---
title: "Liquid objects: country_option_tags"
description: Creates an `<option>` tag for each country and region that's included in a shipping zone on the [Shipping](https://www.shopify.com/admin/settings/shipping) page of the Shopify admin.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/country_option_tags
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/country_option_tags.md
---

# country\_​option\_​tags

Creates an `<option>` tag for each country and region that's included in a shipping zone on the [Shipping](https://www.shopify.com/admin/settings/shipping) page of the Shopify admin.

An attribute called `data-provinces` is set for each `<option>`, and contains a JSON-encoded array of the country or region's subregions. If a country doesn't have any subregions, then an empty array is set for its `data-provinces` attribute.

***

Tip

To return all countries and regions included in the store's shipping zones, use [`all_country_option_tags`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/all_country_option_tags).

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### Directly accessible in

* Global

You can wrap the `country_option_tags` object in `<select>` tags to build a country option selector.

```liquid
<select name="country">
  {{ country_option_tags }}
</select>
```

## Output

```html
<select name="country">
  <option value="---" data-provinces="[]">---</option>
<option value="Afghanistan" data-provinces="[]">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Canada" data-provinces="[[&quot;Alberta&quot;,&quot;Alberta&quot;],[&quot;British Columbia&quot;,&quot;British Columbia&quot;],[&quot;Manitoba&quot;,&quot;Manitoba&quot;],[&quot;New Brunswick&quot;,&quot;New Brunswick&quot;],[&quot;Newfoundland and Labrador&quot;,&quot;Newfoundland and Labrador&quot;],[&quot;Northwest Territories&quot;,&quot;Northwest Territories&quot;],[&quot;Nova Scotia&quot;,&quot;Nova Scotia&quot;],[&quot;Nunavut&quot;,&quot;Nunavut&quot;],[&quot;Ontario&quot;,&quot;Ontario&quot;],[&quot;Prince Edward Island&quot;,&quot;Prince Edward Island&quot;],[&quot;Quebec&quot;,&quot;Quebec&quot;],[&quot;Saskatchewan&quot;,&quot;Saskatchewan&quot;],[&quot;Yukon&quot;,&quot;Yukon&quot;]]">Canada</option>
<option value="United States" data-provinces="[[&quot;Alabama&quot;,&quot;Alabama&quot;],[&quot;Alaska&quot;,&quot;Alaska&quot;],[&quot;American Samoa&quot;,&quot;American Samoa&quot;],[&quot;Arizona&quot;,&quot;Arizona&quot;],[&quot;Arkansas&quot;,&quot;Arkansas&quot;],[&quot;Armed Forces Americas&quot;,&quot;Armed Forces Americas&quot;],[&quot;Armed Forces Europe&quot;,&quot;Armed Forces Europe&quot;],[&quot;Armed Forces Pacific&quot;,&quot;Armed Forces Pacific&quot;],[&quot;California&quot;,&quot;California&quot;],[&quot;Colorado&quot;,&quot;Colorado&quot;],[&quot;Connecticut&quot;,&quot;Connecticut&quot;],[&quot;Delaware&quot;,&quot;Delaware&quot;],[&quot;District of Columbia&quot;,&quot;Washington DC&quot;],[&quot;Federated States of Micronesia&quot;,&quot;Micronesia&quot;],[&quot;Florida&quot;,&quot;Florida&quot;],[&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;Georgia&quot;],[&quot;Guam&quot;,&quot;Guam&quot;],[&quot;Hawaii&quot;,&quot;Hawaii&quot;],[&quot;Idaho&quot;,&quot;Idaho&quot;],[&quot;Illinois&quot;,&quot;Illinois&quot;],[&quot;Indiana&quot;,&quot;Indiana&quot;],[&quot;Iowa&quot;,&quot;Iowa&quot;],[&quot;Kansas&quot;,&quot;Kansas&quot;],[&quot;Kentucky&quot;,&quot;Kentucky&quot;],[&quot;Louisiana&quot;,&quot;Louisiana&quot;],[&quot;Maine&quot;,&quot;Maine&quot;],[&quot;Marshall Islands&quot;,&quot;Marshall Islands&quot;],[&quot;Maryland&quot;,&quot;Maryland&quot;],[&quot;Massachusetts&quot;,&quot;Massachusetts&quot;],[&quot;Michigan&quot;,&quot;Michigan&quot;],[&quot;Minnesota&quot;,&quot;Minnesota&quot;],[&quot;Mississippi&quot;,&quot;Mississippi&quot;],[&quot;Missouri&quot;,&quot;Missouri&quot;],[&quot;Montana&quot;,&quot;Montana&quot;],[&quot;Nebraska&quot;,&quot;Nebraska&quot;],[&quot;Nevada&quot;,&quot;Nevada&quot;],[&quot;New Hampshire&quot;,&quot;New Hampshire&quot;],[&quot;New Jersey&quot;,&quot;New Jersey&quot;],[&quot;New Mexico&quot;,&quot;New Mexico&quot;],[&quot;New York&quot;,&quot;New York&quot;],[&quot;North Carolina&quot;,&quot;North Carolina&quot;],[&quot;North Dakota&quot;,&quot;North Dakota&quot;],[&quot;Northern Mariana Islands&quot;,&quot;Northern Mariana Islands&quot;],[&quot;Ohio&quot;,&quot;Ohio&quot;],[&quot;Oklahoma&quot;,&quot;Oklahoma&quot;],[&quot;Oregon&quot;,&quot;Oregon&quot;],[&quot;Palau&quot;,&quot;Palau&quot;],[&quot;Pennsylvania&quot;,&quot;Pennsylvania&quot;],[&quot;Puerto Rico&quot;,&quot;Puerto Rico&quot;],[&quot;Rhode Island&quot;,&quot;Rhode Island&quot;],[&quot;South Carolina&quot;,&quot;South Carolina&quot;],[&quot;South Dakota&quot;,&quot;South Dakota&quot;],[&quot;Tennessee&quot;,&quot;Tennessee&quot;],[&quot;Texas&quot;,&quot;Texas&quot;],[&quot;Utah&quot;,&quot;Utah&quot;],[&quot;Vermont&quot;,&quot;Vermont&quot;],[&quot;Virgin Islands&quot;,&quot;U.S. Virgin Islands&quot;],[&quot;Virginia&quot;,&quot;Virginia&quot;],[&quot;Washington&quot;,&quot;Washington&quot;],[&quot;West Virginia&quot;,&quot;West Virginia&quot;],[&quot;Wisconsin&quot;,&quot;Wisconsin&quot;],[&quot;Wyoming&quot;,&quot;Wyoming&quot;]]">United States</option>
</select>
```