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# Country Codes
> ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes returned in the remitterCountry field on IRM records, with all 249 codes by region, alpha-2 equivalents, and the look-alike codes that are easy to confuse.
Every IRM record carries the country of the remitting party in the `remitterCountry` field, as an ISO 3166-1 **alpha-3** code: three letters, for example `ARE` for the United Arab Emirates and `SGP` for Singapore. This annexure lists all 249 codes assigned by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
`remitterCountry` is **alpha-3, not alpha-2**. The value for the United Arab Emirates is `ARE`, not `AE`. Matching on two-letter codes will silently miss every record.
## Commonly seen codes
The counterparty countries that appear most often on Indian export remittances.
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `USA` | US | United States of America |
| `ARE` | AE | United Arab Emirates |
| `CHN` | CN | China |
| `GBR` | GB | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| `SGP` | SG | Singapore |
| `HKG` | HK | Hong Kong |
| `DEU` | DE | Germany |
| `NLD` | NL | Netherlands, Kingdom of the |
| `BGD` | BD | Bangladesh |
| `SAU` | SA | Saudi Arabia |
| `AUS` | AU | Australia |
| `JPN` | JP | Japan |
| `FRA` | FR | France |
| `ITA` | IT | Italy |
| `BEL` | BE | Belgium |
| `KOR` | KR | Korea, Republic of |
| `ZAF` | ZA | South Africa |
| `CAN` | CA | Canada |
| `ESP` | ES | Spain |
| `VNM` | VN | Viet Nam |
| `MYS` | MY | Malaysia |
| `IDN` | ID | Indonesia |
| `TUR` | TR | Türkiye |
| `QAT` | QA | Qatar |
| `CHE` | CH | Switzerland |
| `NPL` | NP | Nepal |
| `LKA` | LK | Sri Lanka |
| `BRA` | BR | Brazil |
| `MEX` | MX | Mexico |
## Codes that are easy to confuse
Several alpha-3 codes are near-neighbours of each other, or of an unrelated country's alpha-2 code. These are the ones worth a second look when you map `remitterCountry` onto your own country master.
| Code | Country | Not to be confused with |
| ----- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `ARE` | United Arab Emirates | `ARG` Argentina, `ARM` Armenia |
| `AUS` | Australia | `AUT` Austria |
| `IND` | India | `IDN` Indonesia |
| `IRL` | Ireland | `IRN` Iran, `IRQ` Iraq |
| `CHE` | Switzerland | `CHN` China, `CHL` Chile |
| `SGP` | Singapore | `SVN` Slovenia, `SVK` Slovakia, `SWE` Sweden |
| `KOR` | Korea, Republic of (South) | `PRK` Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North) |
| `NER` | Niger | `NGA` Nigeria |
| `MLI` | Mali | `MLT` Malta |
| `ZAF` | South Africa | `SAU` Saudi Arabia |
| `GBR` | United Kingdom | not `UK` — that code does not exist in ISO 3166-1 |
| `DEU` | Germany | not `GER`, which is an Olympic code, not an ISO one |
| `NLD` | Netherlands | not `HOL` |
| `CHE` | Switzerland | not `SUI` or `SWI` |
## Full list by region
Regions follow the UN M49 grouping that ISO publishes alongside 3166-1. Codes are sorted alphabetically within each region.
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `AFG` | AF | 004 | Afghanistan |
| `ARE` | AE | 784 | United Arab Emirates |
| `ARM` | AM | 051 | Armenia |
| `AZE` | AZ | 031 | Azerbaijan |
| `BGD` | BD | 050 | Bangladesh |
| `BHR` | BH | 048 | Bahrain |
| `BRN` | BN | 096 | Brunei Darussalam |
| `BTN` | BT | 064 | Bhutan |
| `CHN` | CN | 156 | China |
| `CYP` | CY | 196 | Cyprus |
| `GEO` | GE | 268 | Georgia |
| `HKG` | HK | 344 | Hong Kong |
| `IDN` | ID | 360 | Indonesia |
| `IND` | IN | 356 | India |
| `IRN` | IR | 364 | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| `IRQ` | IQ | 368 | Iraq |
| `ISR` | IL | 376 | Israel |
| `JOR` | JO | 400 | Jordan |
| `JPN` | JP | 392 | Japan |
| `KAZ` | KZ | 398 | Kazakhstan |
| `KGZ` | KG | 417 | Kyrgyzstan |
| `KHM` | KH | 116 | Cambodia |
| `KOR` | KR | 410 | Korea, Republic of |
| `KWT` | KW | 414 | Kuwait |
| `LAO` | LA | 418 | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| `LBN` | LB | 422 | Lebanon |
| `LKA` | LK | 144 | Sri Lanka |
| `MAC` | MO | 446 | Macao |
| `MDV` | MV | 462 | Maldives |
| `MMR` | MM | 104 | Myanmar |
| `MNG` | MN | 496 | Mongolia |
| `MYS` | MY | 458 | Malaysia |
| `NPL` | NP | 524 | Nepal |
| `OMN` | OM | 512 | Oman |
| `PAK` | PK | 586 | Pakistan |
| `PHL` | PH | 608 | Philippines |
| `PRK` | KP | 408 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
| `PSE` | PS | 275 | Palestine, State of |
| `QAT` | QA | 634 | Qatar |
| `SAU` | SA | 682 | Saudi Arabia |
| `SGP` | SG | 702 | Singapore |
| `SYR` | SY | 760 | Syrian Arab Republic |
| `THA` | TH | 764 | Thailand |
| `TJK` | TJ | 762 | Tajikistan |
| `TKM` | TM | 795 | Turkmenistan |
| `TLS` | TL | 626 | Timor-Leste |
| `TUR` | TR | 792 | Türkiye |
| `TWN` | TW | 158 | Taiwan, Province of China |
| `UZB` | UZ | 860 | Uzbekistan |
| `VNM` | VN | 704 | Viet Nam |
| `YEM` | YE | 887 | Yemen |
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `ALA` | AX | 248 | Åland Islands |
| `ALB` | AL | 008 | Albania |
| `AND` | AD | 020 | Andorra |
| `AUT` | AT | 040 | Austria |
| `BEL` | BE | 056 | Belgium |
| `BGR` | BG | 100 | Bulgaria |
| `BIH` | BA | 070 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| `BLR` | BY | 112 | Belarus |
| `CHE` | CH | 756 | Switzerland |
| `CZE` | CZ | 203 | Czechia |
| `DEU` | DE | 276 | Germany |
| `DNK` | DK | 208 | Denmark |
| `ESP` | ES | 724 | Spain |
| `EST` | EE | 233 | Estonia |
| `FIN` | FI | 246 | Finland |
| `FRA` | FR | 250 | France |
| `FRO` | FO | 234 | Faroe Islands |
| `GBR` | GB | 826 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| `GGY` | GG | 831 | Guernsey |
| `GIB` | GI | 292 | Gibraltar |
| `GRC` | GR | 300 | Greece |
| `HRV` | HR | 191 | Croatia |
| `HUN` | HU | 348 | Hungary |
| `IMN` | IM | 833 | Isle of Man |
| `IRL` | IE | 372 | Ireland |
| `ISL` | IS | 352 | Iceland |
| `ITA` | IT | 380 | Italy |
| `JEY` | JE | 832 | Jersey |
| `LIE` | LI | 438 | Liechtenstein |
| `LTU` | LT | 440 | Lithuania |
| `LUX` | LU | 442 | Luxembourg |
| `LVA` | LV | 428 | Latvia |
| `MCO` | MC | 492 | Monaco |
| `MDA` | MD | 498 | Moldova, Republic of |
| `MKD` | MK | 807 | North Macedonia |
| `MLT` | MT | 470 | Malta |
| `MNE` | ME | 499 | Montenegro |
| `NLD` | NL | 528 | Netherlands, Kingdom of the |
| `NOR` | NO | 578 | Norway |
| `POL` | PL | 616 | Poland |
| `PRT` | PT | 620 | Portugal |
| `ROU` | RO | 642 | Romania |
| `RUS` | RU | 643 | Russian Federation |
| `SJM` | SJ | 744 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| `SMR` | SM | 674 | San Marino |
| `SRB` | RS | 688 | Serbia |
| `SVK` | SK | 703 | Slovakia |
| `SVN` | SI | 705 | Slovenia |
| `SWE` | SE | 752 | Sweden |
| `UKR` | UA | 804 | Ukraine |
| `VAT` | VA | 336 | Holy See |
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `AGO` | AO | 024 | Angola |
| `ATF` | TF | 260 | French Southern Territories |
| `BDI` | BI | 108 | Burundi |
| `BEN` | BJ | 204 | Benin |
| `BFA` | BF | 854 | Burkina Faso |
| `BWA` | BW | 072 | Botswana |
| `CAF` | CF | 140 | Central African Republic |
| `CIV` | CI | 384 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| `CMR` | CM | 120 | Cameroon |
| `COD` | CD | 180 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
| `COG` | CG | 178 | Congo |
| `COM` | KM | 174 | Comoros |
| `CPV` | CV | 132 | Cabo Verde |
| `DJI` | DJ | 262 | Djibouti |
| `DZA` | DZ | 012 | Algeria |
| `EGY` | EG | 818 | Egypt |
| `ERI` | ER | 232 | Eritrea |
| `ESH` | EH | 732 | Western Sahara |
| `ETH` | ET | 231 | Ethiopia |
| `GAB` | GA | 266 | Gabon |
| `GHA` | GH | 288 | Ghana |
| `GIN` | GN | 324 | Guinea |
| `GMB` | GM | 270 | Gambia |
| `GNB` | GW | 624 | Guinea-Bissau |
| `GNQ` | GQ | 226 | Equatorial Guinea |
| `IOT` | IO | 086 | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| `KEN` | KE | 404 | Kenya |
| `LBR` | LR | 430 | Liberia |
| `LBY` | LY | 434 | Libya |
| `LSO` | LS | 426 | Lesotho |
| `MAR` | MA | 504 | Morocco |
| `MDG` | MG | 450 | Madagascar |
| `MLI` | ML | 466 | Mali |
| `MOZ` | MZ | 508 | Mozambique |
| `MRT` | MR | 478 | Mauritania |
| `MUS` | MU | 480 | Mauritius |
| `MWI` | MW | 454 | Malawi |
| `MYT` | YT | 175 | Mayotte |
| `NAM` | NA | 516 | Namibia |
| `NER` | NE | 562 | Niger |
| `NGA` | NG | 566 | Nigeria |
| `REU` | RE | 638 | Réunion |
| `RWA` | RW | 646 | Rwanda |
| `SDN` | SD | 729 | Sudan |
| `SEN` | SN | 686 | Senegal |
| `SHN` | SH | 654 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
| `SLE` | SL | 694 | Sierra Leone |
| `SOM` | SO | 706 | Somalia |
| `SSD` | SS | 728 | South Sudan |
| `STP` | ST | 678 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| `SWZ` | SZ | 748 | Eswatini |
| `SYC` | SC | 690 | Seychelles |
| `TCD` | TD | 148 | Chad |
| `TGO` | TG | 768 | Togo |
| `TUN` | TN | 788 | Tunisia |
| `TZA` | TZ | 834 | Tanzania, United Republic of |
| `UGA` | UG | 800 | Uganda |
| `ZAF` | ZA | 710 | South Africa |
| `ZMB` | ZM | 894 | Zambia |
| `ZWE` | ZW | 716 | Zimbabwe |
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `ABW` | AW | 533 | Aruba |
| `AIA` | AI | 660 | Anguilla |
| `ARG` | AR | 032 | Argentina |
| `ATG` | AG | 028 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| `BES` | BQ | 535 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| `BHS` | BS | 044 | Bahamas |
| `BLM` | BL | 652 | Saint Barthélemy |
| `BLZ` | BZ | 084 | Belize |
| `BMU` | BM | 060 | Bermuda |
| `BOL` | BO | 068 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
| `BRA` | BR | 076 | Brazil |
| `BRB` | BB | 052 | Barbados |
| `BVT` | BV | 074 | Bouvet Island |
| `CAN` | CA | 124 | Canada |
| `CHL` | CL | 152 | Chile |
| `COL` | CO | 170 | Colombia |
| `CRI` | CR | 188 | Costa Rica |
| `CUB` | CU | 192 | Cuba |
| `CUW` | CW | 531 | Curaçao |
| `CYM` | KY | 136 | Cayman Islands |
| `DMA` | DM | 212 | Dominica |
| `DOM` | DO | 214 | Dominican Republic |
| `ECU` | EC | 218 | Ecuador |
| `FLK` | FK | 238 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| `GLP` | GP | 312 | Guadeloupe |
| `GRD` | GD | 308 | Grenada |
| `GRL` | GL | 304 | Greenland |
| `GTM` | GT | 320 | Guatemala |
| `GUF` | GF | 254 | French Guiana |
| `GUY` | GY | 328 | Guyana |
| `HND` | HN | 340 | Honduras |
| `HTI` | HT | 332 | Haiti |
| `JAM` | JM | 388 | Jamaica |
| `KNA` | KN | 659 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| `LCA` | LC | 662 | Saint Lucia |
| `MAF` | MF | 663 | Saint Martin (French part) |
| `MEX` | MX | 484 | Mexico |
| `MSR` | MS | 500 | Montserrat |
| `MTQ` | MQ | 474 | Martinique |
| `NIC` | NI | 558 | Nicaragua |
| `PAN` | PA | 591 | Panama |
| `PER` | PE | 604 | Peru |
| `PRI` | PR | 630 | Puerto Rico |
| `PRY` | PY | 600 | Paraguay |
| `SGS` | GS | 239 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| `SLV` | SV | 222 | El Salvador |
| `SPM` | PM | 666 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| `SUR` | SR | 740 | Suriname |
| `SXM` | SX | 534 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
| `TCA` | TC | 796 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| `TTO` | TT | 780 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| `URY` | UY | 858 | Uruguay |
| `USA` | US | 840 | United States of America |
| `VCT` | VC | 670 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| `VEN` | VE | 862 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
| `VGB` | VG | 092 | Virgin Islands (British) |
| `VIR` | VI | 850 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `ASM` | AS | 016 | American Samoa |
| `AUS` | AU | 036 | Australia |
| `CCK` | CC | 166 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| `COK` | CK | 184 | Cook Islands |
| `CXR` | CX | 162 | Christmas Island |
| `FJI` | FJ | 242 | Fiji |
| `FSM` | FM | 583 | Micronesia, Federated States of |
| `GUM` | GU | 316 | Guam |
| `HMD` | HM | 334 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| `KIR` | KI | 296 | Kiribati |
| `MHL` | MH | 584 | Marshall Islands |
| `MNP` | MP | 580 | Northern Mariana Islands |
| `NCL` | NC | 540 | New Caledonia |
| `NFK` | NF | 574 | Norfolk Island |
| `NIU` | NU | 570 | Niue |
| `NRU` | NR | 520 | Nauru |
| `NZL` | NZ | 554 | New Zealand |
| `PCN` | PN | 612 | Pitcairn |
| `PLW` | PW | 585 | Palau |
| `PNG` | PG | 598 | Papua New Guinea |
| `PYF` | PF | 258 | French Polynesia |
| `SLB` | SB | 090 | Solomon Islands |
| `TKL` | TK | 772 | Tokelau |
| `TON` | TO | 776 | Tonga |
| `TUV` | TV | 798 | Tuvalu |
| `UMI` | UM | 581 | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| `VUT` | VU | 548 | Vanuatu |
| `WLF` | WF | 876 | Wallis and Futuna |
| `WSM` | WS | 882 | Samoa |
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Numeric | Country |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ---------- |
| `ATA` | AQ | 010 | Antarctica |
## Machine-readable list
```json Country Codes theme={"dark"}
{
"ABW": "Aruba",
"AFG": "Afghanistan",
"AGO": "Angola",
"AIA": "Anguilla",
"ALA": "Åland Islands",
"ALB": "Albania",
"AND": "Andorra",
"ARE": "United Arab Emirates",
"ARG": "Argentina",
"ARM": "Armenia",
"ASM": "American Samoa",
"ATA": "Antarctica",
"ATF": "French Southern Territories",
"ATG": "Antigua and Barbuda",
"AUS": "Australia",
"AUT": "Austria",
"AZE": "Azerbaijan",
"BDI": "Burundi",
"BEL": "Belgium",
"BEN": "Benin",
"BES": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba",
"BFA": "Burkina Faso",
"BGD": "Bangladesh",
"BGR": "Bulgaria",
"BHR": "Bahrain",
"BHS": "Bahamas",
"BIH": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
"BLM": "Saint Barthélemy",
"BLR": "Belarus",
"BLZ": "Belize",
"BMU": "Bermuda",
"BOL": "Bolivia, Plurinational State of",
"BRA": "Brazil",
"BRB": "Barbados",
"BRN": "Brunei Darussalam",
"BTN": "Bhutan",
"BVT": "Bouvet Island",
"BWA": "Botswana",
"CAF": "Central African Republic",
"CAN": "Canada",
"CCK": "Cocos (Keeling) Islands",
"CHE": "Switzerland",
"CHL": "Chile",
"CHN": "China",
"CIV": "Côte d'Ivoire",
"CMR": "Cameroon",
"COD": "Congo, Democratic Republic of the",
"COG": "Congo",
"COK": "Cook Islands",
"COL": "Colombia",
"COM": "Comoros",
"CPV": "Cabo Verde",
"CRI": "Costa Rica",
"CUB": "Cuba",
"CUW": "Curaçao",
"CXR": "Christmas Island",
"CYM": "Cayman Islands",
"CYP": "Cyprus",
"CZE": "Czechia",
"DEU": "Germany",
"DJI": "Djibouti",
"DMA": "Dominica",
"DNK": "Denmark",
"DOM": "Dominican Republic",
"DZA": "Algeria",
"ECU": "Ecuador",
"EGY": "Egypt",
"ERI": "Eritrea",
"ESH": "Western Sahara",
"ESP": "Spain",
"EST": "Estonia",
"ETH": "Ethiopia",
"FIN": "Finland",
"FJI": "Fiji",
"FLK": "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)",
"FRA": "France",
"FRO": "Faroe Islands",
"FSM": "Micronesia, Federated States of",
"GAB": "Gabon",
"GBR": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland",
"GEO": "Georgia",
"GGY": "Guernsey",
"GHA": "Ghana",
"GIB": "Gibraltar",
"GIN": "Guinea",
"GLP": "Guadeloupe",
"GMB": "Gambia",
"GNB": "Guinea-Bissau",
"GNQ": "Equatorial Guinea",
"GRC": "Greece",
"GRD": "Grenada",
"GRL": "Greenland",
"GTM": "Guatemala",
"GUF": "French Guiana",
"GUM": "Guam",
"GUY": "Guyana",
"HKG": "Hong Kong",
"HMD": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands",
"HND": "Honduras",
"HRV": "Croatia",
"HTI": "Haiti",
"HUN": "Hungary",
"IDN": "Indonesia",
"IMN": "Isle of Man",
"IND": "India",
"IOT": "British Indian Ocean Territory",
"IRL": "Ireland",
"IRN": "Iran, Islamic Republic of",
"IRQ": "Iraq",
"ISL": "Iceland",
"ISR": "Israel",
"ITA": "Italy",
"JAM": "Jamaica",
"JEY": "Jersey",
"JOR": "Jordan",
"JPN": "Japan",
"KAZ": "Kazakhstan",
"KEN": "Kenya",
"KGZ": "Kyrgyzstan",
"KHM": "Cambodia",
"KIR": "Kiribati",
"KNA": "Saint Kitts and Nevis",
"KOR": "Korea, Republic of",
"KWT": "Kuwait",
"LAO": "Lao People's Democratic Republic",
"LBN": "Lebanon",
"LBR": "Liberia",
"LBY": "Libya",
"LCA": "Saint Lucia",
"LIE": "Liechtenstein",
"LKA": "Sri Lanka",
"LSO": "Lesotho",
"LTU": "Lithuania",
"LUX": "Luxembourg",
"LVA": "Latvia",
"MAC": "Macao",
"MAF": "Saint Martin (French part)",
"MAR": "Morocco",
"MCO": "Monaco",
"MDA": "Moldova, Republic of",
"MDG": "Madagascar",
"MDV": "Maldives",
"MEX": "Mexico",
"MHL": "Marshall Islands",
"MKD": "North Macedonia",
"MLI": "Mali",
"MLT": "Malta",
"MMR": "Myanmar",
"MNE": "Montenegro",
"MNG": "Mongolia",
"MNP": "Northern Mariana Islands",
"MOZ": "Mozambique",
"MRT": "Mauritania",
"MSR": "Montserrat",
"MTQ": "Martinique",
"MUS": "Mauritius",
"MWI": "Malawi",
"MYS": "Malaysia",
"MYT": "Mayotte",
"NAM": "Namibia",
"NCL": "New Caledonia",
"NER": "Niger",
"NFK": "Norfolk Island",
"NGA": "Nigeria",
"NIC": "Nicaragua",
"NIU": "Niue",
"NLD": "Netherlands, Kingdom of the",
"NOR": "Norway",
"NPL": "Nepal",
"NRU": "Nauru",
"NZL": "New Zealand",
"OMN": "Oman",
"PAK": "Pakistan",
"PAN": "Panama",
"PCN": "Pitcairn",
"PER": "Peru",
"PHL": "Philippines",
"PLW": "Palau",
"PNG": "Papua New Guinea",
"POL": "Poland",
"PRI": "Puerto Rico",
"PRK": "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of",
"PRT": "Portugal",
"PRY": "Paraguay",
"PSE": "Palestine, State of",
"PYF": "French Polynesia",
"QAT": "Qatar",
"REU": "Réunion",
"ROU": "Romania",
"RUS": "Russian Federation",
"RWA": "Rwanda",
"SAU": "Saudi Arabia",
"SDN": "Sudan",
"SEN": "Senegal",
"SGP": "Singapore",
"SGS": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands",
"SHN": "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha",
"SJM": "Svalbard and Jan Mayen",
"SLB": "Solomon Islands",
"SLE": "Sierra Leone",
"SLV": "El Salvador",
"SMR": "San Marino",
"SOM": "Somalia",
"SPM": "Saint Pierre and Miquelon",
"SRB": "Serbia",
"SSD": "South Sudan",
"STP": "Sao Tome and Principe",
"SUR": "Suriname",
"SVK": "Slovakia",
"SVN": "Slovenia",
"SWE": "Sweden",
"SWZ": "Eswatini",
"SXM": "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)",
"SYC": "Seychelles",
"SYR": "Syrian Arab Republic",
"TCA": "Turks and Caicos Islands",
"TCD": "Chad",
"TGO": "Togo",
"THA": "Thailand",
"TJK": "Tajikistan",
"TKL": "Tokelau",
"TKM": "Turkmenistan",
"TLS": "Timor-Leste",
"TON": "Tonga",
"TTO": "Trinidad and Tobago",
"TUN": "Tunisia",
"TUR": "Türkiye",
"TUV": "Tuvalu",
"TWN": "Taiwan, Province of China",
"TZA": "Tanzania, United Republic of",
"UGA": "Uganda",
"UKR": "Ukraine",
"UMI": "United States Minor Outlying Islands",
"URY": "Uruguay",
"USA": "United States of America",
"UZB": "Uzbekistan",
"VAT": "Holy See",
"VCT": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines",
"VEN": "Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of",
"VGB": "Virgin Islands (British)",
"VIR": "Virgin Islands (U.S.)",
"VNM": "Viet Nam",
"VUT": "Vanuatu",
"WLF": "Wallis and Futuna",
"WSM": "Samoa",
"YEM": "Yemen",
"ZAF": "South Africa",
"ZMB": "Zambia",
"ZWE": "Zimbabwe"
}
```
## Usage guidelines
* Alpha-3 codes are exactly three uppercase letters (`string(3)`)
* Alpha-2 is the two-letter form of the same standard, listed above for cross-referencing with systems that use it; it is **not** what `remitterCountry` returns
* Numeric-3 is the UN M49 numeric form, listed for reference; it is language-independent and stable across renamings
* Country names are reproduced exactly as ISO publishes them, so some read formally, for example `KOR` is "Korea, Republic of" and `VNM` is "Viet Nam"
* `remitterCountry` is **read-only reference data**. It originates from the remitting bank's advice, reaches us through DGFT, and is stored exactly as received — you never send it
* When DGFT returns an IRM with no country on it, the field is stored as the literal string `UNKNOWN`. Treat `UNKNOWN` as "not supplied", not as a country code
* Do not assume the code is present in the ISO list before you look it up. Fall back to displaying the raw value rather than dropping the record
* The remitter's country is independent of the remittance currency. A remitter in `ARE` routinely settles in `USD`; see [Currency Codes](/annexure/currency-codes)
* ISO 3166-1 is amended over time. Codes are withdrawn when a country ceases to exist or renames, and withdrawn codes are not reassigned for at least 50 years
* Historical remittances can therefore carry a code that is no longer current. Keep withdrawn codes in your lookup rather than rejecting them
* User-assigned codes (`AAA`-`AAZ`, `QMA`-`QZZ`, `XAA`-`XZZ`, `ZZA`-`ZZZ`) are never issued by ISO and should not appear in this field
## Used by
* `remitterCountry` on every IRM record returned by [Fetch IRM List](/api-reference/irm/post) and [List Saved IRMs](/api-reference/irm/list)
* The Remitter Country column in the IRM Excel export
Source: [ISO 3166 Country Codes](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html), maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency · Last reviewed: 17 August 2026