Curated ISO-2 country codes
This page provides a curated list of ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 country codes that work reliably with the Geo Unavailable – 503 Country Gate plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce.
The plugin uses WooCommerce geolocation (powered by IP-based databases) to determine a visitor’s country and temporarily restrict access where required. To ensure predictable behaviour, the list below focuses on countries with real civilian IP address ranges, active ISPs, and consistent geolocation support.
All country codes are:
- Two-letter ISO-2 codes, uppercase
- Compatible with WooCommerce geolocation
- Safe to use in production environments
- Suitable for ecommerce, digital goods, and compliance use cases
How to use these codes
Enter the desired ISO-2 country codes in the plugin settings as a comma-separated list, for example:
AL, BY, NG, RU
Visitors detected from those countries will receive an HTTP 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable response and will be shown your predefined /unavailable page, with proper no-index and no-cache headers applied.
Important notes
- While the ISO standard includes additional territories and special regions, not all of them resolve reliably via IP geolocation in real-world traffic.
- The list provided here intentionally excludes uninhabited or rarely routed regions to avoid confusion and false expectations.
- Actual blocking depends on the visitor’s IP address being accurately resolved by the geolocation provider.
This approach ensures predictable behaviour, correct SEO signalling, and minimal support overhead when using country-based availability rules.
Afghanistan – AF
Albania – AL
Algeria – DZ
Andorra – AD
Angola – AO
Antigua and Barbuda – AG
Argentina – AR
Armenia – AM
Australia – AU
Austria – AT
Azerbaijan – AZ
Bahamas – BS
Bahrain – BH
Bangladesh – BD
Barbados – BB
Belarus – BY
Belgium – BE
Belize – BZ
Benin – BJ
Bhutan – BT
Bolivia – BO
Bosnia and Herzegovina – BA
Botswana – BW
Brazil – BR
Brunei – BN
Bulgaria – BG
Burkina Faso – BF
Burundi – BI
Cambodia – KH
Cameroon – CM
Canada – CA
Cape Verde – CV
Central African Republic – CF
Chad – TD
Chile – CL
China – CN
Colombia – CO
Comoros – KM
Congo – CG
Congo (Democratic Republic) – CD
Costa Rica – CR
Croatia – HR
Cuba – CU
Cyprus – CY
Czech Republic – CZ
Denmark – DK
Djibouti – DJ
Dominica – DM
Dominican Republic – DO
Ecuador – EC
Egypt – EG
El Salvador – SV
Equatorial Guinea – GQ
Eritrea – ER
Estonia – EE
Eswatini – SZ
Ethiopia – ET
Fiji – FJ
Finland – FI
France – FR
Gabon – GA
Gambia – GM
Georgia – GE
Germany – DE
Ghana – GH
Greece – GR
Grenada – GD
Guatemala – GT
Guinea – GN
Guinea-Bissau – GW
Guyana – GY
Haiti – HT
Honduras – HN
Hungary – HU
Iceland – IS
India – IN
Indonesia – ID
Iran – IR
Iraq – IQ
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
Lebanon – LB
Lesotho – LS
Liberia – LR
Libya – LY
Liechtenstein – LI
Lithuania – LT
Luxembourg – LU
Madagascar – MG
Malawi – MW
Malaysia – MY
Maldives – MV
Mali – ML
Malta – MT
Marshall Islands – MH
Mauritania – MR
Mauritius – MU
Mexico – MX
Micronesia – FM
Moldova – MD
Monaco – MC
Mongolia – MN
Montenegro – ME
Morocco – MA
Mozambique – MZ
Myanmar – MM
Namibia – NA
Nauru – NR
Nepal – NP
Netherlands – NL
New Zealand – NZ
Nicaragua – NI
Niger – NE
Nigeria – NG
North Korea – KP
North Macedonia – MK
Norway – NO
Oman – OM
Pakistan – PK
Palau – PW
Panama – PA
Papua New Guinea – PG
Paraguay – PY
Peru – PE
Philippines – PH
Poland – PL
Portugal – PT
Qatar – QA
Romania – RO
Russia – RU
Rwanda – RW
Saint Kitts and Nevis – KN
Saint Lucia – LC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – VC
Samoa – WS
San Marino – SM
Sao Tome and Principe – 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
South Sudan – SS
Spain – ES
Sri Lanka – LK
Sudan – SD
Suriname – SR
Sweden – SE
Switzerland – CH
Syria – SY
Taiwan – TW
Tajikistan – TJ
Tanzania – TZ
Thailand – TH
Timor-Leste – TL
Togo – TG
Tonga – TO
Trinidad and Tobago – TT
Tunisia – TN
Turkey – TR
Turkmenistan – TM
Tuvalu – TV
Uganda – UG
Ukraine – UA
United Arab Emirates – AE
United Kingdom – GB
United States – US
Uruguay – UY
Uzbekistan – UZ
Vanuatu – VU
Venezuela – VE
Vietnam – VN
Yemen – YE
Zambia – ZM
Zimbabwe – ZWWritten by Milan on 30th December 2025
