The country where the stock's primary exchange is located. Morningstar also uses this data to calculate the country breakdown and region breakdown for each fund.
Note: Prior to July 30, 2004, Morningstar used each stock's legal domicile as the country assignment for that stock. This change will result in more intuitive results for country and region breakdown in those cases where funds own stocks that have incorporated offshore to receive tax benefits.
The following is a list of the country abbreviations used:
AFG Afghanistan
ALB Albania
ALG Algeria
ASM American Samoa
AND Andorra
ANG Angola
ANZ Antigua & Barbuda
ARG Argentina
ARM Armenia
ARU Aruba
ASI Ascension Island
AUS Australia
AUT Austria
AZE Azerbaijan
BAM Bahamas
BAH Bahrain
BAN Bangladesh
BAR Barbados
BEX Belarus
BEL Belgium
BEZ Belize
BEN Benin
OS Bermuda
BHU Bhutan
BOL Bolivia
BOH Bosnia & Herzegovina
BOT Botswana
BRA Brazil
OSS British West Indies
BRU Brunei
BUL Bulgaria
BUR Burkina Faso
BUN Burundi
CAZ Cambodia
CAM Cameroon
CAN Canada
CAV Cape Verde
OSW Cayman Islands
CAR Central African Republic
CHA Chad
CHL Chile
CHN China
COL Colombia
DOM Commonwealth Dominica
COM Comoros
CON Congo
CR Costa Rica
COD Cote d'lovire
CRO Croatia
*CRO Croatia
CUB Cuba
CYP Cyprus
CZE Czech Republic
DEN Denmark
DJI Djibouti
DOZ Dominica
DR Dominican Republic
*DOR Dominican Republic
EU E.C.U.
*EG East Germany
ECU Ecuador
EGY Egypt
ES El Salvador
EQG Equatorial Guinea
ERT Eritrea
EST Estonia
ETH Ethiopia
FIJ Fiji
FIN Finland
FRA France
FA French Antilles
FG French Guiana
FP French Polynesia
GAB Gabon
GAM Gambia
GEO Georgia
GER Germany
GHA Ghana
GIB Gibraltar
GRC Grand Cayman
GRE Greece
GRN Grenada
GU Guam
GB Guantanamo Bay
GUA Guatemala
GUI Guinea
GUB Guinea-Bissau
GUY Guyana
HAI Haiti
HON Honduras
HK Hong Kong
HUN Hungary
ICE Iceland
INI India
IND Indonesia
IRA Iran
IRQ Iraq
IRE Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
IC Ivory Coast
JAM Jamaica
JPN Japan
JOR Jordan
KZK Kazakhstan
KEN Kenya
KIR Kiribati
KUW Kuwait
KYR Kyrgyzstan
LAO Laos
LAT Latvia
LEB Lebanon
LES Lesotho
LIB Liberia
LBY Libya
LIC Liechtenstein
LIT Lithuania
LUX Luxembourg
MAC Macao
MAZ Macedonia
MAD Madagascar
MLW Malawi
MAL Malaysia
MAY Maldives
MAI Mali
MAT Malta
MAR Marshall Islands
MAX Mauritania
MAU Mauritius
MEX Mexico
MIC Micronesia
MOL Moldova
MON Monaco
MOY Mongolia
MOR Morocco
MOZ Mozambique
MYA Myanmar
NAM Namibia
NAU Naura
NEP Nepal
NET Netherlands
NA Netherlands Antilles
NC New Caledonia
NGU New Guinea
NZ New Zealand
NIC Nicaragua
NIZ Niger
NIG Nigeria
KON North Korea
NOR Norway
OSX Off Shore
OMA Oman
PAK Pakistan
PAL Palau
PAN Panama
PNG Papua New Guinea
PAR Paraguay
PER Peru
PHI Philippines
POL Poland
POR Portugal
PRI Puerto Rico
QAT Qatar
ROM Romania
RUS Russia
RWA Rwanda
SAI Saipan
SM San Marino
STP Sao Tome & Principe
SA Saudi Arabia
SCO Scotland
SEN Senegal
SEY Seychelles
SLE Sierra Leone
SIN Singapore
SLO Slovakia
SLV Slovenia
SOL Solomon Islands
SOM Somalia
SAF South Africa
KOR South Korea
SPA Spain
SL Sri Lanka
SKN St. Kitts & Nevis
SLU St. Lucia
SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon
SVG St. Vincent & Grenadine
SUD Sudan
SUR Suriname
SWZ Swaziland
SWE Sweden
SWI Switzerland
SYR Syria
TAI Taiwan
TAJ Tajikistan
TAN Tanzania
THA Thailand
TOG Togo
TON Tonga
TRI Trinidad
TUN Tunisia
TUR Turkey
TUV Tuvalu
UGA Uganda
UKR Ukraine
UAE United Arab Emirates
UK United Kingdom
URU Uruguay
US USA
UZB Uzbekistan
VAN Vanuatu
VC Vatican City
VEN Venezuela
VTN Vietnam
VIR Virgin Islands
*VIZ Virgin Islands
WSA Western Samoa
YEM Yemen Arab Republic
YUG Yugoslavia
ZAI Zaire
ZAM Zambia
ZIM Zimbabwe