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

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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

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

 This article incorporates material that is free to use or reproduce from the World Intellectual Property Organization document "WIPO ST.3".