UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Country Code
Is Part Of
Address
Has Parts  
Version 2.0 
Status Release 
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Date Agreed 1 January 2002

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Name

Country Code
Description A unique code representing a Country.
Business Format Max 3 Characters
Element Type Data Item
XML Schema
Validation
Value
see BSEN Standard 3166
DefaultValue
Owner DTG
Based On BSEN Standard 3166
Verification
Comments
  • Refer to the ISO 3166-1 standard for actual list of alphabetic codes and countries. The alphabetic code to be used is the 3-char alphabetic code along with the short country name.
  • In DWP, if an Address is held, Country Code must be held.
  • If Country Code value is GBR for United Kingdom, then standard UK Internal Code must be held.