maximum_data_capacity.md

Maximum data capacity

Maximum data capacity for square symbols

Version	Symbol size (without quiet zone)	Numeric	Alphanumerica	Byte
0	10	6	3	1
1	12	10	6	3
2	14	16	10	6
3	16	24	16	10
4	18	36	25	16
5	20	44	31	20
6	22	60	43	28
7	24	72	52	34
8	26	88	64	42
9	32	124	91	60
10	36	172	127	84
11	40	228	169	112
12	44	288	214	142
13	48	348	259	172
14	52	408	304	202
15	64	560	418	277
16	72	736	550	365
17	80	912	682	453
18	88	1152	862	573
19	96	1392	1042	693
20	104	1632	1222	813
21	120	2100	1573	1047
22	132	2608	1954	1301
23	144	3116	2335	1555

Maximum data capacity for rectangular symbols

Version	Symbol size (without quiet zone)	Numeric	Alphanumerica	Byte
24	8x18	10	6	3
25	8x32	20	13	8
26	12x26	32	22	14
27	12x36	44	31	20
28	16x36	64	46	30
29	16x48	98	72	47

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Based on text or C40 encoding without switching or shifting; for other encoding schemes, this value may vary depending on the mix and grouping of character sets.

ISO/IEC 16022:2006(E)