What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Netherlands?

Netherlands uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 NL, alpha-3 NLD, and numeric 528. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.

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

CountriesDB lists 18 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Netherlands (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.

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

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

Netherlands

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

About Netherlands codes

Need Netherlands (NL) 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 18 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Netherlands. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.

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

ISO codes

Alpha-2NL
Alpha-3NLD
Numeric528
Independenttrue
StatusOfficially assigned

Official subdivisions (18)

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

Code	Name	Type
NL-AW	Aruba	country
NL-BQ1	Bonaire	special municipality
NL-CW	Curaçao	country
NL-DR	Drenthe	province
NL-FL	Flevoland	province
NL-FR	Fryslân	province
NL-GE	Gelderland	province
NL-GR	Groningen	province
NL-LI	Limburg	province
NL-NB	Noord-Brabant	province
NL-NH	Noord-Holland	province
NL-OV	Overijssel	province
NL-BQ2	Saba	special municipality
NL-BQ3	Sint Eustatius	special municipality
NL-SX	Sint Maarten	country
NL-UT	Utrecht	province
NL-ZE	Zeeland	province
NL-ZH	Zuid-Holland	province

Frequently asked questions

What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Netherlands?: Netherlands uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 NL, alpha-3 NLD, and numeric 528. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Netherlands have?: CountriesDB lists 18 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Netherlands (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
How do I use Netherlands country and subdivision data in a form?: Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Netherlands, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.

Use Netherlands in your app

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