# Geographical Regions

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EC3 may be abbreviating some regional information. The following are the abbreviations and codes that EC3 uses:

* [2-letter country codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2),
* [2-letter country codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) + [USA state alpha codes](https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD\&TVD=53971) or [Canada Province and territorial codes](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/completing-slips-summaries/financial-slips-summaries/return-investment-income-t5/provincial-territorial-codes.html),
* [M49 region codes](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/),
* alias "EU27" for the 27 members of the Euro bloc,
* alias "NAFTA" for the members of North American Free Trade Agreement

## Full list of regions & codes

### Areas

<table><thead><tr><th width="120">M49</th><th width="630">Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>001</td><td>World</td></tr><tr><td>002</td><td>Africa</td></tr><tr><td>003</td><td>North America</td></tr><tr><td>005</td><td>South America</td></tr><tr><td>009</td><td>Oceania</td></tr><tr><td>013</td><td>Central America</td></tr><tr><td>142</td><td>Asia</td></tr><tr><td>150</td><td>Europe</td></tr><tr><td>419</td><td>Latin America and the Caribbean</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Countries

<table><thead><tr><th width="100">M49</th><th width="130">ISO Alpha 2</th><th width="517">Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>004</td><td>AF</td><td>Afghanistan</td></tr><tr><td>008</td><td>AL</td><td>Albania</td></tr><tr><td>010</td><td>AQ</td><td>Antarctica</td></tr><tr><td>012</td><td>DZ</td><td>Algeria</td></tr><tr><td>016</td><td>AS</td><td>American Samoa</td></tr><tr><td>020</td><td>AD</td><td>Andorra</td></tr><tr><td>024</td><td>AO</td><td>Angola</td></tr><tr><td>028</td><td>AG</td><td>Antigua and Barbuda</td></tr><tr><td>031</td><td>AZ</td><td>Azerbaijan</td></tr><tr><td>032</td><td>AR</td><td>Argentina</td></tr><tr><td>036</td><td>AU</td><td>Australia</td></tr><tr><td>040</td><td>AT</td><td>Austria</td></tr><tr><td>044</td><td>BS</td><td>Bahamas</td></tr><tr><td>048</td><td>BH</td><td>Bahrain</td></tr><tr><td>050</td><td>BD</td><td>Bangladesh</td></tr><tr><td>051</td><td>AM</td><td>Armenia</td></tr><tr><td>052</td><td>BB</td><td>Barbados</td></tr><tr><td>056</td><td>BE</td><td>Belgium</td></tr><tr><td>060</td><td>BM</td><td>Bermuda</td></tr><tr><td>064</td><td>BT</td><td>Bhutan</td></tr><tr><td>068</td><td>BO</td><td>Bolivia (Plurinational State of)</td></tr><tr><td>070</td><td>BA</td><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td></tr><tr><td>072</td><td>BW</td><td>Botswana</td></tr><tr><td>074</td><td>BV</td><td>Bouvet Island</td></tr><tr><td>076</td><td>BR</td><td>Brazil</td></tr><tr><td>084</td><td>BZ</td><td>Belize</td></tr><tr><td>086</td><td>IO</td><td>British Indian Ocean Territory</td></tr><tr><td>090</td><td>SB</td><td>Solomon Islands</td></tr><tr><td>092</td><td>VG</td><td>British Virgin Islands</td></tr><tr><td>096</td><td>BN</td><td>Brunei Darussalam</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>BG</td><td>Bulgaria</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td>MM</td><td>Myanmar</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td>BI</td><td>Burundi</td></tr><tr><td>112</td><td>BY</td><td>Belarus</td></tr><tr><td>116</td><td>KH</td><td>Cambodia</td></tr><tr><td>120</td><td>CM</td><td>Cameroon</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td>CA</td><td>Canada</td></tr><tr><td>132</td><td>CV</td><td>Cabo Verde</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td>KY</td><td>Cayman Islands</td></tr><tr><td>140</td><td>CF</td><td>Central African Republic</td></tr><tr><td>144</td><td>LK</td><td>Sri Lanka</td></tr><tr><td>148</td><td>TD</td><td>Chad</td></tr><tr><td>152</td><td>CL</td><td>Chile</td></tr><tr><td>156</td><td>CN</td><td>China</td></tr><tr><td>162</td><td>CX</td><td>Christmas Island</td></tr><tr><td>166</td><td>CC</td><td>Cocos (Keeling) Islands</td></tr><tr><td>170</td><td>CO</td><td>Colombia</td></tr><tr><td>174</td><td>KM</td><td>Comoros</td></tr><tr><td>175</td><td>YT</td><td>Mayotte</td></tr><tr><td>178</td><td>CG</td><td>Congo</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td>CD</td><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td></tr><tr><td>184</td><td>CK</td><td>Cook Islands</td></tr><tr><td>188</td><td>CR</td><td>Costa Rica</td></tr><tr><td>191</td><td>HR</td><td>Croatia</td></tr><tr><td>192</td><td>CU</td><td>Cuba</td></tr><tr><td>196</td><td>CY</td><td>Cyprus</td></tr><tr><td>203</td><td>CZ</td><td>Czechia</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td>BJ</td><td>Benin</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td>DK</td><td>Denmark</td></tr><tr><td>212</td><td>DM</td><td>Dominica</td></tr><tr><td>214</td><td>DO</td><td>Dominican Republic</td></tr><tr><td>218</td><td>EC</td><td>Ecuador</td></tr><tr><td>222</td><td>SV</td><td>El Salvador</td></tr><tr><td>226</td><td>GQ</td><td>Equatorial Guinea</td></tr><tr><td>231</td><td>ET</td><td>Ethiopia</td></tr><tr><td>232</td><td>ER</td><td>Eritrea</td></tr><tr><td>233</td><td>EE</td><td>Estonia</td></tr><tr><td>234</td><td>FO</td><td>Faroe Islands</td></tr><tr><td>238</td><td>FK</td><td>Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</td></tr><tr><td>239</td><td>GS</td><td>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</td></tr><tr><td>242</td><td>FJ</td><td>Fiji</td></tr><tr><td>246</td><td>FI</td><td>Finland</td></tr><tr><td>248</td><td>AX</td><td>Åland Islands</td></tr><tr><td>250</td><td>FR</td><td>France</td></tr><tr><td>254</td><td>GF</td><td>French Guiana</td></tr><tr><td>258</td><td>PF</td><td>French Polynesia</td></tr><tr><td>260</td><td>TF</td><td>French Southern Territories</td></tr><tr><td>262</td><td>DJ</td><td>Djibouti</td></tr><tr><td>266</td><td>GA</td><td>Gabon</td></tr><tr><td>268</td><td>GE</td><td>Georgia</td></tr><tr><td>270</td><td>GM</td><td>Gambia</td></tr><tr><td>275</td><td>PS</td><td>State of Palestine</td></tr><tr><td>276</td><td>DE</td><td>Germany</td></tr><tr><td>288</td><td>GH</td><td>Ghana</td></tr><tr><td>292</td><td>GI</td><td>Gibraltar</td></tr><tr><td>296</td><td>KI</td><td>Kiribati</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>GR</td><td>Greece</td></tr><tr><td>304</td><td>GL</td><td>Greenland</td></tr><tr><td>308</td><td>GD</td><td>Grenada</td></tr><tr><td>312</td><td>GP</td><td>Guadeloupe</td></tr><tr><td>316</td><td>GU</td><td>Guam</td></tr><tr><td>320</td><td>GT</td><td>Guatemala</td></tr><tr><td>324</td><td>GN</td><td>Guinea</td></tr><tr><td>328</td><td>GY</td><td>Guyana</td></tr><tr><td>332</td><td>HT</td><td>Haiti</td></tr><tr><td>334</td><td>HM</td><td>Heard Island and McDonald Islands</td></tr><tr><td>336</td><td>VA</td><td>Holy See</td></tr><tr><td>340</td><td>HN</td><td>Honduras</td></tr><tr><td>344</td><td>HK</td><td>China, Hong Kong SAR</td></tr><tr><td>348</td><td>HU</td><td>Hungary</td></tr><tr><td>352</td><td>IS</td><td>Iceland</td></tr><tr><td>356</td><td>IN</td><td>India</td></tr><tr><td>360</td><td>ID</td><td>Indonesia</td></tr><tr><td>364</td><td>IR</td><td>Iran</td></tr><tr><td>368</td><td>IQ</td><td>Iraq</td></tr><tr><td>372</td><td>IE</td><td>Ireland</td></tr><tr><td>376</td><td>IL</td><td>Israel</td></tr><tr><td>380</td><td>IT</td><td>Italy</td></tr><tr><td>384</td><td>CI</td><td>Côte d’Ivoire</td></tr><tr><td>388</td><td>JM</td><td>Jamaica</td></tr><tr><td>392</td><td>JP</td><td>Japan</td></tr><tr><td>398</td><td>KZ</td><td>Kazakhstan</td></tr><tr><td>400</td><td>JO</td><td>Jordan</td></tr><tr><td>404</td><td>KE</td><td>Kenya</td></tr><tr><td>408</td><td>KP</td><td>North Korea</td></tr><tr><td>410</td><td>KR</td><td>South Korea</td></tr><tr><td>414</td><td>KW</td><td>Kuwait</td></tr><tr><td>417</td><td>KG</td><td>Kyrgyzstan</td></tr><tr><td>418</td><td>LA</td><td>Laos</td></tr><tr><td>422</td><td>LB</td><td>Lebanon</td></tr><tr><td>426</td><td>LS</td><td>Lesotho</td></tr><tr><td>428</td><td>LV</td><td>Latvia</td></tr><tr><td>430</td><td>LR</td><td>Liberia</td></tr><tr><td>434</td><td>LY</td><td>Libya</td></tr><tr><td>438</td><td>LI</td><td>Liechtenstein</td></tr><tr><td>440</td><td>LT</td><td>Lithuania</td></tr><tr><td>442</td><td>LU</td><td>Luxembourg</td></tr><tr><td>446</td><td>MO</td><td>China, Macao SAR</td></tr><tr><td>450</td><td>MG</td><td>Madagascar</td></tr><tr><td>454</td><td>MW</td><td>Malawi</td></tr><tr><td>458</td><td>MY</td><td>Malaysia</td></tr><tr><td>462</td><td>MV</td><td>Maldives</td></tr><tr><td>466</td><td>ML</td><td>Mali</td></tr><tr><td>470</td><td>MT</td><td>Malta</td></tr><tr><td>474</td><td>MQ</td><td>Martinique</td></tr><tr><td>478</td><td>MR</td><td>Mauritania</td></tr><tr><td>480</td><td>MU</td><td>Mauritius</td></tr><tr><td>484</td><td>MX</td><td>Mexico</td></tr><tr><td>492</td><td>MC</td><td>Monaco</td></tr><tr><td>496</td><td>MN</td><td>Mongolia</td></tr><tr><td>498</td><td>MD</td><td>Moldova</td></tr><tr><td>499</td><td>ME</td><td>Montenegro</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>MS</td><td>Montserrat</td></tr><tr><td>504</td><td>MA</td><td>Morocco</td></tr><tr><td>508</td><td>MZ</td><td>Mozambique</td></tr><tr><td>512</td><td>OM</td><td>Oman</td></tr><tr><td>516</td><td>NA</td><td>Namibia</td></tr><tr><td>520</td><td>NR</td><td>Nauru</td></tr><tr><td>524</td><td>NP</td><td>Nepal</td></tr><tr><td>528</td><td>NL</td><td>Netherlands</td></tr><tr><td>531</td><td>CW</td><td>Curaçao</td></tr><tr><td>533</td><td>AW</td><td>Aruba</td></tr><tr><td>534</td><td>SX</td><td>Sint Maarten</td></tr><tr><td>535</td><td>BQ</td><td>Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba</td></tr><tr><td>540</td><td>NC</td><td>New Caledonia</td></tr><tr><td>548</td><td>VU</td><td>Vanuatu</td></tr><tr><td>554</td><td>NZ</td><td>New Zealand</td></tr><tr><td>558</td><td>NI</td><td>Nicaragua</td></tr><tr><td>562</td><td>NE</td><td>Niger</td></tr><tr><td>566</td><td>NG</td><td>Nigeria</td></tr><tr><td>570</td><td>NU</td><td>Niue</td></tr><tr><td>574</td><td>NF</td><td>Norfolk Island</td></tr><tr><td>578</td><td>NO</td><td>Norway</td></tr><tr><td>580</td><td>MP</td><td>Northern Mariana Islands</td></tr><tr><td>581</td><td>UM</td><td>US Minor Outlying Islands</td></tr><tr><td>583</td><td>FM</td><td>Micronesia</td></tr><tr><td>584</td><td>MH</td><td>Marshall Islands</td></tr><tr><td>585</td><td>PW</td><td>Palau</td></tr><tr><td>586</td><td>PK</td><td>Pakistan</td></tr><tr><td>591</td><td>PA</td><td>Panama</td></tr><tr><td>598</td><td>PG</td><td>Papua New Guinea</td></tr><tr><td>600</td><td>PY</td><td>Paraguay</td></tr><tr><td>604</td><td>PE</td><td>Peru</td></tr><tr><td>608</td><td>PH</td><td>Philippines</td></tr><tr><td>612</td><td>PN</td><td>Pitcairn</td></tr><tr><td>616</td><td>PL</td><td>Poland</td></tr><tr><td>620</td><td>PT</td><td>Portugal</td></tr><tr><td>624</td><td>GW</td><td>Guinea-Bissau</td></tr><tr><td>626</td><td>TL</td><td>Timor-Leste</td></tr><tr><td>630</td><td>PR</td><td>Puerto Rico</td></tr><tr><td>634</td><td>QA</td><td>Qatar</td></tr><tr><td>638</td><td>RE</td><td>Réunion</td></tr><tr><td>642</td><td>RO</td><td>Romania</td></tr><tr><td>643</td><td>RU</td><td>Russia</td></tr><tr><td>646</td><td>RW</td><td>Rwanda</td></tr><tr><td>652</td><td>BL</td><td>Saint Barthélemy</td></tr><tr><td>654</td><td>SH</td><td>Saint Helena</td></tr><tr><td>659</td><td>KN</td><td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td></tr><tr><td>660</td><td>AI</td><td>Anguilla</td></tr><tr><td>662</td><td>LC</td><td>Saint Lucia</td></tr><tr><td>663</td><td>MF</td><td>Saint Martin</td></tr><tr><td>666</td><td>PM</td><td>Saint Pierre and Miquelon</td></tr><tr><td>670</td><td>VC</td><td>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td></tr><tr><td>674</td><td>SM</td><td>San Marino</td></tr><tr><td>678</td><td>ST</td><td>Sao Tome and Principe</td></tr><tr><td>682</td><td>SA</td><td>Saudi Arabia</td></tr><tr><td>686</td><td>SN</td><td>Senegal</td></tr><tr><td>688</td><td>RS</td><td>Serbia</td></tr><tr><td>690</td><td>SC</td><td>Seychelles</td></tr><tr><td>694</td><td>SL</td><td>Sierra Leone</td></tr><tr><td>702</td><td>SG</td><td>Singapore</td></tr><tr><td>703</td><td>SK</td><td>Slovakia</td></tr><tr><td>704</td><td>VN</td><td>Vietnam</td></tr><tr><td>705</td><td>SI</td><td>Slovenia</td></tr><tr><td>706</td><td>SO</td><td>Somalia</td></tr><tr><td>710</td><td>ZA</td><td>South Africa</td></tr><tr><td>716</td><td>ZW</td><td>Zimbabwe</td></tr><tr><td>724</td><td>ES</td><td>Spain</td></tr><tr><td>728</td><td>SS</td><td>South Sudan</td></tr><tr><td>729</td><td>SD</td><td>Sudan</td></tr><tr><td>732</td><td>EH</td><td>Western Sahara</td></tr><tr><td>740</td><td>SR</td><td>Suriname</td></tr><tr><td>744</td><td>SJ</td><td>Svalbard and Jan Mayen</td></tr><tr><td>748</td><td>SZ</td><td>Eswatini</td></tr><tr><td>752</td><td>SE</td><td>Sweden</td></tr><tr><td>756</td><td>CH</td><td>Switzerland</td></tr><tr><td>760</td><td>SY</td><td>Syria</td></tr><tr><td>762</td><td>TJ</td><td>Tajikistan</td></tr><tr><td>764</td><td>TH</td><td>Thailand</td></tr><tr><td>768</td><td>TG</td><td>Togo</td></tr><tr><td>772</td><td>TK</td><td>Tokelau</td></tr><tr><td>776</td><td>TO</td><td>Tonga</td></tr><tr><td>780</td><td>TT</td><td>Trinidad and Tobago</td></tr><tr><td>784</td><td>AE</td><td>United Arab Emirates</td></tr><tr><td>788</td><td>TN</td><td>Tunisia</td></tr><tr><td>792</td><td>TR</td><td>Turkey</td></tr><tr><td>795</td><td>TM</td><td>Turkmenistan</td></tr><tr><td>796</td><td>TC</td><td>Turks and Caicos Islands</td></tr><tr><td>798</td><td>TV</td><td>Tuvalu</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>UG</td><td>Uganda</td></tr><tr><td>804</td><td>UA</td><td>Ukraine</td></tr><tr><td>807</td><td>MK</td><td>North Macedonia</td></tr><tr><td>818</td><td>EG</td><td>Egypt</td></tr><tr><td>826</td><td>GB</td><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><td>831</td><td>GG</td><td>Guernsey</td></tr><tr><td>832</td><td>JE</td><td>Jersey</td></tr><tr><td>833</td><td>IM</td><td>Isle of Man</td></tr><tr><td>834</td><td>TZ</td><td>Tanzania</td></tr><tr><td>840</td><td>US</td><td>United States of America</td></tr><tr><td>850</td><td>VI</td><td>United States Virgin Islands</td></tr><tr><td>854</td><td>BF</td><td>Burkina Faso</td></tr><tr><td>858</td><td>UY</td><td>Uruguay</td></tr><tr><td>860</td><td>UZ</td><td>Uzbekistan</td></tr><tr><td>862</td><td>VE</td><td>Venezuela</td></tr><tr><td>876</td><td>WF</td><td>Wallis and Futuna</td></tr><tr><td>882</td><td>WS</td><td>Samoa</td></tr><tr><td>887</td><td>YE</td><td>Yemen</td></tr><tr><td>894</td><td>ZM</td><td>Zambia</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Subregions (US & Canada)

<table><thead><tr><th width="120">Code</th><th width="628">Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>CA-AB</td><td>Alberta</td></tr><tr><td>CA-BC</td><td>British Columbia</td></tr><tr><td>CA-MB</td><td>Manitoba</td></tr><tr><td>CA-NB</td><td>New Brunswick</td></tr><tr><td>CA-NL</td><td>Newfoundland and Labrador</td></tr><tr><td>CA-NS</td><td>Nova Scotia</td></tr><tr><td>CA-NT</td><td>Northwest Territories</td></tr><tr><td>CA-NU</td><td>Nunavut</td></tr><tr><td>CA-ON</td><td>Ontario</td></tr><tr><td>CA-PE</td><td>Prince Edward Island</td></tr><tr><td>CA-QC</td><td>Quebec</td></tr><tr><td>CA-SK</td><td>Saskatchewan</td></tr><tr><td>CA-YT</td><td>Yukon</td></tr><tr><td>US-AK</td><td>Alaska</td></tr><tr><td>US-AL</td><td>Alabama</td></tr><tr><td>US-AR</td><td>Arkansas</td></tr><tr><td>US-AZ</td><td>Arizona</td></tr><tr><td>US-CA</td><td>California</td></tr><tr><td>US-CO</td><td>Colorado</td></tr><tr><td>US-CT</td><td>Connecticut</td></tr><tr><td>US-DE</td><td>Delaware</td></tr><tr><td>US-FL</td><td>Florida</td></tr><tr><td>US-GA</td><td>Georgia</td></tr><tr><td>US-HI</td><td>Hawaii</td></tr><tr><td>US-IA</td><td>Iowa</td></tr><tr><td>US-ID</td><td>Idaho</td></tr><tr><td>US-IL</td><td>Illinois</td></tr><tr><td>US-IN</td><td>Indiana</td></tr><tr><td>US-KS</td><td>Kansas</td></tr><tr><td>US-KY</td><td>Kentucky</td></tr><tr><td>US-LA</td><td>Louisiana</td></tr><tr><td>US-MA</td><td>Massachusetts</td></tr><tr><td>US-MD</td><td>Maryland</td></tr><tr><td>US-ME</td><td>Maine</td></tr><tr><td>US-MI</td><td>Michigan</td></tr><tr><td>US-MN</td><td>Minnesota</td></tr><tr><td>US-MO</td><td>Missouri</td></tr><tr><td>US-MS</td><td>Mississippi</td></tr><tr><td>US-MT</td><td>Montana</td></tr><tr><td>US-NC</td><td>North Carolina</td></tr><tr><td>US-ND</td><td>North Dakota</td></tr><tr><td>US-NE</td><td>Nebraska</td></tr><tr><td>US-NH</td><td>New Hampshire</td></tr><tr><td>US-NJ</td><td>New Jersey</td></tr><tr><td>US-NM</td><td>New Mexico</td></tr><tr><td>US-NV</td><td>Nevada</td></tr><tr><td>US-NY</td><td>New York</td></tr><tr><td>US-OH</td><td>Ohio</td></tr><tr><td>US-OK</td><td>Oklahoma</td></tr><tr><td>US-OR</td><td>Oregon</td></tr><tr><td>US-PA</td><td>Pennsylvania</td></tr><tr><td>US-RI</td><td>Rhode Island</td></tr><tr><td>US-SC</td><td>South Carolina</td></tr><tr><td>US-SD</td><td>South Dakota</td></tr><tr><td>US-TN</td><td>Tennessee</td></tr><tr><td>US-TX</td><td>Texas</td></tr><tr><td>US-UT</td><td>Utah</td></tr><tr><td>US-VA</td><td>Virginia</td></tr><tr><td>US-VT</td><td>Vermont</td></tr><tr><td>US-WA</td><td>Washington</td></tr><tr><td>US-WI</td><td>Wisconsin</td></tr><tr><td>US-WV</td><td>West Virginia</td></tr><tr><td>US-WY</td><td>Wyoming</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Special Regions

<table><thead><tr><th width="120">Code</th><th width="628">name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>GLOBAL</td><td>Global coverage</td></tr><tr><td>EU27</td><td>European Union (27 countries)</td></tr><tr><td>NAFTA</td><td>North American Free Trade Agreement (US, CA, MX)</td></tr></tbody></table>


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