ISO 3166-1 numeric

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ISO 3166-1 numeric is the part of the ISO 3166 standard that assigns three-digit numeric country codes used internationally for data processing and classification.

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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO standard code set
country code standard
advantage language independence
script independence
alignsWith United Nations country codes
appliesTo current ISO 3166-1 entries
belongsToDomain geopolitical coding
changeManagement updated through ISO 3166-1 newsletters or bulletins
characterSet digits 0–9
classificationLevel country and territory level
codeLength 3
codeType country code
territory code
compatibleWith UN M49
distinguishedFrom ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-3
documentationLanguage English
French
hasCodeFormat three-digit numeric
hasProperty fixed-length codes
unambiguous mapping to alpha-2 codes
unambiguous mapping to alpha-3 codes
identifierStability relatively stable over time
maintainedBy ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
International Organization for Standardization
notApplicableTo deleted ISO 3166-1 entries without reassigned numeric codes
partOf ISO 3166
partOfSeries ISO 3166-1
primaryPurpose internationally standardized numeric representation of countries
relatedTo ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
scope countries
dependent territories
geographically separated areas of countries
standardizedBy ISO
usedBy customs authorities
financial institutions
international organizations
national statistical offices
usedFor cross-language interoperability
data processing
international trade statistics
legacy systems that require numeric fields
machine-readable country identification
statistical classification
usedIn databases
electronic data interchange
information systems


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