Country and Region Codes

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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 & 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 & NEVIS	`KN`
ST. LUCIA	`LC`
ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON	`PM`
ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES	`VC`
SURINAME	`SR`
SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN	`SJ`
SWAZILAND	`SZ`
SWEDEN	`SE`
SWITZERLAND	`CH`
TAIWAN	`TW`
TAJIKISTAN	`TJ`
TANZANIA	`TZ`
THAILAND	`TH`
TOGO	`TG`
TONGA	`TO`
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	`TT`
TUNISIA	`TN`
TURKMENISTAN	`TM`
TURKS & 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 & FUTUNA	`WF`
YEMEN	`YE`
ZAMBIA	`ZM`
ZIMBABWE	`ZW`