Comparison of alphabetic country codes

This is a comparison of the IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166-1 three-letter codes, combined into one table for easy reference. Highlighted rows indicate those entries in which the three-letter codes differ from column to column. The last column indicates the number of codes present followed by letters to indicate which codes are present (O for Olympic, F for FIFA, and I for ISO) and dashes when a code is absent; capital letters indicate codes which match; lower case letters indicate codes which differ.

Ambiguities

Currently, the only ambiguous trigraph between IOC, FIFA and ISO codes is:

BRN - IOC code for Bahrain and ISO code for Brunei

Historically, ambiguous trigraphs include:

ANT - IOC code for Antigua and Barbuda, and historical ISO and FIFA code for the Netherlands Antilles (until 2010)
BUR - IOC code for Burkina Faso (since 1984), and historical ISO and FIFA code for Burma (until 1989)

In the following cases, a code for a historical country or territory matches a modern code of the country it merged into:

VNM - historical IOC and ISO code for South Vietnam, became the ISO code for unified Vietnam
YEM - historical ISO code for the North Yemen, became the generally accepted code for unified Yemen

Including other lists of country three-letter-codes increases the number of ambiguities. For example:

AUS - IOC, FIFA and ISO code for Australia, but UNDP code for Austria (Australia is AUL there)

List

This list only includes nations or territories that have been assigned at least one of these three types of country codes. For a more complete list of countries, see list of countries.

Country	IOC	FIFA	ISO	*
Afghanistan	AFG	AFG	AFG	3OFI
Åland			ALA	1--ï
Albania	ALB	ALB	ALB	3OFI
Algeria	ALG	ALG	DZA	3OFï
American Samoa	ASA	ASA	ASM	3OFï
Andorra	AND	AND	AND	3OFI
Angola	ANG	ANG	AGO	3OFï
Anguilla		AIA	AIA	2-FI
Antarctica			ATA	1--ï
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	ATG	ATG	3öFI
Argentina	ARG	ARG	ARG	3OFI
Armenia	ARM	ARM	ARM	3OFI
Aruba	ARU	ARU	ABW	3OFï
Australia	AUS	AUS	AUS	3OFI
Austria	AUT	AUT	AUT	3OFI
Azerbaijan	AZE	AZE	AZE	3OFI
The Bahamas	BAH	BAH	BHS	3OFï
Bahrain	BRN	BHR	BHR	3öFI
Bangladesh	BAN	BAN	BGD	3OFï
Barbados	BAR	BRB	BRB	3öFI
Belarus	BLR	BLR	BLR	3OFI
Belgium	BEL	BEL	BEL	3OFI
Belize	BIZ	BLZ	BLZ	3öFI
Benin	BEN	BEN	BEN	3OFI
Bermuda	BER	BER	BMU	3OFï
Bhutan	BHU	BHU	BTN	3OFï
Bolivia	BOL	BOL	BOL	3OFI
Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba			BES	1--ï
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	BIH	BIH	3OFI
Botswana	BOT	BOT	BWA	3OFï
Bouvet Island			BVT	1--ï
Brazil	BRA	BRA	BRA	3OFI
British Indian Ocean Territory			IOT	1--ï
British Virgin Islands	IVB	VGB	VGB	3öFI
Brunei	BRU	BRU	BRN	3OFï
Bulgaria	BUL	BUL	BGR	3OFï
Burkina Faso	BUR	BFA	BFA	3öFI
Burundi	BDI	BDI	BDI	3OFI
Cambodia	CAM	CAM	KHM	3OFï
Cameroon	CMR	CMR	CMR	3OFI
Canada	CAN	CAN	CAN	3OFI
Cape Verde	CPV	CPV	CPV	3OFI
Cayman Islands	CAY	CAY	CYM	3OFï
Central African Republic	CAF	CTA	CAF	3OƒI
Chad	CHA	CHA	TCD	3OFï
Chile	CHI	CHI	CHL	3OFï
China, People's Republic of	CHN	CHN	CHN	3OFI
Christmas Island			CXR	1--ï
Cocos (Keeling) Islands			CCK	1--ï
Colombia	COL	COL	COL	3OFI
Comoros	COM	COM	COM	3OFI
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	COD	COD	COD	3OFI
Congo, Republic of the	CGO	CGO	COG	3OFï
Cook Islands	COK	COK	COK	3OFI
Costa Rica	CRC	CRC	CRI	3OFï
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	CIV	CIV	3OFI
Croatia	CRO	CRO	HRV	3OFï
Cuba	CUB	CUB	CUB	3OFI
Curaçao		CUW	CUW	2-FI
Cyprus	CYP	CYP	CYP	3OFI
Czech Republic	CZE	CZE	CZE	3OFI
Denmark	DEN	DEN	DNK	3OFï
Djibouti	DJI	DJI	DJI	3OFI
Dominica	DMA	DMA	DMA	3OFI
Dominican Republic	DOM	DOM	DOM	3OFI
Ecuador	ECU	ECU	ECU	3OFI
Egypt	EGY	EGY	EGY	3OFI
El Salvador	ESA	SLV	SLV	3öFI
England		ENG		1-ƒ-
Equatorial Guinea	GEQ	EQG	GNQ	3öƒï
Eritrea	ERI	ERI	ERI	3OFI
Estonia	EST	EST	EST	3OFI
Eswatini	SWZ	SWZ	SWZ	3OFI
Ethiopia	ETH	ETH	ETH	3OFI
Falkland Islands			FLK	1--ï
Faroe Islands		FRO	FRO	2-FI
Fiji	FIJ	FIJ	FJI	3OFï
Finland	FIN	FIN	FIN	3OFI
France	FRA	FRA	FRA	3OFI
French Guiana			GUF	1--ï
French Polynesia		TAH	PYF	2-ƒï
French Southern and Antarctic Lands			ATF	1--ï
Gabon	GAB	GAB	GAB	3OFI
The Gambia	GAM	GAM	GMB	3OFï
Georgia	GEO	GEO	GEO	3OFI
Germany	GER	GER	DEU	3OFï
Ghana	GHA	GHA	GHA	3OFI
Gibraltar		GIB	GIB	2-FI
Greece	GRE	GRE	GRC	3OFï
Greenland			GRL	1--ï
Grenada	GRN	GRN	GRD	3OFï
Guadeloupe			GLP	1--ï
Guam	GUM	GUM	GUM	3OFI
Guatemala	GUA	GUA	GTM	3OFï
Guernsey			GGY	1--ï
Guinea	GUI	GUI	GIN	3OFï
Guinea-Bissau	GBS	GNB	GNB	3öFI
Guyana	GUY	GUY	GUY	3OFI
Haiti	HAI	HAI	HTI	3OFï
Heard Island and McDonald Islands			HMD	1--ï
Honduras	HON	HON	HND	3OFï
Hong Kong	HKG	HKG	HKG	3OFI
Hungary	HUN	HUN	HUN	3OFI
Iceland	ISL	ISL	ISL	3OFI
India	IND	IND	IND	3OFI
Indonesia	INA	IDN	IDN	3öFI
Iran	IRI	IRN	IRN	3öFI
Iraq	IRQ	IRQ	IRQ	3OFI
Ireland	IRL	IRL	IRL	3OFI
Isle of Man			IMN	1--ï
Israel	ISR	ISR	ISR	3OFI
Italy	ITA	ITA	ITA	3OFI
Jamaica	JAM	JAM	JAM	3OFI
Japan	JPN	JPN	JPN	3OFI
Jersey			JEY	1--ï
Jordan	JOR	JOR	JOR	3OFI
Kazakhstan	KAZ	KAZ	KAZ	3OFI
Kenya	KEN	KEN	KEN	3OFI
Kiribati	KIR		KIR	2O-I
Korea, Democratic People's Rep. (North)	PRK	PRK	PRK	3OFI
Korea, Republic of (South)	KOR	KOR	KOR	3OFI
Kosovo	KOS	KOS		2OF-
Kuwait	KUW	KUW	KWT	3OFï
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	KGZ	KGZ	3OFI
Laos	LAO	LAO	LAO	3OFI
Latvia	LAT	LVA	LVA	3öFI
Lebanon	LBN	LBN	LBN	3OFI
Lesotho	LES	LES	LSO	3OFï
Liberia	LBR	LBR	LBR	3OFI
Libya	LBA	LBY	LBY	3öFI
Liechtenstein	LIE	LIE	LIE	3OFI
Lithuania	LTU	LTU	LTU	3OFI
Luxembourg	LUX	LUX	LUX	3OFI
Macau		MAC	MAC	2-FI
Madagascar	MAD	MAD	MDG	3OFï
Malawi	MAW	MWI	MWI	3öFI
Malaysia	MAS	MAS	MYS	3OFï
Maldives	MDV	MDV	MDV	3OFI
Mali	MLI	MLI	MLI	3OFI
Malta	MLT	MLT	MLT	3OFI
Marshall Islands	MHL		MHL	2O-I
Martinique			MTQ	1--ï
Mauritania	MTN	MTN	MRT	3OFï
Mauritius	MRI	MRI	MUS	3OFï
Mayotte			MYT	1--ï
Mexico	MEX	MEX	MEX	3OFI
Micronesia, Federated States of	FSM		FSM	2O-I
Moldova	MDA	MDA	MDA	3OFI
Monaco	MON		MCO	2ö-ï
Mongolia	MGL	MNG	MNG	3öFI
Montenegro	MNE	MNE	MNE	3OFI
Montserrat		MSR	MSR	2-FI
Morocco	MAR	MAR	MAR	3OFI
Mozambique	MOZ	MOZ	MOZ	3OFI
Myanmar	MYA	MYA	MMR	3OFï
Namibia	NAM	NAM	NAM	3OFI
Nauru	NRU		NRU	2O-I
Nepal	NEP	NEP	NPL	3OFï
Netherlands	NED	NED	NLD	3OFï
New Caledonia		NCL	NCL	2-FI
New Zealand	NZL	NZL	NZL	3OFI
Nicaragua	NCA	NCA	NIC	3OFï
Niger	NIG	NIG	NER	3OFï
Nigeria	NGR	NGA	NGA	3öFI
Niue	NIU		NIU	1--ï
Norfolk Island			NFK	1--ï
Northern Ireland		NIR		1-ƒ-
Northern Mariana Islands			MNP	1--ï
North Macedonia	MKD	MKD	MKD	3OFI
Norway	NOR	NOR	NOR	3OFI
Oman	OMA	OMA	OMN	3OFï
Pakistan	PAK	PAK	PAK	3OFI
Palau	PLW		PLW	2O-I
Palestine	PLE	PLE	PSE	3OFï
Panama	PAN	PAN	PAN	3OFI
Papua New Guinea	PNG	PNG	PNG	3OFI
Paraguay	PAR	PAR	PRY	3OFï
Peru	PER	PER	PER	3OFI
Philippines	PHI	PHI	PHL	3OFï
Pitcairn Islands			PCN	1--ï
Poland	POL	POL	POL	3OFI
Portugal	POR	POR	PRT	3OFï
Puerto Rico	PUR	PUR	PRI	3OFï
Qatar	QAT	QAT	QAT	3OFI
Réunion			REU	1--ï
Romania	ROU	ROU	ROU	3OFI
Russian Federation	RUS	RUS	RUS	3OFI
Rwanda	RWA	RWA	RWA	3OFI
Saint Barthélemy			BLM	1--ï
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha			SHN	1--ï
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	SKN	KNA	3OFï
Saint Lucia	LCA	LCA	LCA	3OFI
Saint Martin (French part)			MAF	1--ï
Saint Pierre and Miquelon			SPM	1--ï
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	VIN	VCT	3OFï
Samoa	SAM	SAM	WSM	3OFï
San Marino	SMR	SMR	SMR	3OFI
São Tomé and Príncipe	STP	STP	STP	3OFI
Saudi Arabia	KSA	KSA	SAU	3OFï
Scotland		SCO		1-ƒ-
Senegal	SEN	SEN	SEN	3OFI
Serbia	SRB	SRB	SRB	3OFI
Seychelles	SEY	SEY	SYC	3OFï
Sierra Leone	SLE	SLE	SLE	3OFI
Singapore	SGP	SGP	SGP	3OFI
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)			SXM	1--ï
Slovakia	SVK	SVK	SVK	3OFI
Slovenia	SLO	SVN	SVN	3öFI
Solomon Islands	SOL	SOL	SLB	3OFï
Somalia	SOM	SOM	SOM	3OFI
South Africa	RSA	RSA	ZAF	3OFï
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands			SGS	1--ï
South Sudan	SSD	SSD	SSD	3OFI
Spain	ESP	ESP	ESP	3OFI
Sri Lanka	SRI	SRI	LKA	3OFï
Sudan	SUD	SDN	SDN	3öFI
Suriname	SUR	SUR	SUR	3OFI
Svalbard and Jan Mayen			SJM	1--ï
Sweden	SWE	SWE	SWE	3OFI
Switzerland	SUI	SUI	CHE	3OFï
Syria	SYR	SYR	SYR	3OFI
Taiwan	TPE	TPE	TWN	3OFï
Tajikistan	TJK	TJK	TJK	3OFI
Tanzania	TAN	TAN	TZA	3OFï
Thailand	THA	THA	THA	3OFI
Timor-Leste	TLS	TLS	TLS	3OFI
Togo	TOG	TOG	TGO	3OFï
Tokelau			TKL	1--ï
Tonga	TGA	TGA	TON	3OFï
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	TRI	TTO	3OƒI
Tunisia	TUN	TUN	TUN	3OFI
Turkey	TUR	TUR	TUR	3OFI
Turkmenistan	TKM	TKM	TKM	3OFI
Turks and Caicos Islands		TCA	TCA	2-FI
Tuvalu	TUV		TUV	2O-I
Uganda	UGA	UGA	UGA	3OFI
Ukraine	UKR	UKR	UKR	3OFI
United Arab Emirates	UAE	UAE	ARE	3OFï
United Kingdom	GBR		GBR	2O-I
United States	USA	USA	USA	3OFI
United States Minor Outlying Islands			UMI	1--ï
United States Virgin Islands	ISV	VIR	VIR	3öFI
Uruguay	URU	URU	URY	3OFï
Uzbekistan	UZB	UZB	UZB	3OFI
Vanuatu	VAN	VAN	VUT	3OFï
Vatican City State	VAT		VAT	1--ï
Venezuela	VEN	VEN	VEN	3OFI
Vietnam	VIE	VIE	VNM	3OFï
Wales		WAL		1-ƒ-
Wallis and Futuna			WLF	1--ï
Western Sahara			ESH	1--ï
Yemen	YEM	YEM	YEM	3OFI
Zambia	ZAM	ZAM	ZMB	3OFï
Zimbabwe	ZIM	ZIM	ZWE	3OFï

*

Explanation of comparison codes in the final column:

3/2/1 The number of assigned codes

O(ö) IOC code is (isn't) identical to another code

F(ƒ) FIFA code is (isn't) identical to another code

I(ï) ISO code is (isn't) identical to another code

3OFI	IOC, FIFA and ISO codes are all identical to each other
3OFï	IOC and FIFA codes are identical; ISO code is different
3OƒI	IOC and ISO codes are identical; FIFA code is different
3öFI	FIFA and ISO codes are identical; IOC code is different
3öƒï	IOC, FIFA and ISO codes are all different from each other
2OF-	IOC and FIFA codes are identical; ISO code not assigned
2O-I	IOC and ISO codes are identical; FIFA code not assigned
2ö-ï	IOC and ISO codes are different; FIFA code not assigned
2-FI	FIFA and ISO codes are identical; IOC code not assigned
2-ƒï	FIFA and ISO codes are different; IOC code not assigned
1-ƒ-	Only FIFA code exists
1--ï	Only ISO code exists

Former countries, former country names and former country codes

Codes are shown with their last year of use.

Country	IOC	FIFA	ISO
British Honduras	HBR 1972	BHO
Burma	BIR 1988	BUR 1989	BUR 1989
Ceylon	CEY 1972	CEY 1972
Dahomey	DAH 1972	DAH 1975	DHY 1977
Czechoslovakia	TCH 1992	TCH 1993	CSK 1993
East Germany	GDR 1988	GDR 1990	DDR 1990
Khmer Republic	KHM 1976	CAM current	KHM 1975
Kosovo	KOS current	KVX 2022
Lebanon	LIB 2016	LIB 2020	LBN current
Malaya	MAL 1960	MAL 1963
Netherlands	HOL 1988	HOL 19??	NLD current
Netherlands Antilles	AHO 2010	ANT 2010	ANT 2010
North Borneo	NBO 1956	NBO 1963
North Yemen	YAR 1988	NYE 1990	YEM 1990
Northern Rhodesia	NRH 1964	NRH 1964
Rhodesia	RHO 1972	RHO 1980	RHO 1980
Romania	ROM 2006	ROM 2005	ROM 2002
Saarland	SAA 1952	SAA 1956
Serbia and Montenegro	SCG 2006	SCG 2006	SCG 2006
Singapore	SIN 2016	SIN 2022	SGP current
South Yemen	YMD 1988	SYE 1990	YMD 1990
Soviet Union	URS 1988	URS 1991	SUN 1992
Sudan	SUD current	SUD 2012	SDN current
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI 2012	TRI current	TTO current
United Arab Republic	UAR 1968	UAR 1971
Upper Volta	VOL 1984	UPV 1984	HVO 1984
Viet Nam, Democratic Republic of	n.a.	VNO 1975	VDR 1977
Viet Nam, Republic of	VNM 1976	VSO 1975	VNM 1977
West Germany	FRG 1988	FRG 1990	DEU 1990
Western Samoa	SAM 1996	WSM 1997	WSM 1997
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	YUG 2002	YUG 2003	YUG 2003
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of	YUG 1992	YUG 1992	YUG 1992
Zaire	ZAI 1996	ZAI 1997	ZAR 1997

Ambiguities

List

Former countries, former country names and former country codes

See also