In some of these countries, the IBAN format for international wire transfer is mandatory, recommended or even though not mandatory for local processing (domestic payments). This list subject to change as more countries require that the beneficiary's account is specified as an IBAN. The information may vary depending on different accepting payments financial institutions and payment processing banks.

Updated: 16 October 2025

Country	Code	Internetional Wire	Domestic
Albania	AL	Yes	Yes
Andorra	AD	Yes	Yes
Austria	AT	Yes	Yes
Azerbaijan	AZ	Yes	Yes
Bahrain	BH	Yes	Yes
Belarus	BY	Yes	Yes
Belgium	BE	Yes	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	Yes	No
Brazil	BR	Recommended	No
Bulgaria	BG	Yes	Yes
Costa Rica	CR	Yes	Yes
Croatia	HR	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	CY	Yes	Yes
Czech Republic	CZ	Yes	No
Denmark	DK	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	DO	Yes	No
Egypt	EG	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	SV	Recommended	No
Estonia	EE	Yes	Yes
Faroe Islands	FO	Yes	No
Finland	FI	Yes	Yes
France	FR	Yes	Yes
Georgia	GE	Yes	Yes
Germany	DE	Yes	Yes
Gibraltar	GI	Yes	No
Greece	GR	Yes	Yes
Greenland	GL	Yes	No
Guatemala	GT	Recommended	No
Holy See (the)	VA	Yes	Yes
Hungary	HU	Yes	No
Iceland	IS	Yes	No
Iraq	IQ	Yes	Yes
Ireland	IE	Yes	Yes
Israel	IL	Yes	No
Italy	IT	Yes	Yes
Jordan	JO	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	KZ	Yes	Yes
Kosovo	XK	Yes	Yes
Kuwait	KW	Yes	Yes
Latvia	LV	Yes	Yes
Lebanon	LB	Yes	Yes
Libya	LY	Recommended	No
Liechtenstein	LI	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	LT	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	LU	Yes	Yes
Malta	MT	Yes	Yes
Mauritania	MR	Yes	No
Mauritius	MU	Yes	No
Moldova	MD	Yes	Yes
Monaco	MC	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	ME	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	NL	Yes	Yes
North Macedonia	MK	Yes	No
Norway	NO	Yes	No
Oman	OM	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	PK	Yes	Yes
Palestine	PS	Yes	Yes
Poland	PL	Yes	No
Portugal	PT	Yes	Yes
Qatar	QA	Yes	Yes
Romania	RO	Yes	Yes
Saint Lucia	LC	Recommended	No
San Marino	SM	Yes	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	ST	Recommended	No
Saudi Arabia	SA	Yes	Yes
Serbia	RS	Yes	No
Seychelles	SC	Yes	No
Slovak Republic	SK	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	SI	Yes	Yes
Spain	ES	Yes	Yes
Sudan	SD	Recommended	No
Sweden	SE	Yes	No
Switzerland	CH	Yes	Yes
Timor-Leste	TL	Recommended	No
Tunisia	TN	Yes	No
Turkey	TR	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	UA	Yes	Yes
United Arab Emirates	AE	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	GB	Recommended	No
Virgin Islands British	VG	Yes	No

For French Guyana (GF), Guadeloupe (GP), Martinique (MQ), Reunion (RE), French Polynesia (PF), French Southern Territories (TF), Mayotte (YT), New Caledonia (NC), Saint Barthelemy (BL), Saint Martin (French part), (MF), Saint Pierre et Miquelon (PM) and Wallis and Futuna Islands (WF), please refer to France (FR).

For Isle of Man (IM), Guernsey (GG) and Jersey (JE ), please refer to United Kingdom (GB).

For payment to Gibraltar (GI) in GBP, IBAN may not be mandatory.

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