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HESA Student Record 2007/08

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HESA Student Record 2007/08

Country codes


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Version 1.2 Produced 2008-05-30

The 2007/08 Student Record uses a country code list based on the ISO-3166-1 Alpha-2 list of country codes and adapted by the Office for National Statistics. This list is a Common Data Definition standard within the MIAP programme.

A mapping from the old (06011) HESA country code list to the new (C07051) standard is shown below.

06011 HESA description 07051 07051
Country HESA code HESA code
Code DOMICILE NATION
1601 YEMEN YE YE
1602 AFGHANISTAN AF AF
1603 ALBANIA AL AL
1604 ALGERIA DZ DZ
1605 ANDORRA AD AD
1606 ANGOLA AO AO
1607 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG AG
1608 ARGENTINA AR AR
1609 AUSTRALIA AU AU
- CHRISTMAS ISLAND {CX}
- COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS {CC}
- NORFOLK ISLAND {NF}
1610 AUSTRIA AT AT
1611 BAHAMAS, THE BS BS
1612 BAHRAIN BH BH
1613 BARBADOS BB BB
1614 BELGIUM BE BE
1615 BERMUDA BM BM
1616 BHUTAN BT BT
1617 BOLIVIA BO BO
1618 BOTSWANA BW BW
1619 BRAZIL BR BR
1620 BRUNEI [BRUNEI DARUSSALAM] BN BN
1621 BULGARIA BG BG
1622 BURMA [MYANMAR] MM MM
1623 BURUNDI BI BI
1624 CAMBODIA KH KH
1625 CAMEROON CM CM
1626 CANADA CA CA
1627 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CF CF
1628 SRI LANKA LK LK
1629 CHAD TD TD
1630 CHILE CL CL
1631 CHINA CN CN
1632 COLOMBIA CO CO
1633 CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) [CONGO (THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE)] {formerly ZAIRE} CD CD
1634 CONGO CG CG
1635 COSTA RICA CR CR
1636 CUBA CU CU
- ARUBA AW
1637 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES {comprises CURACAO, BONAIRE, SABA, ST EUSTATIUS, ST MARTIN (SOUTH)} AN NL
- CYPRUS (EUROPEAN UNION) {XA} XA
- CYPRUS (NON-EUROPEAN UNION) {XB} XB
1638 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED NB code only available for continuing students XC XC
1639 CZECH REPUBLIC CZ CZ
1640 BENIN BJ BJ
1641 DENMARK DK DK
1642 DOMINICA DM DM
1643 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DO DO
1645 ECUADOR EC EC
1646 EL SALVADOR SV SV
1647 TUVALU TV TV
1648 ETHIOPIA ET ET
1649 FALKLAND ISLANDS [FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)] FK FK
1650 FIJI FJ FJ
1651 FINLAND FI FI
- ÅLAND ISLANDS {AX}
1652 CHINA (TAIWAN) [TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA] TW TW
1653 FRANCE {includes CORSICA} FR FR
- GUADELOUPE {includes ST MARTIN (NORTH)} (#1) {GP}
- MARTINIQUE {MQ}
- ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON {PM}
- FRENCH GUIANA {GF}
1654 GABON GA GA
1655 GAMBIA, THE GM GM
1656 GERMANY DE DE
1658 GHANA GH GH
1659 GIBRALTAR GI GI
1660 KIRIBATI KI KI
1661 GREECE GR GR
1662 GRENADA GD GD
1663 GUATEMALA GT GT
1664 GUINEA GN GN
1665 GUYANA GY GY
1666 HAITI HT HT
1667 HONDURAS HN HN
1668 BELIZE BZ BZ
1669 HONG KONG (SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA) [HONG KONG] HK HK
1670 HUNGARY HU HU
1671 ICELAND IS IS
1672 INDIA IN IN
1673 INDONESIA ID ID
1674 IRAN [IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF] IR IR
1675 IRAQ IQ IQ
1676 IRELAND IE IE
1677 ISRAEL IL IL
1678 ITALY {includes SARDINIA, SICILY} IT IT
- VATICAN CITY [HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)] {VA} VA
1679 IVORY COAST [CÔTE D'IVOIRE] CI CI
1680 JAMAICA JM JM
1681 JAPAN JP JP
1682 JORDAN JO JO
1683 KENYA KE KE
1684 KOREA (SOUTH) [KOREA, REPUBLIC OF] KR KR
1685 KOREA (NORTH) [KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF] KP KP
1686 KUWAIT KW KW
1687 LAOS [LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] LA LA
1688 LEBANON LB LB
1689 LEEWARD ISLANDS (NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED) XW ZZ
1690 LESOTHO LS LS
1691 LIBERIA LR LR
1692 LIBYA [LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA] LY LY
1693 LUXEMBOURG LU LU
1694 MACAO (SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA) [MACAO] MO MO
1695 MADAGASCAR MG MG
1696 MALAWI MW MW
1698 MALAYSIA MY MY
1699 MALI ML ML
1700 MALTA MT MT
1701 MAURITANIA MR MR
1702 MAURITIUS MU MU
1703 MEXICO MX MX
1704 MONGOLIA MN MN
1705 MONTSERRAT MS MS
1706 MOROCCO MA MA
- WESTERN SAHARA EH EH
1707 MOZAMBIQUE MZ MZ
1708 OMAN OM OM
1709 NEPAL NP NP
1710 NETHERLANDS NL NL
1713 VANUATU VU VU
1714 NEW ZEALAND NZ NZ
- COOK ISLANDS {CK}
- NIUE {NU}
- TOKELAU {TK}
1715 NICARAGUA NI NI
1716 NIGER NE NE
1717 NIGERIA NG NG
1718 NORWAY NO NO
- SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN {SJ}
1721 PAKISTAN PK PK
1722 PANAMA PA PA
1723 PAPUA NEW GUINEA PG PG
1724 PARAGUAY PY PY
1725 PERU PE PE
1726 PHILIPPINES PH PH
1727 POLAND PL PL
1728 PORTUGAL {includes MADEIRA, AZORES} PT PT
1730 PUERTO RICO PR US
1731 QATAR QA QA
1732 ZIMBABWE ZW ZW
1733 ROMANIA RO RO
1734 RWANDA RW RW
1735 ST HELENA SH SH
1736 ST KITTS AND NEVIS KN KN
1737 ST LUCIA LC LC
1738 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC VC
1741 SAMOA WS WS
1743 SAUDI ARABIA SA SA
1744 SEYCHELLES SC SC
1745 SIERRA LEONE SL SL
1746 SINGAPORE SG SG
1747 SOLOMON ISLANDS SB SB
1748 SOMALIA SO SO
1749 DJIBOUTI DJ DJ
1750 SOUTH AFRICA ZA ZA
1751 SPAIN {includes CEUTA, MELILLA} ES ES
- CANARY ISLANDS {IC}
1752 SUDAN SD SD
1753 SURINAM [SURINAME] SR SR
1754 SWAZILAND SZ SZ
1755 SWEDEN SE SE
1756 SWITZERLAND CH CH
1757 SYRIA [SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC] SY SY
1759 TANZANIA [TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF] TZ TZ
1760 THAILAND TH TH
1762 TOGO TG TG
1763 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT TT
1764 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AE AE
1765 TUNISIA TN TN
1766 TURKEY TR TR
1767 UGANDA UG UG
1768 EGYPT EG EG
1769 BURKINA [BURKINA FASO] BF BF
1770 URUGUAY UY UY
- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP MP
- UNITES STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS [VIRGIN ISLANDSM U.S.] VI
1771 UNITED STATES US US
1772 CIS (COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES), ALSO USSR ZZ ZZ
1773 VENEZUELA VE VE
1774 VIETNAM [VIET NAM] VN VN
1776 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS [VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH] VG VG
1777 WEST INDIES (NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED) XW ZZ
1778 WINDWARD ISLANDS (NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED) XW ZZ
1780 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO XP QN
1781 ZAMBIA ZM ZM
1782 NOT KNOWN ZZ ZZ
1783 STATELESS ZZ AA
1784 TONGA TO TO
1785 SENEGAL SN SN
1787 BANGLADESH BD BD
1788 CAPE VERDE CV CV
1789 CAYMAN ISLANDS KY KY
1790 EQUATORIAL GUINEA GQ GQ
1793 MALDIVES MV MV
- AMERICAN SAMOA AS AS
1796 GUAM GU GU
- PALAU PW PW
1798 NAMIBIA NA NA
1799 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC TC
1801 BRITISH ANTARTCTIC TERRITORY ZZ ZZ
1802 GUINEA-BISSAU GW GW
1803 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST ST
1804 COMOROS KM KM
1805 NAURU NR NR
1821 MAYOTTE YT FR
1822 FRENCH POLYNESIA PF FR
- WALLIS AND FUTUNA {WF}
1823 PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS [PITCAIRN] PN PN
1824 ANGUILLA AI AI
1825 MONACO MC MC
1826 SAN MARINO SM SM
1827 LIECHTENSTEIN LI LI
- FAROE ISLANDS FO FO
1828 GREENLAND GL GL
1829 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY ZZ IO
1830 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GS GS
1831 ESTONIA EE EE
1832 LATVIA LV LV
1833 LITHUANIA LT LT
1834 CROATIA HR HR
1835 SLOVENIA SI SI
1836 ARMENIA AM AM
1837 AZERBAIJAN AZ AZ
1838 BELARUS BY BY
1839 KAZAKHSTAN KZ KZ
1840 KYRGYZSTAN KG KG
1841 MOLDOVA [MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF] MD MD
1842 RUSSIA [RUSSIAN FEDERATION] RU RU
1843 TAJIKISTAN TJ TJ
1844 TURKMENISTAN TM TM
1845 UKRAINE UA UA
1846 UZBEKISTAN UZ UZ
1847 GEORGIA GE GE
1850 SLOVAKIA SK SK
1851 MACEDONIA [MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF] MK MK
1853 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BA BA
1860 ERITREA ER ER
1861 MARSHALL ISLANDS MH MH
1862 MICRONESIA [MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF] FM FM
1863 EAST TIMOR [TIMOR LESTE] TL  TL
1864 KOSOVO (#2) QO  QO
2826 UNITED KINGDOM (excluding the CHANNEL ISLANDS and the ISLE OF MAN) (#3) XK GB
3826 CHANNEL ISLANDS (Continuing students only) XL XL
4826 ISLE OF MAN IM IM
5826 ENGLAND XF
6826 WALES XI
7826 SCOTLAND XH
8826 NORTHERN IRELAND XG
- AFRICA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XQ
- ANTARTCTICA & OCEANIA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XX
- ASIA (EXCEPT MIDDLE EASE), NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XS
- CARIBBEAN, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XW
- CENTRAL AMERICA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XU
- EUROPE, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XP
- CHANNEL ISLANDS, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XL XL
- EUROPEAN UNION, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED EU
- NORTH AMERICA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XT
- MIDDLE EAST, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XR
- SOUTH AMERICA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XV
- JERSEY JE JE
- GUERNSEY GG GG
- MONTENEGRO ME ME
- NEW CALEDONIA NC
- REUNION RE
- SERBIA RS RS
- WEST BANK (INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM) & GAZA STRIP [PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED] PS PS
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XM
- YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED XO
- UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, NOT OTHEWISE SPECIFIED XN
- SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED QN
- NOT KNOWN ZZ

(#1) For 2008/09 in response to St Martin (French part) and St Barthelemy voting for succession from Guadeloupe and subsequently being granted overseas collectivity of France (COM), the country code list under FR French nationality will be changed as follows:

06011 HESA description 08051 08051
Country HESA code HESA code
Code DOMICILE NATION
1653 FRANCE {includes CORSICA} FR FR
- GUADELOUPE {GP}
- MARTINIQUE {MQ}
- ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON {PM}
- FRENCH GUIANA {GF}
- ST MARTIN (FRENCH PART) {MF}
- ST BARTHELEMY {BL}

(#2) For 2007/08 a new code for Kosovo (QO) has been added to the code list in acknowledgement of the UK’s recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation. This code is available for use for 2007-08, but institutions are not required to re-code existing students.

(#3) For 2007/08 DOMICILE the separate country codes XF, XG, XH, XI must be used. Only if the individual country is not known should XK be used. The code GB is invalid for DOMICILE.
For 2007/08 NATION the code GB must be used.

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