This page contains a list of countries and regions that can be used as negative keywords.
Note that you should review each keyword before applying it as a negative keyword to paid search campaigns.
Keywords to be extra careful of applying are in bold and in Red
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Bonus: Check out our article on how to find negative keywords based on your own campaigns.
Countries, Continents, and Regions Negative Keywords
Why you should consider applying Countries, Continents and Regions and negative keywords:
Often times people will conduct a search that includes a country that isn’t relevant. For example, someone who is advertising parkas to US consumers doesn’t want their ad to show for a user within the United States that types in “Switzerland Ski Stores”
The Negative Keyword List of Countries
- Afghanistan
- Akrotiri
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Antigua
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Ashmore
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Barbuda
- Bassas da India
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Caicos
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cartier
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Clipperton Island
- Cocos
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dhekelia
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Europa Island
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gaza Strip
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Glorioso Islands
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Grenadines
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island
- Herzegovina
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jan Mayen
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Juan de Nova Island
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- McDonald Islands
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Miquelon
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Navassa Island
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paracel Islands
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Principe
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre
- Saint Vincent
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sandwich Islands
- Sao Tome
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia
- Spain
- Spratly Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tobago
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad
- Tromelin Island
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands
- Wake Island
- Wallis and Futuna
- West Bank
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
