands is a country on its own with the three other countries being its dependent territories. The four countries together constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  2. 1 2 Taiwan is included as a subdivision of China because of its political status within the United Nations, as, even though it is de facto under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China, the United Nations does not recognize the Republic of China and considers Taiwan as part of China. In ISO 3166-1, Taiwan is listed as "Taiwan, Province of China".
  3. 1 2 3 Collectively Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
  4. 1 2 Collectively Svalbard and Jan Mayen are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.

Format

The format of the ISO 3166-2 codes is different for each country. The codes may be alphabetic, numeric, or alphanumeric, and they may also be of constant or variable length. The following is a table of the ISO 3166-2 codes of each country (those with codes defined), grouped by their format:

Number of characters (second part) Alphabetic Numeric Alphanumeric
1 AR, BO, FJ, GM, KI, KM, LS, LU, MG, SL, ST, TG, TM, VE
First-level subdivisions only: BD, CV, FR, GN, GQ, GR, GW, KN, MH, MW, NZ, UG		 AT, GA, IS, NE
First-level subdivisions only: LK, NP
2 AE, AM, BI, BJ, BN, BQ, BR, BS, BW, BY, CA, CD, CH, CL, CM, CN, DE, DJ, ER, ET, GE, GH, GL, GT, GY, HN, HT, HU, ID, IN, IQ, JO, KW, LA, LB, LR, LT, LY, MC, MD, MU, NA, NG, NI, OM, PK, PL, QA, SB, SD, SH, SK, SN, SO, SR, SS, SV, SY, SZ, TD, TJ, TL, US, UY, UZ, WS, YE, ZA, ZW
First-level subdivisions only: CZ, RS
Second-level subdivisions only: AL, CV, GN, GQ, GW, IT, MW, NP		 AD, AG, BB, BG, BH, CI, CU, CY, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EE, FI, GD, HR, IR, JM, JP, KP, KR, LC, LI, ME, MK, MM, MT, MY, NO, NR, PT, RW, SA, SC, SG, SM, TN, TO, TR, TZ, UA, UM, VC, ZM
First-level subdivisions only: AL, BF, IT, MA, PH
Second-level subdivisions only: BA, BD, KN, LK, RS		 BT, MV, VN
Second-level subdivisions only: FR, GR
3 AF, AO, BE, FM, GB, KZ, MX, PE, PG, PS, TT, TV, TW, VU
First-level subdivisions only: BA
Second-level subdivisions only: BF, MA, MH, NZ, PH		 KE, PW, SI
Second-level subdivisions only: UG		 Second-level subdivisions only: CZ
1 or 2 CR, EC, ES, IE, IL, KG, RO, SE KH PA, TH
1 or 3 MZ MN ML
2 or 3 AU, AZ, BZ, CF, CO, RU LV, MR, NL
1, 2, or 3 EG CG, PY

Changes

The ISO 3166/MA updates ISO 3166-2 when necessary. Changes in ISO 3166-2 consist mostly of spelling corrections, addition and deletion of subdivisions, and modification of the administrative structure.

ISO used to announce changes in newsletters which updated the currently valid standard, and releasing new editions which comprise a consolidation of newsletter changes. As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore. Past newsletters remain available on the ISO website.

Edition/Newsletter Date issued Affected entries
ISO 3166-2:1998 1998-12-20 First edition of ISO 3166-2
Newsletter I-1 2000-06-21 BY, CA, DO, ER, ES, IT, KR, NG, PL, RO, RU, TR, VN, YU
Newsletter I-2 2002-05-21 AE, AL, AO, AZ, BD, BG, BJ, CA, CD, CN, CV, CZ, ES, FR, GB, GE, GN, GT, HR, ID, IN, IR, KZ, LA, MA, MD, MW, NI, PH, TR, UZ, VN
Newsletter I-3 2002-08-20 AE, CZ, IN, KZ, MD, MO, PS (new entry), TP (changed to TL), UG
Newsletter I-4 2002-12-10 BI, CA, EC, ES, ET, GE, ID, IN, KG, KH, KP, KZ, LA, MD, MU, RO, SI, TJ, TL, TM, TW, UZ, VE, YE
Newsletter I-5 2003-09-05 BW, CH, CZ, LY, MY, SN, TN, TZ, UG, VE, YU (changed to CS)
Newsletter I-6 2004-03-08 AF, AL, AU, CN, CO, ID, KP, MA, TN, ZA
Newsletter I-7 2005-09-13 AF, DJ, ID, RU, SI, VN
Newsletter I-8 2007-04-17 AD, AG, BB, BH, CI, CS (deleted), DM, GB, GD, GG (new entry), IM (new entry), IR, IT, JE (new entry), KN, LI, ME (new entry), MK, NR, PW, RS (new entry), RU, RW, SB, SC, SM, TD, TO, TV, VC
Newsletter I-9 2007-11-28 BG, BL (new entry), CZ, FR, GB, GE, LB, MF (new entry), MK, MT, RU, SD, SG, UG, ZA
ISO 3166-2:2007 2007-12-13 Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (these changes were not announced in a newsletter)[3]
BA, DK, DO, EG, GN, HT, KE, KW, LC, LR, TV, YE, ZA
Newsletter II-1 2010-02-03
(corrected
2010-02-19)		 AL, BO, CZ, ES, FR, GN, GR, GW, ID, IE, IT, KN, KP, LK, MA, MH, NP, RS, UG, VE
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 AG, AR, BA, BF, BI, BS, BY, CF, CL, CV, EC, EG, GB, GL, HU, IT, KE, KM, LY, MD, MW, NG, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PH, RU, SC, SH, SI, SN, TD, TM, YE
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)		 AF, AN (deleted), AW, AZ, BD, BE, BG, BQ (new entry), BS, CV, CW (new entry), DJ, DK, ER, FI, FR, GB, GQ, HN, HR, HT, ID, IE, IN, JO, KW, LS, LV, MC, ME, MK, MM, MV, NL, NO, NP, NR, PG, PK, PL, PS, QA, SA, SD, SE, SH, SS (new entry), SX (new entry), TL, TN, TR, VN
ISO 3166-2:2013 2013-11-19 Third edition of ISO 3166-2 (changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISO 3166-2". International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
  2. 1 2 "Country names and code elements". ISO.
  3. ↑ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.

Other lists of ISO 3166-2 codes (not necessarily up-to-date)

Many of the lists below are based on outdated versions of ISO 3166-2 codes. The latest version may be obtained from the ISO 3166/MA.

  • List of Countries with ISO 2 Digit codes - DataHub Core Data
  • Country sub-entity name code, GEFEG.FX
  • "LLOW linklist", LanguageServer, AT: University of Graz .
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