Geocode coverage

Various applications can access the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service, including ArcGIS for Desktop, Map Viewer, and clients you develop using an ArcGIS Web API, such as ArcGIS REST API.

The map and tables in this topic list the countries for which there is address coverage in the ArcGIS 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 available. This means that administrative divisions such as cities, counties, and provinces, as well as landmarks in some cases, 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:

There are additional requirements for geocoding addresses in China.

To geocode any addresses in China, a valid Chinese city name must be included in the geocode request.

To geocode English or Pinyin addresses in China specifically, the sourceCountry parameter must be included in the request: sourceCountry=CHN.

Two-digit language codes

The Supported Language Codes column provides the valid values that can be used as input for thelangCode parameter, which can be used with the reverseGeocode, findAddressCandidates, and geocodeAddresses operations.

The first language code listed in this column, which is in bold text, is the default language code for the country. The default language code is the value used by default for each country when the langCode parameter is not explicitly passed in a request. This column is primarily applicable to countries for which there are multiple supported languages.

The language code EN should be used for returning transliterated or transcribed versions of a language, or for returning Pinyin. The Supported Languages column indicates the countries for which such languages are available.

Note:

When there are multiple languages listed as supported for a country, it doesn't mean that every address in the country is available in each of the languages. It may be that addresses are available in multiple languages for only one region of the country, or that each language is exclusive to a different region and there is no overlap at all. The Supported Language Codes column shows the valid values that can be used for the langCode parameter in a reverseGeocode, findAddressCandidates, or geocodeAddresses request. The Supported Languages column provides the corresponding language names for the codes listed in the Supported Language Codes column.

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	Supported Country Codes	Supported Languages	Supported Language Codes	Data Sources
Argentina	ARG, AR	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Australia	AUS, AU	English	EN	HERE, PSMA Australia, Geonames
Austria	AUT, AT	German, Croatian, Croatian Transliterated	DE, CR, EN	HERE, BEV, Geonames
Belgium	BEL, BE	Dutch, French, German	NL, FR, DE	HERE, Geonames
Brazil	BRA, BR	Portuguese	PT	HERE, Geonames
Canada	CAN, CA	English, French	EN, FR	HERE, Geonames
Chile	CHL, CL	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Croatia	HRV, HR	Croatian, Croatian Transliterated	CR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Czech Republic	CZE, CZ	Czech, Czech Transliterated	CS, EN	HERE, Geonames
Denmark	DNK, DK	Danish	DA	HERE, Geonames
Estonia	EST, EE	Estonian, Estonian Transliterated	ET, EN	HERE, Maa-amet, Geonames
Finland	FIN, FI	Finnish, Swedish	FI, SV	HERE, Geonames
France	FRA, FR	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Germany	DEU, DE	German	DE	HERE, Geonames
Greece	GRC, GR	Greek, Greek Transliterated	EL, EN	HERE, Geonames
Guatemala	GTM, GT	Spanish	ES	GEOSISTEC, HERE, Geonames
Hong Kong	HKG, HK	Chinese (Traditional), Pinyin	ZH, EN	HERE, Starnet Technology Ltd., Geonames
Hungary	HUN, HU	Hungarian, Hungarian Transliterated	HU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Iceland	ISL, IS	Icelandic	IS	HERE, Geonames
Ireland	IRL, IE	English, Irish Gaelic	EN, GA	HERE, Geonames
Israel	ISR, IL	Hebrew, Hebrew Transliterated, Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English, Russian, Russian Transliterated	HE, EN, AR, RU	HERE, Geonames, CBS, SPNI NETIVEI, NPA
Italy	ITA, IT	Italian, Catalan, French, German	IT, CA, FR, DE	HERE, Geonames
Japan	JPN, JP	Japanese, Japanese Transliterated, English	JA, EN	INCREMENT P, HERE, Geonames, GSI Japan
Latvia	LVA, LV	Latvian, Latvian Transliterated	LV, EN	HERE, Geonames
Liechtenstein	LIE, LI	German	DE	HERE, Geonames
Lithuania	LTU, LT	Lithuanian, Lithuanian Transliterated	LT, EN	HERE, Geonames
Luxembourg	LUX, LU	French, German	FR, DE	HERE, Geonames
Netherlands	NLD, NL	Dutch	NL	HERE, BAG, Geonames
New Zealand	NZL, NZ	English	EN	HERE, NZ Fire, Geonames
Norway	NOR, NO	Norwegian	NO	HERE, Geonames
Peru	PER, PE	Spanish	ES	HERE, Telematica, Geonames
Poland	POL, PL	Polish, Polish Transliterated	PL, EN	HERE, Geonames
Portugal	PRT, PT	Portuguese	PT	HERE, Geonames
Puerto Rico	PRI, PR, USA, US	Spanish	ES	HERE, GMT, Geonames, TIGER
Reunion	REU, RE	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Romania	ROU, RO	Romanian, Romanian Transliterated	RO, EN	HERE, Geonames
Russian Federation	RUS, RU	Russian, Russian Transliterated	RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Singapore	SGP, SG	English	EN	GeoLogic Pte Ltd., HERE, Geonames
Slovak Republic	SVK, SK	Slovak, Slovak Transliterated	SK, EN	HERE, Geonames
Slovenia	SVN, SI	Slovenian, Slovenian Transliterated	SL, EN	HERE, Geonames
Spain	ESP, ES	Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque	ES, CA, GL, EU	HERE, Geonames
Suriname	SUR, SR	Dutch	NL	mv GISsat, HERE, Geonames
Sweden	SWE, SE	Swedish	SV	HERE, Geonames
Switzerland	CHE, CH	French, German, Italian	FR, DE, IT	HERE, Geonames
Turkey	TUR, TR	Turkish, Turkish Transliterated	TR, EN	HERE, Geonames
United Kingdom	GBR, GB	English, French, Welsh	EN, FR, CY	HERE, Geonames
United States	USA, US	English, Spanish	EN, ES	opendata.dc.gov, Esri, HERE, Geonames, and the GIS user community
Uruguay	URY, UY	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames

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	Supported Country Codes	Supported Languages	Supported Language Codes	Data Sources
Andorra	AND, AD	Catalan	CA	HERE, Geonames
Belarus	BLR, BY	Belarusian, Belarusian Transliterated, Russian, Russian Transliterated	BE, RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Bulgaria	BGR, BG	Bulgarian, Bulgarian Transliterated	BG, EN	HERE, Geonames
Cayman Islands	CYM, KY	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
China	CHN, CN	Chinese (Simplified)	ZH	AutoNavi Software Company, Ltd., Geonames
Colombia	COL, CO	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Faroe Islands	FRO, FO	Faroese	FO	HERE, Geonames
French Guyana	GUF, GF	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Gibraltar	GIB, GI	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Guam	GUM, GU, USA, US	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Kazakhstan	KAZ, KZ	Kazakh, Kazakh Transliterated, Russian, Russian Transliterated	KK, RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Kuwait	KWT, KW	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Macedonia	MKD, MK	Macedonian, Macedonian Transliterated	MK, EN	HERE, Geonames
Malaysia	MYS, MY	Malay	MS	HERE, Geonames
Mexico	MEX, MX	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Monaco	MCO, MC	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Philippines	PHL, PH	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Qatar	QAT, QA	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
San Marino	SMR, SM	Italian	IT	HERE, Geonames
Saudi Arabia	SAU, SA	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Serbia	SRB, RS	Serbian, Serbian Transliterated	SR, EN	HERE, Geonames
South Africa	ZAF, ZA	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
South Korea	KOR, KR	Korean	KO	HERE, Geonames
Taiwan	TWN, TW	Chinese (Traditional), Pinyin	ZH, EN	HERE, Geonames
Thailand	THA, TH	Thai, Thai Transliterated	TH, EN	Globetech, HERE, Geonames
Ukraine	UKR, UA	Ukrainian, Ukrainian Transliterated, Russian, Russian Transliterated	UK, RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
United Arab Emirates	ARE, AE	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Vatican City	VAT, VA	Italian	IT	HERE, Geonames
Venezuela	VEN, VE	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Vietnam	VNM, VN	Vietnamese, Vietnamese Transliterated	VI, EN	HERE, Geonames

Level 3

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

Country Name	Supported Country Codes	Supported Languages	Supported Language Codes	Data Sources
Albania	ALB, AL	Albanian	SQ	HERE, Geonames
Algeria	DZA, DZ	Arabic, French	AR, FR	HERE, Geonames
American Samoa	ASM, AS, USA, US	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Armenia	ARM, AM	Armenian, Armenian Transliterated	HY, EN	HERE, Geonames
Aruba	ABW, AW	Dutch	NL	HERE, Geonames
Bahamas	BHS, BS	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Bahrain	BHR, BH	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Bangladesh	BGD, BD	Bengali, Bengali Transliterated, English	BN, EN	HERE, Geonames
Belize	BLZ, BZ	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Bermuda	BMU, BM	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Bolivia	BOL, BO	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH, BA	Bosnian, Bosnian Transliterated, Serbian, Serbian Transliterated	BS, SR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Botswana	BWA, BW	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Brunei Darussalam	BRN, BN	Malay	MS	HERE, Geonames
Cambodia	KHM, KH	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Christmas Island	CXR, CX	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	CCK, CC	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Costa Rica	CRI, CR	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Cote d'Ivoire	CIV, CI	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Cuba	CUB, CU	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Cyprus	CYP, CY	Greek, Greek Transliterated, Turkish, Turkish Transliterated, English	EL, TR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Dominican Republic	DOM, DO	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Ecuador	ECU, EC	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Egypt	EGY, EG	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
El Salvador	SLV, SV	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Fiji	FJI, FJ	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
French Polynesia	PYF, PF	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Gabon	GAB, GA	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Georgia	GEO, GE	Georgian, Georgian Transliterated, Russian, Russian Transliterated	KA, RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Guadeloupe	GLP, GP	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Honduras	HND, HN	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
India	IND, IN	English, Assamese, Assamese Transliterated, Bengali, Bengali Transliterated, Hindi, Hindi Transliterated	EN, AS, BN, HI	HERE, Geonames
Indonesia	IDN, ID	Bahasa Indonesia	ID	HERE, Geonames
Jamaica	JAM, JM	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Jordan	JOR, JO	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Kenya	KEN, KE	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Kosovo	RKS, KOS, XK	Albanian, Croatian, Croatian Transliterated	SQ, CR	HERE, Geonames
Lebanon	LBN, LB	Arabic, French	AR, FR	HERE, Geonames
Lesotho	LSO, LS	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Liberia	LBR, LR	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Libya	LBY, LY	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Macau	MAC, MO	Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese	ZH, PT	HERE, Geonames
Maldives	MDV, MV	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Malta	MLT, MT	Maltese, Maltese Transliterated, English	MT, EN	HERE, Geonames
Martinique	MTQ, MQ	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Mauritius	MUS, MU	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Mayotte	MYT, YT	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Moldova	MDA, MD	Moldovan, Moldovan Transliterated	MO, EN	HERE, Geonames
Montenegro	MNE, ME	Montenegrin, Montenegrin Transliterated	SR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Morocco	MAR, MA	Arabic, French	AR, FR	HERE, Geonames
Mozambique	MOZ, MZ	Portuguese	PT	HERE, Geonames
Namibia	NAM, NA	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Nepal	NPL, NP	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
New Caledonia	NCL, NC	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Nigeria	NGA, NG	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Norfolk Island	NFK, NF	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP, MP, USA, US	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Oman	OMN, OM	Arabic, Arabic Transliterated, English	AR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Panama	PAN, PA	Spanish	ES	HERE, Geonames
Paraguay	PRY, PY	Guarani, Spanish	GN, ES	HERE, Geonames
Republic of Azerbaijan	AZE, AZ	Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Transliterated, Russian, Russian Transliterated	AZ, RU, EN	HERE, Geonames
Saint Helena	SHN, SH	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Senegal	SEN, SN	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Sri Lanka	LKA, LK	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
St. Barthelemy	BLM, BL	French	FR	HERE, Geonames
Swaziland	SWZ, SZ	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Tunisia	TUN, TN	Arabic, French	AR, FR	HERE, Geonames
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	NCY	Turkish, Turkish Transliterated	TR, EN	HERE, Geonames
Uganda	UGA, UG	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
US Virgin Islands	VIR, VI, USA, US	English	EN	HERE, Geonames
Zimbabwe	ZWE, ZW	English	EN	HERE, Geonames

Level 4

The unshaded countries in the map are Level 4. They only provide Admin-level matches.