COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Saudi Arabia country codes

المملكة العربية السعوديةAsia

Flag shown for Saudi Arabia
ISO alpha-2
SA
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
SAU
3 letters
ISO numeric
682
3 digits
Calling prefix
+966
Telephone reference

Saudi Arabia at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Saudi Arabia are SA, SAU, and 682. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Saudi Arabia
Native name in sourcenative_name
المملكة العربية السعودية
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Riyadh
Continentcontinent
Asia (AS)
Regionregion
Asia
Sub-regionsub_region
Western Asia

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+966
Currency referencecurrency_code
SARSaudi Riyal
Country-code domaintld
.sa

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 Saudi Arabia 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.

Arabicالعربيةar-SA

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.

Saudi Arabia time zones

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

  • Asia/Riyadh

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
SA
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
SAU
ISO numericiso_numeric
682
FIFA referencefifa
KSA
IOC referenceioc
KSA
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
SA

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 FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.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.