Geocode coverage

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Two-digit language codes
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4

Various applications can access the World Geocode Service, including ArcGIS Desktop, the ArcGIS Online map viewer, and clients you develop using an ArcGIS Web API, such as the ArcGIS REST API.

The map and tables in this topic list the countries for which there is address coverage in the World Geocoding Service and the languages they support, grouped by relative geocoding quality. The overall geocoding quality is a function of the degree of street-level address coverage in a country, knowledge of a country's address styles, and geocoding performance for addresses in that country. The quality levels are subject to change. Typically, the quality of geocoding for a given country improves over time and may be upgraded to a better level, but there may be instances where countries are downgraded to a lower level based on user feedback.

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Countries for which there is no address coverage are classified as Level 4 and are white in the map. Even though there is no address or street-level coverage in these countries, there is still admin-level coverage provided by the World Places locator. This means that cities, counties, provinces, and other administrative division types can be found in them.

When multiple languages are listed in the Supported Languages column for a country, it does not necessarily mean that all addresses in the country are available in each language. In some cases, a language may only be supported within a particular region of a country or for a small subset of addresses. Generally, in the Level 1 and Level 2 tables, the first language listed is the primary language.

The information in the following tables only applies to street addresses and not to POIs (geocode candidates with Addr_type = POI).

Note:

A valid Chinese city name is required for geocoding an address in China.

Two-digit language codes

The Two-Digit Language Codes column provides the valid values which can be used as input for the reverseGeocode operation's langCode parameter.

Note:

In this column, note that the language code XX is a convention used to represent transliterated or transcribed versions of a language.

The Default Language Code column specifies the language code value used by default for each country when the langCode parameter is not explicitly passed in a reverseGeocode request. This column is primarily applicable to the countries for which there are multiple supported languages.

Level 1

The darkest-shaded countries in the map are Level 1. They provide the highest quality geocoding experience. Address searches are likely to result in accurate matches to PointAddress and StreetAddress levels.

Country Name	Three-Digit Country Code	Two-Digit Country Code	Supported Languages	Three-Digit Language Codes	Two-Digit Language Codes	Default Language Code	Address Data Source	Place Name Data Source
Argentina	ARG	AR	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Australia	AUS	AU	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Austria	AUT	AT	German	GER	DE	DE	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Belgium	BEL	BE	Dutch, French, German	DUT, FRE, GER	NL, FR, DE	NL	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Brazil	BRA	BR	Portuguese	POR	PT	PT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Bulgaria	BGR	BG	Bulgarian, Bulgarian Transliterated	BUL, BUX	BG, XX	BG	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Canada	CAN	CA	English, French	ENG, FRE	EN, FR	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Chile	CHL	CL	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Croatia	HRV	HR	Croatian, Croatian Transliterated	SCR, SRX	HR, XX	HR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Czech Republic	CZE	CZ	Czech, Czech Transliterated	CZE, CZX	CS, XX	CS	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Denmark	DNK	DK	Danish	DAN	DA	DA	HERE, Danish Administrative Geographical Classification	Geonames, HERE
Estonia	EST	EE	Estonian, Estonian Transliterated	EST, ESX	ET, XX	ET	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Finland	FIN	FI	Finnish, Swedish	FIN, SWE	FI, SV	FI	HERE	Geonames, HERE
France	FRA	FR	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Germany	DEU	DE	German	GER	DE	DE	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
Greece	GRC	GR	Greek, Greek Transliterated	GRE, GRX	EL, XX	EL	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Guatemala	GTM	GT	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	Geosystemas y Tecnologia Avanzada, S.A.	Geonames, HERE
Hong Kong	HKG	HK	Chinese (Traditional), English	CHT, ENG	ZH, EN	ZH	Starnet Technology Limited	Geonames, HERE
Ireland	IRL	IE	English, Irish Gaelic	ENG, GLE	EN, GA	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Israel	ISR	IL	Hebrew, Hebrew Transliterated	HEB, HEX	HE, XX	HE	HERE	CBS, Geonames, HERE, NETIVEI, NPA, SPNI
Italy	ITA	IT	Italian	ITA	IT	IT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Japan	JPN	JP	Japanese, Japanese Transliterated	JPN, JPT	JA, XX	JA	INCREMENT P	Geonames, GSI Japan, MLIT Japan, INCREMENT P
Latvia	LVA	LV	Latvian, Latvian Transliterated	LAV, LAX	LV, XX	LV	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Liechtenstein	LIE	LI	German	GER	DE	DE	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Lithuania	LTU	LT	Lithuanian, Lithuanian Transliterated	LIT, LIX	LT, XX	LT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Luxembourg	LUX	LU	French, German	FRE, GER	FR, DE	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Malaysia	MYS	MY	Malay	MAY	MS	MS	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Mexico	MEX	MX	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Netherlands	NLD	NL	Dutch	DUT	NL	NL	HERE, Basisregistraties Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG)	Esri, Geonames, HERE
New Zealand	NZL	NZ	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE, New Zealand Fire Service	Geonames, HERE
Norway	NOR	NO	Norwegian	NOR	NO	NO	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Poland	POL	PL	Polish, Polish Transliterated	POL, POX	PL, XX	PL	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Portugal	PRT	PT	Portuguese	POR	PT	PT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Puerto Rico	PRI	PR	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE, Geographic Mapping Technologies Corporation	Geonames, HERE
Romania	ROU	RO	Romanian, Romanian Transliterated	RUM, RMX	RO, XX	RO	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Russian Federation	RUS	RU	Russian, Russian Transliterated	RUS, RUX	RU, XX	RU	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
Singapore	SGP	SG	English	ENG	EN	EN	GeoLogic Pte Ltd.	Geonames, HERE
Slovak Republic	SVK	SK	Slovak, Slovak Transliterated	SLO, SLX	SK, XX	SK	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Spain	ESP	ES	Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque	SPA, CAT, GLG, BAQ	ES, CA, GL, EU	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Suriname	SUR	SR	Dutch	DUT	NL	NL	nv GISsat	Geonames, HERE
Sweden	SWE	SE	Swedish	SWE	SV	SV	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Switzerland	CHE	CH	German, French, Italian	GER, FRE, ITA	DE, FR, IT	DE	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Turkey	TUR	TR	Turkish, Turkish Transliterated	TUR, TUX	TR, XX	TR	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
United Kingdom	GBR	GB	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
United States	USA	US	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
Uruguay	URY	UY	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE

Level 2

The medium-shaded countries in the map are Level 2. They provide a good geocoding experience. Address searches often result in PointAddress and StreetAddress level matches, but sometimes match to StreetName and Admin levels.

Country Name	Three-Digit Country Code	Two-Digit Country Code	Supported Languages	Three-Digit Language Codes	Two-Digit Language Codes	Default Language Code	Address Data Source	Place Name Data Source
Andorra	AND	AD	Catalan	CAT	CA	CA	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Bahamas	BHS	BS	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Bahrain	BHR	BH	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Botswana	BWA	BW	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	BN	Malay	MAY	MS	MS	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Cayman Islands	CYM	KY	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
China	CHN	CN	Chinese (Simplified)	CHI	ZH	ZH	AutoNavi Software Company, Ltd.	Geonames
Colombia	COL	CO	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Costa Rica	CRI	CR	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
French Guyana	GUF	GF	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Gibraltar	GIB	GI	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Guadeloupe	GLP	GP	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Hungary	HUN	HU	Hungarian, Hungarian Transliterated	HUN, HUX	HU, XX	HU	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Iceland	ISL	IS	Icelandic	ICE	IS	IS	HERE	Geonames, HERE
India	IND	IN	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Indonesia	IDN	ID	Bahasa Indonesia	IND	ID	ID	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Jordan	JOR	JO	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Kuwait	KWT	KW	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Lebanon	LBN	LB	Arabic ,French	ARA, FRE	AR, FR	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Macau	MAC	MO	Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese	CHT, POR	ZH, PT	ZH	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Malta	MLT	MT	Maltese	MLT	MT	MT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Martinique	MTQ	MQ	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Monaco	MCO	MC	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Namibia	NAM	NA	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Oman	OMN	OM	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Panama	PAN	PA	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Peru	PER	PE	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Philippines	PHL	PH	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Qatar	QAT	QA	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Reunion	REU	RE	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
San Marino	SMR	SM	Italian	ITA	IT	IT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Saudi Arabia	SAU	SA	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Slovenia	SVN	SI	Slovenian, Slovenian Transliterated	SLV, SIX	SL, XX	SL	HERE	Geonames, HERE
South Africa	ZAF	ZA	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
South Korea	KOR	KR	Korean	KOR	KO	KO	HERE	Esri, Geonames
St. Barthelemy	BLM	BL	French	FRE	FR	FR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Thailand	THA	TH	Thai, Thai English	THA, THE	TH, XX	TH	Esri (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Geonames, Esri (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
United Arab Emirates	ARE	AE	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
US Virgin Islands	VIR	VI	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Vatican City	VAT	VA	Italian	ITA	IT	IT	HERE	Geonames, HERE

Level 3

The lightest-shaded countries in the map are Level 3. They provide a fair geocoding experience. Address searches sometimes result in street-level matches, but more often match to StreetName and Admin levels.

Country Name	Three-Digit Country Code	Two-Digit Country Code	Supported Languages	Three-Digit Language Codes	Two-Digit Language Codes	Default Language Code	Address Data Source	Place Name Data Source
Albania	ALB	AL	Albanian	ALB	SQ	SQ	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Belarus	BLR	BY	Belarusian, Belarusian Transliterated	BEL, BEX	BE, XX	BE	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Belize	BLZ	BZ	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	BA	Bosnian, Bosnian Transliterated, Serbian, Serbian Transliterated	BOS, BOX, SRB, SCX	BS, SR, XX	BS	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Cambodia	KHM	KH	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Egypt	EGY	EG	Arabic, Arabic English	ARA, ARE	AR, XX	AR	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
Guam	GUM	GU	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Kazakhstan	KAZ	KZ	Russian, Russian Transliterated	RUS, RUX	RU, XX	RU	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Kenya	KEN	KE	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Kosovo	RKS	XK	Albanian	ALB	SQ	SQ	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Lesotho	LSO	LS	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Macedonia	MKD	MK	Macedonian, Macedonian Transliterated	MAC, MAX	MK, XX	MK	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Moldova	MDA	MD	Moldovan, Moldovan Transliterated	MOL, MOX	MO, XX	MO	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Montenegro	MNE	ME	Montenegrin, Montenegrin Transliterated	MNE, MNX	SR, XX	SR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Morocco	MAR	MA	Arabic, French	ARA, FRE	AR, FR	AR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Mozambique	MOZ	MZ	Portuguese	POR	PT	PT	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Nigeria	NGA	NG	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Serbia	SRB	RS	Serbian, Serbian Transliterated	SRB, SCX	SR, XX	SR	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Swaziland	SWZ	SZ	English	ENG	EN	EN	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Taiwan	TWN	TW	Chinese (Traditional), Pinyin	CHT, PYN	ZH, XX	ZH	HERE	Esri, Geonames, HERE
Ukraine	UKR	UA	Ukrainian, Ukrainian Transliterated	UKR, UKX	UK, XX	UK	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Venezuela	VEN	VE	Spanish	SPA	ES	ES	HERE	Geonames, HERE
Vietnam	VNM	VN	Vietnamese, Vietnamese Transliterated	VIE, VIX	VI, XX	VI	HERE	Geonames, HERE

Level 4

The unshaded countries in the map are Level 4. They provide admin place geocoding but don't provide street-level geocoding.

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