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 XT, XW, XY, 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
|
| 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
|
| International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
|
XU |
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
|
| Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)
|
XV |
N/A
|
| Western Sahara
|
EH |
EH
|
| Yemen
|
YE |
YE
|
| Zambia
|
ZM |
ZM
|
| Zimbabwe
|
ZW |
ZW
|
| Unknown states, other entities or organizations
|
XX |
N/A
|
References
This article incorporates material that is free to use or reproduce from the World Intellectual Property Organization document "WIPO ST.3".