WIPO ST.3
WIPO ST.3 is the World Intellectual Property Organization standard for the two-letter codes of countries and other organizations, such as regional intellectual-property organizations.[1] It generally follows ISO 3166-1 except for the non-country entries.
Current codes
Rows in blue are not present in ISO 3166-2. Rows in yellow are different from ISO 3166-2. Codes AA, QM to QY, XA to XM, XO to XZ and ZZ are available for individual or provisional use.
English country/organization short name |
WIPO ST.3 code |
ISO 3166-2 Alpha-2 code |
Afghanistan |
AF | AF |
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) |
OA | N/A |
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) |
AP | N/A |
Albania |
AL | AL |
Algeria |
DZ | DZ |
Andorra |
AD | AD |
Angola |
AO | AO |
Anguilla |
AI | AI |
Antigua and Barbuda |
AG | AG |
Argentina |
AR | AR |
Armenia |
AM | AM |
Aruba |
AW | AW |
Australia |
AU | AU |
Austria |
AT | AT |
Azerbaijan |
AZ | AZ |
Bahamas |
BS | BS |
Bahrain |
BH | BH |
Bangladesh |
BD | BD |
Barbados |
BB | BB |
Belarus |
BY | BY |
Belgium |
BE | BE |
Belize |
BZ | BZ |
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) |
BX | N/A |
Benin |
BJ | BJ |
Bermuda |
BM | BM |
Bhutan |
BT | BT |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
BO | BO |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
BQ | BQ |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BA | BA |
Botswana |
BW | BW |
Bouvet Island |
BV | BV |
Brazil |
BR | BR |
Brunei Darussalam |
BN | BN |
Bulgaria |
BG | BG |
Burkina Faso |
BF | BF |
Burundi |
BI | BI |
Cambodia |
KH | KH |
Cameroon |
CM | CM |
Canada |
CA | CA |
Cape Verde |
CV | CV |
Cayman Islands |
KY | KY |
Central African Republic |
CF | CF |
Chad |
TD | TD |
Chile |
CL | CL |
China |
CN | CN |
Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union |
QZ | N/A |
Colombia |
CO | CO |
Comoros |
KM | KM |
Congo |
CG | CG |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
CD | CD |
Cook Islands |
CK | CK |
Costa Rica |
CR | CR |
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire |
CI | CI |
Croatia |
HR | HR |
Cuba |
CU | CU |
Curaçao |
CW | CW |
Cyprus |
CY | CY |
Czech Republic |
CZ | CZ |
Denmark |
DK | DK |
Djibouti |
DJ | DJ |
Dominica |
DM | DM |
Dominican Republic |
DO | DO |
Ecuador |
EC | EC |
Egypt |
EG | EG |
El Salvador |
SV | SV |
Equatorial Guinea |
GQ | GQ |
Eritrea |
ER | ER |
Estonia |
EE | EE |
Ethiopia |
ET | ET |
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) |
EA | N/A |
European Patent Office (EPO) |
EP | N/A |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
FK | FK |
Faroe Islands |
FO | FO |
Fiji |
FJ | FJ |
Finland |
FI | FI |
France |
FR | FR |
Gabon |
GA | GA |
Gambia |
GM | GM |
Georgia |
GE | GE |
Germany |
DE | DE |
Ghana |
GH | GH |
Gibraltar |
GI | GI |
Greece |
GR | GR |
Greenland |
GL | GL |
Grenada |
GD | GD |
Guatemala |
GT | GT |
Guernsey |
GG | GG |
Guinea |
GN | GN |
Guinea-Bissau |
GW | GW |
Guyana |
GY | GY |
Haiti |
HT | HT |
Holy See (Vatican City State) |
VA | VA |
Honduras |
HN | HN |
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
HK | HK |
Hungary |
HU | HU |
Iceland |
IS | IS |
India |
IN | IN |
Indonesia |
ID | ID |
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization |
IB, WO | N/A |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
IR | IR |
Iraq |
IQ | IQ |
Ireland |
IE | IE |
Isle of Man |
IM | IM |
Israel |
IL | IL |
Italy |
IT | IT |
Jamaica |
JM | JM |
Japan |
JP | JP |
Jersey |
JE | JE |
Jordan |
JO | JO |
Kazakhstan |
KZ | KZ |
Kenya |
KE | KE |
Kiribati |
KI | KI |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
KP | KP |
Korea, Republic of |
KR | KR |
Kuwait |
KW | KW |
Kyrgyzstan |
KG | KG |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
LA | LA |
Latvia |
LV | LV |
Lebanon |
LB | LB |
Lesotho |
LS | LS |
Liberia |
LR | LR |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
LY | LY |
Liechtenstein |
LI | LI |
Lithuania |
LT | LT |
Luxembourg |
LU | LU |
Macao |
MO | MO |
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of |
MK | MK |
Madagascar |
MG | MG |
Malawi |
MW | MW |
Malaysia |
MY | MY |
Maldives |
MV | MV |
Mali |
ML | ML |
Malta |
MT | MT |
Mauritania |
MR | MR |
Mauritius |
MU | MU |
Mexico |
MX | MX |
Moldova, Republic of |
MD | MD |
Monaco |
MC | MC |
Mongolia |
MN | MN |
Montenegro |
ME | ME |
Montserrat |
MS | MS |
Morocco |
MA | MA |
Mozambique |
MZ | MZ |
Myanmar |
MM | MM |
Namibia |
NA | NA |
Nauru |
NR | NR |
Nepal |
NP | NP |
Netherlands |
NL | NL |
New Zealand |
NZ | NZ |
Nicaragua |
NI | NI |
Niger |
NE | NE |
Nigeria |
NG | NG |
Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) |
XN | N/A |
Northern Mariana Islands |
MP | MP |
Norway |
NO | NO |
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) |
EM | N/A |
Oman |
OM | OM |
Pakistan |
PK | PK |
Palau |
PW | PW |
Panama |
PA | PA |
Papua New Guinea |
PG | PG |
Paraguay |
PY | PY |
Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) |
GC | N/A |
Peru |
PE | PE |
Philippines |
PH | PH |
Poland |
PL | PL |
Portugal |
PT | PT |
Qatar |
QA | QA |
Romania |
RO | RO |
Russian Federation |
RU | RU |
Rwanda |
RW | RW |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
SH | SH |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
KN | KN |
Saint Lucia |
LC | LC |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VC | VC |
Samoa |
WS | WS |
San Marino |
SM | SM |
Sao Tome and Principe |
ST | ST |
Saudi Arabia |
SA | SA |
Senegal |
SN | SN |
Serbia |
RS | RS |
Seychelles |
SC | SC |
Sierra Leone |
SL | SL |
Singapore |
SG | SG |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
SX | SX |
Slovakia |
SK | SK |
Slovenia |
SI | SI |
Solomon Islands |
SB | SB |
Somalia |
SO | SO |
South Africa |
ZA | ZA |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
GS | GS |
South Sudan |
SS | SS |
Spain |
ES | ES |
Sri Lanka |
LK | LK |
Sudan |
SD | SD |
Suriname |
SR | SR |
Swaziland |
SZ | SZ |
Sweden |
SE | SE |
Switzerland |
CH | CH |
Syrian Arab Republic |
SY | SY |
Taiwan, Province of China |
TW | TW |
Tajikistan |
TJ | TJ |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
TZ | TZ |
Thailand |
TH | TH |
Timor-Leste |
TL | TL |
Togo |
TG | TG |
Tonga |
TO | TO |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TT | TT |
Tunisia |
TN | TN |
Turkey |
TR | TR |
Turkmenistan |
TM | TM |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
TC | TC |
Tuvalu |
TV | TV |
Uganda |
UG | UG |
Ukraine |
UA | UA |
United Arab Emirates |
AE | AE |
United Kingdom |
GB | GB |
United States |
US | US |
Uruguay |
UY | UY |
Uzbekistan |
UZ | UZ |
Vanuatu |
VU | VU |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
VE | VE |
Viet Nam |
VN | VN |
Virgin Islands, British |
VG | VG |
Western Sahara |
EH | EH |
Yemen |
YE | YE |
Zambia |
ZM | ZM |
Zimbabwe |
ZW | ZW |
Unknown states, other entities or organizations |
ZZ | N/A |
References
This article incorporates material that is free to use or reproduce from the World Intellectual Property Organization document "WIPO ST.3".