Country Codes

About this dataset

Reference list of the countries and territories used by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with their ISO 3166 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, UN M49 numeric code, names in English, French and Spanish, and country boundaries. For each entity, the dataset also indicates whether it is an ILO Member State, whether it receives the annual ILOSTAT questionnaire, and the ILO official language (English, French or Spanish) used for correspondence with the ILO. The list includes historical entities (e.g. USSR, Czechoslovakia, Germany before reunification) and ILO-specific sub-national areas, identified by non-ISO codes. October 2026 update ISO2, ISO3 and UN codes are unchanged: joins on codes are not affected. New entities: Curaçao (CUW) and Micronesia, Federated States of (FSM). Names updated for official renamings only: Czechia, Eswatini, Libya, North Macedonia, South Sudan, Türkiye. All other names are unchanged, to preserve joins on names. ILO membership updated from the official list of the 187 ILO Member States. Boundaries updated from Natural Earth; boundaries added for South Sudan, Palestine, Western Sahara, Curaçao and Micronesia. Sources Names and codes: ILOSTAT and the original ILO country list ILO Member States: ILO Boundaries: Natural Earth (10m Cultural Vectors) The questionnaire and official language columns have no public source: they are kept from the original ILO list.