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".