Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on September 15, 2020.

The Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019 is based on the international standard for country codes ISO 3166-1:2013. All changes made as of December 31, 2019 are included in this 2019 version of the SCCAI. The list was also updated for consistency with Government of Canada norms.

In addition to the list of countries and areas of interest, a classification variant for social statistics data is included. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between these geographic areas.

Classification structure

Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019 - Classification structure
Code	Countries and Areas of Interest	Num-3	Alpha-2	Alpha-3
11124	Canada	124	CA	CAN
11304	Greenland	304	GL	GRL
11666	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	666	PM	SPM
11840	United States of America	840	US	USA
12084	Belize	084	BZ	BLZ
12188	Costa Rica	188	CR	CRI
12222	El Salvador	222	SV	SLV
12320	Guatemala	320	GT	GTM
12340	Honduras	340	HN	HND
12484	Mexico	484	MX	MEX
12558	Nicaragua	558	NI	NIC
12591	Panama	591	PA	PAN
13028	Antigua and Barbuda	028	AG	ATG
13044	Bahamas	044	BS	BHS
13052	Barbados	052	BB	BRB
13060	Bermuda	060	BM	BMU
13092	Virgin Islands, British	092	VG	VGB
13136	Cayman Islands	136	KY	CYM
13192	Cuba	192	CU	CUB
13212	Dominica	212	DM	DMA
13214	Dominican Republic	214	DO	DOM
13308	Grenada	308	GD	GRD
13312	Guadeloupe	312	GP	GLP
13332	Haiti	332	HT	HTI
13388	Jamaica	388	JM	JAM
13474	Martinique	474	MQ	MTQ
13500	Montserrat	500	MS	MSR
13531	Curaçao	531	CW	CUW
13533	Aruba	533	AW	ABW
13534	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	534	SX	SXM
13535	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	535	BQ	BES
13630	Puerto Rico	630	PR	PRI
13652	Saint Barthélemy	652	BL	BLM
13659	Saint Kitts and Nevis	659	KN	KNA
13660	Anguilla	660	AI	AIA
13662	Saint Lucia	662	LC	LCA
13663	Saint Martin (French part)	663	MF	MAF
13670	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	670	VC	VCT
13780	Trinidad and Tobago	780	TT	TTO
13796	Turks and Caicos Islands	796	TC	TCA
13850	Virgin Islands, United States	850	VI	VIR
14032	Argentina	032	AR	ARG
14068	Bolivia^{Note 1}	068	BO	BOL
14076	Brazil	076	BR	BRA
14152	Chile	152	CL	CHL
14170	Colombia	170	CO	COL
14218	Ecuador	218	EC	ECU
14238	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	238	FK	FLK
14239	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	239	GS	SGS
14254	French Guiana	254	GF	GUF
14328	Guyana	328	GY	GUY
14600	Paraguay	600	PY	PRY
14604	Peru	604	PE	PER
14740	Suriname	740	SR	SUR
14858	Uruguay	858	UY	URY
14862	Venezuela^{Note 2}	862	VE	VEN
21040	Austria	040	AT	AUT
21056	Belgium	056	BE	BEL
21250	France	250	FR	FRA
21276	Germany	276	DE	DEU
21438	Liechtenstein	438	LI	LIE
21442	Luxembourg	442	LU	LUX
21492	Monaco	492	MC	MCO
21528	Netherlands	528	NL	NLD
21756	Switzerland	756	CH	CHE
22100	Bulgaria	100	BG	BGR
22112	Belarus	112	BY	BLR
22203	Czechia	203	CZ	CZE
22233	Estonia	233	EE	EST
22348	Hungary	348	HU	HUN
22428	Latvia	428	LV	LVA
22440	Lithuania	440	LT	LTU
22498	Moldova^{Note 3}	498	MD	MDA
22616	Poland	616	PL	POL
22642	Romania	642	RO	ROU
22643	Russian Federation	643	RU	RUS
22703	Slovakia	703	SK	SVK
22804	Ukraine	804	UA	UKR
23208	Denmark	208	DK	DNK
23234	Faroe Islands	234	FO	FRO
23246	Finland	246	FI	FIN
23248	Åland Islands	248	AX	ALA
23352	Iceland	352	IS	ISL
23372	Ireland^{Note 4}	372	IE	IRL
23578	Norway	578	NO	NOR
23680	Sark	680	XQ	XSQ
23744	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	744	SJ	SJM
23752	Sweden	752	SE	SWE
23826	United Kingdom^{Note 5}	826	GB	GBR
23831	Guernsey	831	GG	GGY
23832	Jersey	832	JE	JEY
23833	Isle of Man	833	IM	IMN
24008	Albania	008	AL	ALB
24020	Andorra	020	AD	AND
24070	Bosnia and Herzegovina	070	BA	BIH
24191	Croatia	191	HR	HRV
24292	Gibraltar	292	GI	GIB
24300	Greece	300	GR	GRC
24336	Holy See (Vatican City State)	336	VA	VAT
24380	Italy	380	IT	ITA
24470	Malta	470	MT	MLT
24499	Montenegro	499	ME	MNE
24620	Portugal	620	PT	PRT
24674	San Marino	674	SM	SMR
24688	Serbia^{Note 6}	688	RS	SRB
24705	Slovenia	705	SI	SVN
24724	Spain	724	ES	ESP
24807	North Macedonia	807	MK	MKD
24983	Kosovo^{Note 7}	983	XK	XKO
31132	Cabo Verde	132	CV	CPV
31204	Benin	204	BJ	BEN
31270	Gambia	270	GM	GMB
31288	Ghana	288	GH	GHA
31324	Guinea	324	GN	GIN
31384	Côte d'Ivoire	384	CI	CIV
31430	Liberia	430	LR	LBR
31466	Mali	466	ML	MLI
31478	Mauritania	478	MR	MRT
31562	Niger	562	NE	NER
31566	Nigeria	566	NG	NGA
31624	Guinea-Bissau	624	GW	GNB
31654	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	654	SH	SHN
31686	Senegal	686	SN	SEN
31694	Sierra Leone	694	SL	SLE
31768	Togo	768	TG	TGO
31854	Burkina Faso	854	BF	BFA
32108	Burundi	108	BI	BDI
32174	Comoros	174	KM	COM
32175	Mayotte	175	YT	MYT
32231	Ethiopia	231	ET	ETH
32232	Eritrea	232	ER	ERI
32262	Djibouti	262	DJ	DJI
32404	Kenya	404	KE	KEN
32450	Madagascar	450	MG	MDG
32454	Malawi	454	MW	MWI
32480	Mauritius	480	MU	MUS
32508	Mozambique	508	MZ	MOZ
32638	Réunion	638	RE	REU
32646	Rwanda	646	RW	RWA
32690	Seychelles	690	SC	SYC
32706	Somalia	706	SO	SOM
32716	Zimbabwe	716	ZW	ZWE
32728	South Sudan	728	SS	SSD
32800	Uganda	800	UG	UGA
32834	Tanzania^{Note 8}	834	TZ	TZA
32894	Zambia	894	ZM	ZMB
33012	Algeria	012	DZ	DZA
33434	Libya	434	LY	LBY
33504	Morocco	504	MA	MAR
33729	Sudan^{Note 9}	729	SD	SDN
33732	Western Sahara	732	EH	ESH
33788	Tunisia	788	TN	TUN
33818	Egypt	818	EG	EGY
34024	Angola	024	AO	AGO
34120	Cameroon	120	CM	CMR
34140	Central African Republic	140	CF	CAF
34148	Chad	148	TD	TCD
34178	Congo, Republic of the	178	CG	COG
34180	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	180	CD	COD
34226	Equatorial Guinea	226	GQ	GNQ
34266	Gabon	266	GA	GAB
34678	Sao Tome and Principe	678	ST	STP
35072	Botswana	072	BW	BWA
35426	Lesotho	426	LS	LSO
35516	Namibia	516	NA	NAM
35710	South Africa, Republic of	710	ZA	ZAF
35748	Eswatini	748	SZ	SWZ
41004	Afghanistan	004	AF	AFG
41031	Azerbaijan	031	AZ	AZE
41048	Bahrain	048	BH	BHR
41051	Armenia	051	AM	ARM
41196	Cyprus	196	CY	CYP
41268	Georgia	268	GE	GEO
41275	West Bank and Gaza Strip^{Note 10}	275	PS	PSE
41364	Iran^{Note 11}	364	IR	IRN
41368	Iraq	368	IQ	IRQ
41376	Israel	376	IL	ISR
41398	Kazakhstan	398	KZ	KAZ
41400	Jordan	400	JO	JOR
41414	Kuwait	414	KW	KWT
41417	Kyrgyzstan	417	KG	KGZ
41422	Lebanon	422	LB	LBN
41512	Oman	512	OM	OMN
41634	Qatar	634	QA	QAT
41682	Saudi Arabia	682	SA	SAU
41760	Syria^{Note 12}	760	SY	SYR
41762	Tajikistan	762	TJ	TJK
41784	United Arab Emirates	784	AE	ARE
41792	Turkey	792	TR	TUR
41795	Turkmenistan	795	TM	TKM
41860	Uzbekistan	860	UZ	UZB
41887	Yemen	887	YE	YEM
42156	China^{Note 13}	156	CN	CHN
42158	Taiwan	158	TW	TWN
42344	Hong Kong^{Note 14}	344	HK	HKG
42392	Japan	392	JP	JPN
42408	Korea, North^{Note 15}	408	KP	PRK
42410	Korea, South^{Note 16}	410	KR	KOR
42446	Macao^{Note 17}	446	MO	MAC
42496	Mongolia	496	MN	MNG
43096	Brunei Darussalam	096	BN	BRN
43104	Myanmar	104	MM	MMR
43116	Cambodia	116	KH	KHM
43360	Indonesia	360	ID	IDN
43418	Laos^{Note 18}	418	LA	LAO
43458	Malaysia	458	MY	MYS
43608	Philippines	608	PH	PHL
43626	Timor-Leste	626	TL	TLS
43702	Singapore	702	SG	SGP
43704	Viet Nam	704	VN	VNM
43764	Thailand	764	TH	THA
44050	Bangladesh	050	BD	BGD
44064	Bhutan	064	BT	BTN
44086	British Indian Ocean Territory	086	IO	IOT
44144	Sri Lanka	144	LK	LKA
44356	India	356	IN	IND
44462	Maldives	462	MV	MDV
44524	Nepal	524	NP	NPL
44586	Pakistan	586	PK	PAK
51016	American Samoa	016	AS	ASM
51036	Australia	036	AU	AUS
51090	Solomon Islands	090	SB	SLB
51162	Christmas Island	162	CX	CXR
51166	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	166	CC	CCK
51184	Cook Islands	184	CK	COK
51242	Fiji	242	FJ	FJI
51258	French Polynesia	258	PF	PYF
51296	Kiribati	296	KI	KIR
51316	Guam	316	GU	GUM
51520	Nauru	520	NR	NRU
51540	New Caledonia	540	NC	NCL
51548	Vanuatu	548	VU	VUT
51554	New Zealand	554	NZ	NZL
51570	Niue	570	NU	NIU
51574	Norfolk Island	574	NF	NFK
51580	Northern Mariana Islands	580	MP	MNP
51581	United States Minor Outlying Islands	581	UM	UMI
51583	Micronesia, Federated States of	583	FM	FSM
51584	Marshall Islands	584	MH	MHL
51585	Palau	585	PW	PLW
51598	Papua New Guinea	598	PG	PNG
51612	Pitcairn	612	PN	PCN
51772	Tokelau	772	TK	TKL
51776	Tonga	776	TO	TON
51798	Tuvalu	798	TV	TUV
51876	Wallis and Futuna	876	WF	WLF
51882	Samoa	882	WS	WSM
61010	Antarctica	010	AQ	ATA
61074	Bouvet Island	074	BV	BVT
61260	French Southern Territories	260	TF	ATF
61334	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	334	HM	HMD

Note(s)

Note 1

The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Note 2

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Note 3

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Note 4

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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Note 5

The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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Note 6

Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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Note 7

The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Note 8

The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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Note 9

The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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Note 10

West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Includes responses of Palestine.

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Note 11