What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Afghanistan?

Afghanistan uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 AF, alpha-3 AFG, and numeric 004. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.

How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Afghanistan have?

CountriesDB lists 34 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Afghanistan (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.

How do I use Afghanistan country and subdivision data in a form?

Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Afghanistan, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.

Afghanistan

ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Afghanistan. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.

About Afghanistan codes

Need Afghanistan (AF) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.

This guide lists 34 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Afghanistan. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.

For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Afghanistan from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.

ISO codes

Alpha-2AF
Alpha-3AFG
Numeric004
Independenttrue
StatusOfficially assigned

Official subdivisions (34)

Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Afghanistan. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.

Code	Name	Type
AF-BDS	Badakhshān	province
AF-BDG	Bādghīs	province
AF-BGL	Baghlān	province
AF-BAL	Balkh	province
AF-BAM	Bāmyān	province
AF-DAY	Dāykundī	province
AF-FRA	Farāh	province
AF-FYB	Fāryāb	province
AF-GHA	Ghaznī	province
AF-GHO	Ghōr	province
AF-HEL	Helmand	province
AF-HER	Herāt	province
AF-JOW	Jowzjān	province
AF-KAB	Kābul	province
AF-KAN	Kandahār	province
AF-KAP	Kāpīsā	province
AF-KHO	Khōst	province
AF-KNR	Kunaṟ	province
AF-KDZ	Kunduz	province
AF-LAG	Laghmān	province
AF-LOG	Lōgar	province
AF-NAN	Nangarhār	province
AF-NIM	Nīmrōz	province
AF-NUR	Nūristān	province
AF-PKA	Paktīkā	province
AF-PIA	Paktiyā	province
AF-PAN	Panjshayr	province
AF-PAR	Parwān	province
AF-SAM	Samangān	province
AF-SAR	Sar-e Pul	province
AF-TAK	Takhār	province
AF-URU	Uruzgān	province
AF-WAR	Wardak	province
AF-ZAB	Zābul	province

Frequently asked questions

What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Afghanistan?: Afghanistan uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 AF, alpha-3 AFG, and numeric 004. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Afghanistan have?: CountriesDB lists 34 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Afghanistan (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
How do I use Afghanistan country and subdivision data in a form?: Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Afghanistan, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.

Use Afghanistan in your app

Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Afghanistan (AF) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.