Why Are Some Country Names Missing From the Google Ads GEO_TARGET Table?

The Google Ads API doesn't return certain countries that are not targetable under U.S. law. For more information, see Google's Geographic targeting documentation.

The following countries are excluded:

• Burma (Myanmar)
• Crimea
• Cuba
• Iran
• North Korea
• Sudan
• Syria

We get data for the GEO_TARGET table from the Google API's geo_target_constant field. To ensure the list of geographical locations included in the table is up-to-date, we re-sync the table twice a month.

If the absence of these countries causes an error in your queries, you can manually add a record to the GEO_TARGET table as a workaround.

IMPORTANT: We update existing records based on the primary key column id. However, we don't modify records that are added manually. Therefore, if you add a new record to the GEO_TARGET table, you must create a unique id for the record and leave any unnecessary fields null.