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 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

"Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations" (PDF). March 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.

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[1] "Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations" (PDF). March 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.