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{{short description|Three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1}}
'''ISO 3166-1 alpha-3''' codes are three-letter [[country code]]s defined in [[ISO 3166-1]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] standard published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), to represent [[country|countries]], [[dependent territory|dependent territories]], and special areas of geographical interest. They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two-letter [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2|alpha-2]] codes (the third set of codes is [[ISO 3166-1 numeric|numeric]] and hence offers no visual association).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm| title=ISO 3166 – FAQs – General questions| publisher=International Organization for Standardization (ISO)}}</ref> They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.

==Uses and applications==
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are used most prominently in ISO/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] 7501-1 for [[machine-readable passport]]s, as standardized by the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]], with a number of additional codes for special passports; some of these codes are currently [[#Codes currently agreed not to use|reserved and not used at the present stage]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref name="icao">{{cite web| url=http://www.airports.org/aci/aci/file/ACI_Priorities/Security/ICAO%20State%203%20letter%20codes.pdf| title=Appendix 7 to Section IV – Three-letter codes| work=Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part I – Machine Readable Passports, Volume I – Passports with Machine Readable Data Stored in Optical Character Recognition Format| pages=IV-43–IV-46| publisher=International Civil Aviation Organization}}</ref>

The [[United Nations]] uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for [[List of international vehicle registration codes|international vehicle registration codes]], which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently [[#Indeterminate reservations|indeterminately reserved]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf| title=Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic| publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe}}</ref>

==Current codes==

===Officially assigned code elements===
The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/| title=Country names and code elements| publisher=ISO}}</ref> using a [[Letter case#Title case|title case]] version of the English short names officially defined by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):

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* {{mono|ABW}}  [[Aruba]]
* {{mono|AFG}}  [[Afghanistan]]
* {{mono|AGO}}  [[Angola]]
* {{mono|AIA}}  [[Anguilla]]
* {{mono|ALA}}  [[Åland Islands]]
* {{mono|ALB}}  [[Albania]]
* {{mono|AND}}  [[Andorra]]
* {{mono|ARE}}  [[United Arab Emirates]]
* {{mono|ARG}}  [[Argentina]]
* {{mono|ARM}}  [[Armenia]]
* {{mono|ASM}}  [[American Samoa]]
* {{mono|ATA}}  [[Antarctica]]
* {{mono|ATF}}  [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|French Southern Territories]]
* {{mono|ATG}}  [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
* {{mono|AUS}}  [[Australia]]
* {{mono|AUT}}  [[Austria]]
* {{mono|AZE}}  [[Azerbaijan]]
* {{mono|BDI}}  [[Burundi]]
* {{mono|BEL}}  [[Belgium]]
* {{mono|BEN}}  [[Benin]]
* {{mono|BES}}  [[Caribbean Netherlands|Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba]]
* {{mono|BFA}}  [[Burkina Faso]]
* {{mono|BGD}}  [[Bangladesh]]
* {{mono|BGR}}  [[Bulgaria]]
* {{mono|BHR}}  [[Bahrain]]
* {{mono|BHS}}  [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]]
* {{mono|BIH}}  [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* {{mono|BLM}}  [[Saint Barthélemy]]
* {{mono|BLR}}  [[Belarus]]
* {{mono|BLZ}}  [[Belize]]
* {{mono|BMU}}  [[Bermuda]]
* {{mono|BOL}}  [[Bolivia|Bolivia (Plurinational State of)]]
* {{mono|BRA}}  [[Brazil]]
* {{mono|BRB}}  [[Barbados]]
* {{mono|BRN}}  [[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]]
* {{mono|BTN}}  [[Bhutan]]
* {{mono|BVT}}  [[Bouvet Island]]
* {{mono|BWA}}  [[Botswana]]
* {{mono|CAF}}  [[Central African Republic]]
* {{mono|CAN}}  [[Canada]]
* {{mono|CCK}}  [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
* {{mono|CHE}}  [[Switzerland]]
* {{mono|CHL}}  [[Chile]]
* {{mono|CHN}}  [[China]]
* {{mono|CIV}}  [[Ivory Coast|Côte d'Ivoire]]
* {{mono|CMR}}  [[Cameroon]]
* {{mono|COD}}  [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
* {{mono|COG}}  [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
* {{mono|COK}}  [[Cook Islands]]
* {{mono|COL}}  [[Colombia]]
* {{mono|COM}}  [[Comoros]]
* {{mono|CPV}}  [[Cabo Verde]]
* {{mono|CRI}}  [[Costa Rica]]
* {{mono|CUB}}  [[Cuba]]
* {{mono|CUW}}  [[Curaçao]]
* {{mono|CXR}}  [[Christmas Island]]
* {{mono|CYM}}  [[Cayman Islands]]
* {{mono|CYP}}  [[Cyprus]]
* {{mono|CZE}}  [[Czech Republic|Czechia]]
* {{mono|DEU}}  [[Germany]]
* {{mono|DJI}}  [[Djibouti]]
* {{mono|DMA}}  [[Dominica]]
* {{mono|DNK}}  [[Denmark]]
* {{mono|DOM}}  [[Dominican Republic]]
* {{mono|DZA}}  [[Algeria]]
* {{mono|ECU}}  [[Ecuador]]
* {{mono|EGY}}  [[Egypt]]
* {{mono|ERI}}  [[Eritrea]]
* {{mono|ESH}}  [[Western Sahara]]
* {{mono|ESP}}  [[Spain]]
* {{mono|EST}}  [[Estonia]]
* {{mono|ETH}}  [[Ethiopia]]
* {{mono|FIN}}  [[Finland]]
* {{mono|FJI}}  [[Fiji]]
* {{mono|FLK}}  [[Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]]
* {{mono|FRA}}  [[France]]
* {{mono|FRO}}  [[Faroe Islands]]
* {{mono|FSM}}  [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia (Federated States of)]]
* {{mono|GAB}}  [[Gabon]]
* {{mono|GBR}}  [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]
* {{mono|GEO}}  [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
* {{mono|GGY}}  [[Bailiwick of Guernsey|Guernsey]]
* {{mono|GHA}}  [[Ghana]]
* {{mono|GIB}}  [[Gibraltar]]
* {{mono|GIN}}  [[Guinea]]
* {{mono|GLP}}  [[Guadeloupe]]
* {{mono|GMB}}  [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
* {{mono|GNB}}  [[Guinea-Bissau]]
* {{mono|GNQ}}  [[Equatorial Guinea]]
* {{mono|GRC}}  [[Greece]]
* {{mono|GRD}}  [[Grenada]]
* {{mono|GRL}}  [[Greenland]]
* {{mono|GTM}}  [[Guatemala]]
* {{mono|GUF}}  [[French Guiana]]
* {{mono|GUM}}  [[Guam]]
* {{mono|GUY}}  [[Guyana]]
* {{mono|HKG}}  [[Hong Kong]]
* {{mono|HMD}}  [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]
* {{mono|HND}}  [[Honduras]]
* {{mono|HRV}}  [[Croatia]]
* {{mono|HTI}}  [[Haiti]]
* {{mono|HUN}}  [[Hungary]]
* {{mono|IDN}}  [[Indonesia]]
* {{mono|IMN}}  [[Isle of Man]]
* {{mono|IND}}  [[India]]
* {{mono|IOT}}  [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]
* {{mono|IRL}}  [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
* {{mono|IRN}}  [[Iran|Iran (Islamic Republic of)]]
* {{mono|IRQ}}  [[Iraq]]
* {{mono|ISL}}  [[Iceland]]
* {{mono|ISR}}  [[Israel]]
* {{mono|ITA}}  [[Italy]]
* {{mono|JAM}}  [[Jamaica]]
* {{mono|JEY}}  [[Jersey]]
* {{mono|JOR}}  [[Jordan]]
* {{mono|JPN}}  [[Japan]]
* {{mono|KAZ}}  [[Kazakhstan]]
* {{mono|KEN}}  [[Kenya]]
* {{mono|KGZ}}  [[Kyrgyzstan]]
* {{mono|KHM}}  [[Cambodia]]
* {{mono|KIR}}  [[Kiribati]]
* {{mono|KNA}}  [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
* {{mono|KOR}}  [[South Korea|Korea, Republic of]]
* {{mono|KWT}}  [[Kuwait]]
* {{mono|LAO}}  [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
* {{mono|LBN}}  [[Lebanon]]
* {{mono|LBR}}  [[Liberia]]
* {{mono|LBY}}  [[Libya]]
* {{mono|LCA}}  [[Saint Lucia]]
* {{mono|LIE}}  [[Liechtenstein]]
* {{mono|LKA}}  [[Sri Lanka]]
* {{mono|LSO}}  [[Lesotho]]
* {{mono|LTU}}  [[Lithuania]]
* {{mono|LUX}}  [[Luxembourg]]
* {{mono|LVA}}  [[Latvia]]
* {{mono|MAC}}  [[Macau|Macao]]
* {{mono|MAF}}  [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin (French part)]]
* {{mono|MAR}}  [[Morocco]]
* {{mono|MCO}}  [[Monaco]]
* {{mono|MDA}}  [[Moldova|Moldova, Republic of]]
* {{mono|MDG}}  [[Madagascar]]
* {{mono|MDV}}  [[Maldives]]
* {{mono|MEX}}  [[Mexico]]
* {{mono|MHL}}  [[Marshall Islands]]
* {{mono|MKD}}  [[North Macedonia]]
* {{mono|MLI}}  [[Mali]]
* {{mono|MLT}}  [[Malta]]
* {{mono|MMR}}  [[Myanmar]]
* {{mono|MNE}}  [[Montenegro]]
* {{mono|MNG}}  [[Mongolia]]
* {{mono|MNP}}  [[Northern Mariana Islands]]
* {{mono|MOZ}}  [[Mozambique]]
* {{mono|MRT}}  [[Mauritania]]
* {{mono|MSR}}  [[Montserrat]]
* {{mono|MTQ}}  [[Martinique]]
* {{mono|MUS}}  [[Mauritius]]
* {{mono|MWI}}  [[Malawi]]
* {{mono|MYS}}  [[Malaysia]]
* {{mono|MYT}}  [[Mayotte]]
* {{mono|NAM}}  [[Namibia]]
* {{mono|NCL}}  [[New Caledonia]]
* {{mono|NER}}  [[Niger]]
* {{mono|NFK}}  [[Norfolk Island]]
* {{mono|NGA}}  [[Nigeria]]
* {{mono|NIC}}  [[Nicaragua]]
* {{mono|NIU}}  [[Niue]]
* {{mono|NLD}}  [[Netherlands]]
* {{mono|NOR}}  [[Norway]]
* {{mono|NPL}}  [[Nepal]]
* {{mono|NRU}}  [[Nauru]]
* {{mono|NZL}}  [[New Zealand]]
* {{mono|OMN}}  [[Oman]]
* {{mono|PAK}}  [[Pakistan]]
* {{mono|PAN}}  [[Panama]]
* {{mono|PCN}}  [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]]
* {{mono|PER}}  [[Peru]]
* {{mono|PHL}}  [[Philippines]]
* {{mono|PLW}}  [[Palau]]
* {{mono|PNG}}  [[Papua New Guinea]]
* {{mono|POL}}  [[Poland]]
* {{mono|PRI}}  [[Puerto Rico]]
* {{mono|PRK}}  [[North Korea|Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)]]
* {{mono|PRT}}  [[Portugal]]
* {{mono|PRY}}  [[Paraguay]]
* {{mono|PSE}}  [[State of Palestine|Palestine, State of]]
* {{mono|PYF}}  [[French Polynesia]]
* {{mono|QAT}}  [[Qatar]]
* {{mono|REU}}  [[Réunion]]
* {{mono|ROU}}  [[Romania]]
* {{mono|RUS}}  [[Russia|Russian Federation]]
* {{mono|RWA}}  [[Rwanda]]
* {{mono|SAU}}  [[Saudi Arabia]]
* {{mono|SDN}}  [[Sudan]]
* {{mono|SEN}}  [[Senegal]]
* {{mono|SGP}}  [[Singapore]]
* {{mono|SGS}}  [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
* {{mono|SHN}}  [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
* {{mono|SJM}}  [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]
* {{mono|SLB}}  [[Solomon Islands]]
* {{mono|SLE}}  [[Sierra Leone]]
* {{mono|SLV}}  [[El Salvador]]
* {{mono|SMR}}  [[San Marino]]
* {{mono|SOM}}  [[Somalia]]
* {{mono|SPM}}  [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]
* {{mono|SRB}}  [[Serbia]]
* {{mono|SSD}}  [[South Sudan]]
* {{mono|STP}}  [[São Tomé and Príncipe|{{sic|Sao Tome and Principe|hide=y}}]]
* {{mono|SUR}}  [[Suriname]]
* {{mono|SVK}}  [[Slovakia]]
* {{mono|SVN}}  [[Slovenia]]
* {{mono|SWE}}  [[Sweden]]
* {{mono|SWZ}}  [[Eswatini]]
* {{mono|SXM}}  [[Sint Maarten|Sint Maarten (Dutch part)]]
* {{mono|SYC}}  [[Seychelles]]
* {{mono|SYR}}  [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]
* {{mono|TCA}}  [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
* {{mono|TCD}}  [[Chad]]
* {{mono|TGO}}  [[Togo]]
* {{mono|THA}}  [[Thailand]]
* {{mono|TJK}}  [[Tajikistan]]
* {{mono|TKL}}  [[Tokelau]]
* {{mono|TKM}}  [[Turkmenistan]]
* {{mono|TLS}}  [[East Timor|Timor-Leste]]
* {{mono|TON}}  [[Tonga]]
* {{mono|TTO}}  [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* {{mono|TUN}}  [[Tunisia]]
* {{mono|TUR}}  [[Turkey]]
* {{mono|TUV}}  [[Tuvalu]]
* {{mono|TWN}}  [[Taiwan]], [[Taiwan, Province of China|Province of China]]
* {{mono|TZA}}  [[Tanzania|Tanzania, United Republic of]]
* {{mono|UGA}}  [[Uganda]]
* {{mono|UKR}}  [[Ukraine]]
* {{mono|UMI}}  [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]]
* {{mono|URY}}  [[Uruguay]]
* {{mono|USA}}  [[United States|United States of America]]
* {{mono|UZB}}  [[Uzbekistan]]
* {{mono|VAT}}  [[Vatican City|Holy See]]
* {{mono|VCT}}  [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
* {{mono|VEN}}  [[Venezuela|Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)]]
* {{mono|VGB}}  [[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands (British)]]
* {{mono|VIR}}  [[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands (U.S.)]]
* {{mono|VNM}}  [[Vietnam|Viet Nam]]
* {{mono|VUT}}  [[Vanuatu]]
* {{mono|WLF}}  [[Wallis and Futuna]]
* {{mono|WSM}}  [[Samoa]]
* {{mono|YEM}}  [[Yemen]]
* {{mono|ZAF}}  [[South Africa]]
* {{mono|ZMB}}  [[Zambia]]
* {{mono|ZWE}}  [[Zimbabwe]]
{{endplainlist}}
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===User-assigned code elements===
User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-3 codes can be user-assigned: {{mono|AAA}} to {{mono|AAZ}}, {{mono|QMA}} to {{mono|QZZ}}, {{mono|XAA}} to {{mono|XZZ}}, and {{mono|ZZA}} to {{mono|ZZZ}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/glossary-for-iso-3166.html| title=Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions| publisher=ISO}}</ref>

==== Examples ====
The following codes are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special [[machine-readable passport]]s:<ref name="icao" />

* {{mono|EUE}} is used for the [[European Union laissez-passer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laissez-passer.eu|title=European Union laissez-passer (video at 0:47)|website=Laissez-passer.eu|access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref>
* {{mono|XOM}} is used to represent the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]
* {{mono|XPO}} is used for [[Interpol passport|Interpol travel documents]]
* {{mono|XXA}} is used to represent a [[statelessness|stateless person]], as defined in Article 1 of the [[1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons]]
* {{mono|XXB}} is used to represent a [[refugee]], as defined in Article 1 of the 1951 [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]] as amended by the 1967 Protocol
* {{mono|XXC}} is used to represent a refugee, other than as defined above
* {{mono|XXX}} is used to represent a person of unspecified nationality
* {{mono|WSA}} is used for the [[World Service Authority]] [[World Passport]] (The World Service Authority World Passport contains "WSA" as the authority code. It has been filed with the International Civil Aviation Organization, but does not appear in official ICAO documents as valid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icao.int/publications/Documents/9303_p2_cons_en.pdf|title=Doc 9303 : Machine Readable Travel Documents|page=III-1-4|website=Icao.int|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>)

[[List of NATO country codes|NATO STANAG 1059 INT]] is built upon ISO alpha-3 codes, but also defines alpha-2 codes incompatible with ISO 3166-1. It introduces several private use codes for fictional countries and organizational entities:

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* {{mono|XXB}} "Brownland"
* {{mono|XXG}} "Greyland"
* {{mono|XXI}} "Indigoland"
* {{mono|XXL}} "Limeland"
* {{mono|XXP}} "Purpleland"
* {{mono|XXR}} "Redland"
* {{mono|XXW}} "Whiteland"
* {{mono|XXY}} "Yellowland"
* {{mono|XXE}} [[SHAPE]]
* {{mono|XXM}} NATO
* {{mono|XXN}} NATO "Blue" Command
* {{mono|XXS}} [[SACLANT]]
}}

NATO also continues to use reserved codes for continents:
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* {{mono|ABB}} Asia
* {{mono|EEE}} Europe
* {{mono|FFF}} Africa
* {{mono|NNN}} North America
* {{mono|SRR}} South America
* {{mono|UUU}} Oceania
* {{mono|NTT}} NATO countries
}}


===Reserved code elements===
Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time. The reserved alpha-3 codes can be divided into the following four categories: [[#Exceptional reservations|exceptional reservations]], [[#Transitional reservations|transitional reservations]], [[#Indeterminate reservations|indeterminate reservations]], and [[#Codes currently agreed not to use|codes currently agreed not to use]].

====Exceptional reservations====
Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-3 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:

* {{mono|ASC}} [[Ascension Island]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|Universal Postal Union (UPU)]], also used by [[International Telecommunication Union|International Telecommunication Union (ITU)]]
* {{mono|CPT}} [[Clipperton Island]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]
* {{mono|DGA}} [[Diego Garcia]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of ITU
* {{mono|FXX}} [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[France]]; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
* {{mono|SUN}} [[Soviet Union|USSR]]{{snd}} From June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
* {{mono|TAA}} [[Tristan da Cunha]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]

The following alpha-3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:

* {{mono|GGY}} [[Bailiwick of Guernsey|Guernsey]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of UPU
* {{mono|IMN}} [[Isle of Man]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of UPU
* {{mono|JEY}} [[Jersey]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of UPU

====Transitional reservations====
Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-3 codes are currently transitionally reserved:

* {{mono|ANT}} [[Netherlands Antilles]]{{snd}} From December 2010
* {{mono|BUR}} [[Burma]]{{snd}} From December 1989
* {{mono|BYS}} [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]]{{snd}} From June 1992
* {{mono|CSK}} [[Czechoslovakia]]{{snd}} From June 1993
* {{mono|NTZ}} [[Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone|Neutral Zone]]{{snd}} From July 1993
* {{mono|ROM}} [[Romania]]{{snd}} From February 2002; Code changed to {{mono|ROU}}<ref name="Romania">{{cite web |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_v-3_romania.pdf |title = RE: Change of alpha-3 Code Element |author = ISO International Organization for Standardization, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency |date = 1 February 2002 |work = ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-3 |access-date = 26 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722001502/http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_v-3_romania.pdf |archive-date = 2011-07-22 |quote = Description of change: Change of the alpha-3 Code element for Romania from ROM to ROU following a request of the Government of Romania.}}</ref>
* {{mono|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro]]{{snd}} From September 2006
* {{mono|TMP}} [[East Timor]]{{snd}} From May 2002
* {{mono|YUG}} [[Yugoslavia]]{{snd}} From July 2003
* {{mono|ZAR}} [[Zaire]]{{snd}} From July 1997

====Indeterminate reservations====
Indeterminately reserved code elements are [[List of international vehicle registration codes|codes used to designate road vehicles]] under the 1949 and [[Vienna Convention on Road Traffic|1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic]] but differing from those contained in ISO 3166-1. These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166-1. In the meantime, the ISO 3166/MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period. Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166/MA. Moreover, these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA at any time. The following alpha-3 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:

* {{mono|ADN}} [[Aden Protectorate|Aden]]
* {{mono|BDS}} [[Barbados]]
* {{mono|BRU}} [[Brunei]]
* {{mono|CDN}} [[Canada]]
* {{mono|EAK}} [[Kenya]]
* {{mono|EAT}} [[Tanzania Mainland|Tanganyika]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
* {{mono|EAU}} [[Uganda]]
* {{mono|EAZ}} [[Zanzibar]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
* {{mono|GBA}} [[Alderney]]
* {{mono|GBG}} [[Guernsey]]
* {{mono|GBJ}} [[Jersey]]
* {{mono|GBM}} [[Isle of Man]]
* {{mono|GBZ}} [[Gibraltar]]
* {{mono|GCA}} [[Guatemala]]
* {{mono|HKJ}} [[Jordan]]
* {{mono|MAL}} [[Malaysia]]
* {{mono|RCA}} [[Central African Republic]]
* {{mono|RCB}} [[Republic of the Congo|Congo, People's Republic of]]
* {{mono|RCH}} [[Chile]]
* {{mono|RMM}} [[Mali]]
* {{mono|RNR}} [[Zambia]]
* {{mono|ROK}} [[South Korea|Korea, Republic of]]
* {{mono|RSM}} [[San Marino]]
* {{mono|RSR}} [[Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia]] [now Zimbabwe]
* {{mono|SLO}} [[Slovenia]]
* {{mono|SME}} [[Suriname]]
* {{mono|TMN}} [[Turkmenistan]]
* {{mono|WAG}} [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
* {{mono|WAL}} [[Sierra Leone]]
* {{mono|WAN}} [[Nigeria]]
* {{mono|ZRE}} [[Zaire|Zaire, People's Republic of]]

The following alpha-3 code was previously indeterminately reserved, but has been reassigned to another country as its official code:

* {{mono|ROU}} [[Uruguay]]{{snd}} Code reassigned to [[Romania]]

====Codes currently agreed not to use====
In addition, the ISO 3166/MA will not use the following alpha-3 codes at the present stage, as they are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special [[machine-readable passport]]s:

* {{mono|GBD}} identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British Overseas Territories citizen]]
* {{mono|GBN}} identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British National (Overseas)]]
* {{mono|GBO}} identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British Overseas citizen]]
* {{mono|GBP}} identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British protected person]]
* {{mono|GBS}} identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British subject]]
* {{mono|UNA}} is used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of a [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|Specialized Agency of the UN Organization]]
* {{mono|UNK}} identifies [[Kosovo]] residents to whom [[UNMIK Travel Document|travel documents]] were issued by the [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo|United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo]] (UNMIK)
* {{mono|UNO}} is used to designate the [[United Nations|UN Organization]] as the issuer and used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of the UN Organization

==Deleted codes==
Besides the codes currently [[#Transitional reservations|transitionally reserved]] and two other codes currently [[#Exceptional reservations|exceptionally reserved]] ({{mono|FXX}} for [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]] and {{mono|SUN}} for [[Soviet Union|USSR]]), the following alpha-3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html#disused| title=Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)| author=Clive Feather|website=Davros.org| date=2003-07-25}}</ref>

* {{mono|AFI}} [[French Territory of the Afars and the Issas|French Afars and Issas]]
* {{mono|ATB}} [[British Antarctic Territory]]
* {{mono|ATN}} [[Queen Maud Land|Dronning Maud Land]]
* {{mono|CTE}} [[Canton and Enderbury Islands]]
* {{mono|DDR}} [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]]
* {{mono|DHY}} [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]]
* {{mono|GEL}} [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]
* {{mono|HVO}} [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]
* {{mono|JTN}} [[Johnston Atoll|Johnston Island]]
* {{mono|MID}} [[Midway Atoll|Midway Islands]]
* {{mono|NHB}} [[New Hebrides]]
* {{mono|PCI}} [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)]]
* {{mono|PCZ}} [[Panama Canal Zone]]
* {{mono|PHI}} [[Philippines]]{{snd}} Code changed to {{mono|PHL}} in 1976<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html| title=Changes in ISO 3166-1| author=Gwillim Law| website=Statoids.com| date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* {{mono|PUS}} [[United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands]]
* {{mono|RHO}} [[Southern Rhodesia]]
* {{mono|SKM}} [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]]
* {{mono|VDR}} [[North Vietnam|Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of]]
* {{mono|WAK}} [[Wake Island]]
* {{mono|YMD}} [[South Yemen|Yemen, Democratic]]

==See also==
* [[List of IOC country codes]], used by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
* [[List of FIFA country codes]], used by the [[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] (FIFA)
* [[Comparison of alphabetic country codes]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources and external links==
* [https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency], International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
** ''Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes"'', available on request from ISO 3166/MA
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm ''Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use''], United Nations Statistics Division
** [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations]{{snd}} list of alpha-3 and numeric codes (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list)
* ''[[The World Factbook]]'' (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
** [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-d.html Appendix D{{snd}} Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes]{{snd}} comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
* [http://www.statoids.com/ Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")], Statoids.com
** [http://www.statoids.com/wab.html Country codes]{{snd}} comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
** [http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html ISO 3166-1 Change History], Statoids.com

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