What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Ethiopia?

Ethiopia uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ET, alpha-3 ETH, and numeric 231. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.

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

CountriesDB lists 13 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Ethiopia (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.

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

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

Ethiopia

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

About Ethiopia codes

Need Ethiopia (ET) 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 13 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Ethiopia. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.

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

ISO codes

Alpha-2ET
Alpha-3ETH
Numeric231
Independenttrue
StatusOfficially assigned

Official subdivisions (13)

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

Code	Name	Type
ET-AA	Addis Ababa	administration
ET-AF	Afar	regional state
ET-AM	Amara	regional state
ET-BE	Benshangul-Gumaz	regional state
ET-DD	Dire Dawa	administration
ET-GA	Gambela Peoples	regional state
ET-HA	Harari People	regional state
ET-OR	Oromia	regional state
ET-SI	Sidama	regional state
ET-SO	Somali	regional state
ET-SN	Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples	regional state
ET-SW	Southwest Ethiopia Peoples	regional state
ET-TI	Tigrai	regional state

Frequently asked questions

What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Ethiopia?: Ethiopia uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ET, alpha-3 ETH, and numeric 231. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Ethiopia have?: CountriesDB lists 13 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Ethiopia (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
How do I use Ethiopia country and subdivision data in a form?: Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Ethiopia, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.

Use Ethiopia in your app

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