Country and Region Codes
Last updated: Sept 16th, 10:05pm
To specify PayPal-supported countries and regions in fields and variables, use two-character ISO-3166-1 country codes.
Direct credit card payments
For direct credit card transactions (transactions that are not branded as PayPal transactions) using the following PayPal products, PayPal accepts major credit cards issued in any country.
- PayPal Payments Pro
- PayPal Payments Advanced
- Website Payments Pro (the
DoDirectPayment
API operation) - Website Payments Pro Hosted Solution
- Virtual Terminal
Merchants who use these products can determine which major credit cards are accepted in the merchant's country by referring to supported major credit cards and currencies.
PayPal account payments
The following are the buyer countries supported in Express Checkout and other types of PayPal payments. It is important that you pass the correct country code when sending a charge transaction to PayPal in API calls, such as, DoExpressCheckoutPayment
, DoReferenceTransaction
and SetExpressCheckout
.
Country or region | Country or region code |
---|---|
ALBANIA | AL |
ALGERIA | DZ |
ANDORRA | AD |
ANGOLA | AO |
ANGUILLA | AI |
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | AG |
ARGENTINA | AR |
ARMENIA | AM |
ARUBA | AW |
AUSTRALIA | AU |
AUSTRIA | AT |
AZERBAIJAN | AZ |
BAHAMAS | BS |
BAHRAIN | BH |
BARBADOS | BB |
BELARUS | BY |
BELGIUM | BE |
BELIZE | BZ |
BENIN | BJ |
BERMUDA | BM |
BHUTAN | BT |
BOLIVIA | BO |
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | BA |
BOTSWANA | BW |
BRAZIL | BR |
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | VG |
BRUNEI | BN |
BULGARIA | BG |
BURKINA FASO | BF |
BURUNDI | BI |
CAMBODIA | KH |
CAMEROON | CM |
CANADA | CA |
CAPE VERDE | CV |
CAYMAN ISLANDS | KY |
CHAD | TD |
CHILE | CL |
CHINA | C2 |
COLOMBIA | CO |
COMOROS | KM |
CONGO - BRAZZAVILLE | CG |
CONGO - KINSHASA | CD |
COOK ISLANDS | CK |
COSTA RICA | CR |
CÔTE D’IVOIRE | CI |
CROATIA | HR |
CYPRUS | CY |
CZECH REPUBLIC | CZ |
DENMARK | DK |
DJIBOUTI | DJ |
DOMINICA | DM |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | DO |
ECUADOR | EC |
EGYPT | EG |
EL SALVADOR | SV |
ERITREA | ER |
ESTONIA | EE |
ETHIOPIA | ET |
FALKLAND ISLANDS | FK |
FAROE ISLANDS | FO |
FIJI | FJ |
FINLAND | FI |
FRANCE | FR |
FRENCH GUIANA | GF |
FRENCH POLYNESIA | PF |
GABON | GA |
GAMBIA | GM |
GEORGIA | GE |
GERMANY | DE |
GIBRALTAR | GI |
GREECE | GR |
GREENLAND | GL |
GRENADA | GD |
GUADELOUPE | GP |
GUATEMALA | GT |
GUINEA | GN |
GUINEA-BISSAU | GW |
GUYANA | GY |
HONDURAS | HN |
HONG KONG SAR CHINA | HK |
HUNGARY | HU |
ICELAND | IS |
INDIA | IN |
INDONESIA | ID |
IRELAND | IE |
ISRAEL | IL |
ITALY | IT |
JAMAICA | JM |
JAPAN | JP |
JORDAN | JO |
KAZAKHSTAN | KZ |
KENYA | KE |
KIRIBATI | KI |
KUWAIT | KW |
KYRGYZSTAN | KG |
LAOS | LA |
LATVIA | LV |
LESOTHO | LS |
LIECHTENSTEIN | LI |
LITHUANIA | LT |
LUXEMBOURG | LU |
MACEDONIA | MK |
MADAGASCAR | MG |
MALAWI | MW |
MALAYSIA | MY |
MALDIVES | MV |
MALI | ML |
MALTA | MT |
MARSHALL ISLANDS | MH |
MARTINIQUE | MQ |
MAURITANIA | MR |
MAURITIUS | MU |
MAYOTTE | YT |
MEXICO | MX |
MICRONESIA | FM |
MOLDOVA | MD |
MONACO | MC |
MONGOLIA | MN |
MONTENEGRO | ME |
MONTSERRAT | MS |
MOROCCO | MA |
MOZAMBIQUE | MZ |
NAMIBIA | NA |
NAURU | NR |
NEPAL | NP |
NETHERLANDS | NL |
NEW CALEDONIA | NC |
NEW ZEALAND | NZ |
NICARAGUA | NI |
NIGER | NE |
NIGERIA | NG |
NIUE | NU |
NORFOLK ISLAND | NF |
NORWAY | NO |
OMAN | OM |
PALAU | PW |
PANAMA | PA |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | PG |
PARAGUAY | PY |
PERU | PE |
PHILIPPINES | PH |
PITCAIRN ISLANDS | PN |
POLAND | PL |
PORTUGAL | PT |
QATAR | QA |
RÉUNION | RE |
ROMANIA | RO |
RUSSIA | RU |
RWANDA | RW |
SAMOA | WS |
SAN MARINO | SM |
SÃO TOMÉ and PRÍNCIPE | ST |
SAUDI ARABIA | SA |
SENEGAL | SN |
SERBIA | RS |
SEYCHELLES | SC |
SIERRA LEONE | SL |
SINGAPORE | SG |
SLOVAKIA | SK |
SLOVENIA | SI |
SOLOMON ISLANDS | SB |
SOMALIA | SO |
SOUTH AFRICA | ZA |
SOUTH KOREA | KR |
SPAIN | ES |
SRI LANKA | LK |
ST. HELENA | SH |
ST. KITTS and NEVIS | KN |
ST. LUCIA | LC |
ST. PIERRE and MIQUELON | PM |
ST. VINCENT and GRENADINES | VC |
SURINAME | SR |
SVALBARD and JAN MAYEN | SJ |
SWAZILAND | SZ |
SWEDEN | SE |
SWITZERLAND | CH |
TAIWAN | TW |
TAJIKISTAN | TJ |
TANZANIA | TZ |
THAILAND | TH |
TOGO | TG |
TONGA | TO |
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO | TT |
TUNISIA | TN |
TURKMENISTAN | TM |
TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS | TC |
TUVALU | TV |
UGANDA | UG |
UKRAINE | UA |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | AE |
UNITED KINGDOM | GB |
UNITED STATES | US |
URUGUAY | UY |
VANUATU | VU |
VATICAN CITY | VA |
VENEZUELA | VE |
VIETNAM | VN |
WALLIS and FUTUNA | WF |
YEMEN | YE |
ZAMBIA | ZM |
ZIMBABWE | ZW |