COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

El Salvador country codes

El SalvadorNorth America

Flag shown for El Salvador
ISO alpha-2
SV
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
SLV
3 letters
ISO numeric
222
3 digits
Calling prefix
+503
Telephone reference

El Salvador at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for El Salvador are SV, SLV, and 222. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
El Salvador
Native name in sourcenative_name
El Salvador
Capital / administrative centrecapital
San Salvador
Continentcontinent
North America (NA)
Regionregion
Americas
Sub-regionsub_region
Latin America and the Caribbean

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+503
Currency referencecurrency_code
SVCSalvadoran ColónUSDUS Dollar
Country-code domaintld
.sv

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for El Salvador in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

SpanishEspañoles-SV

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

El Salvador time zones

1 identifier is listed for SV in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • America/El_Salvador

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
SV
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
SLV
ISO numericiso_numeric
222
FIFA referencefifa
SLV
IOC referenceioc
ESA
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
ES

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.