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.
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
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