---
type: "valueset"
title: "Country ValueSet"
valueset: "country"
---
# Country ValueSet

- **Status**: draft
- **Name**: CountryValueSet
- **Title**: Country ValueSet
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: This value set defines a base set of codes for countries.   
   
   Note: The codes for countries are taken from    [ISO 3166](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html).

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: urn:iso:std:iso:3166

## ValueSet XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="country"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3297"/>
  </identifier>
  <name value="CountryValueSet"/>
  <title value="Country ValueSet"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This value set defines a base set of codes for countries.   &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;   Note: The codes for countries are taken from    [ISO 3166](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html)."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```