diff --git a/src/components/CountryPicker/CountrySelectorModal.js b/src/components/CountryPicker/CountrySelectorModal.js
index b917e771e815..1b2615002ebe 100644
--- a/src/components/CountryPicker/CountrySelectorModal.js
+++ b/src/components/CountryPicker/CountrySelectorModal.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import HeaderWithBackButton from '../HeaderWithBackButton';
 import SelectionListRadio from '../SelectionListRadio';
 import Modal from '../Modal';
 import searchCountryOptions from '../../libs/searchCountryOptions';
+import StringUtils from '../../libs/StringUtils';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** Whether the modal is visible */
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ function CountrySelectorModal({currentCountry, isVisible, onClose, onCountrySele
                 keyForList: countryISO,
                 text: countryName,
                 isSelected: currentCountry === countryISO,
-                searchValue: `${countryISO}${countryName}`.toLowerCase().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, ''),
+                searchValue: StringUtils.sanitizeString(`${countryISO}${countryName}`),
             })),
         [translate, currentCountry],
     );
diff --git a/src/components/StatePicker/StateSelectorModal.js b/src/components/StatePicker/StateSelectorModal.js
index 869c818a7009..83c9557fbf30 100644
--- a/src/components/StatePicker/StateSelectorModal.js
+++ b/src/components/StatePicker/StateSelectorModal.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import HeaderWithBackButton from '../HeaderWithBackButton';
 import SelectionListRadio from '../SelectionListRadio';
 import useLocalize from '../../hooks/useLocalize';
 import searchCountryOptions from '../../libs/searchCountryOptions';
+import StringUtils from '../../libs/StringUtils';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** Whether the modal is visible */
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ function StateSelectorModal({currentState, isVisible, onClose, onStateSelected,
                 keyForList: state.stateISO,
                 text: state.stateName,
                 isSelected: currentState === state.stateISO,
-                searchValue: `${state.stateISO}${state.stateName}`.toLowerCase().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, ''),
+                searchValue: StringUtils.sanitizeString(`${state.stateISO}${state.stateName}`),
             })),
         [translate, currentState],
     );
diff --git a/src/libs/StringUtils.js b/src/libs/StringUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8219f9e8077f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/StringUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import CONST from '../CONST';
+/**
+ * Removes diacritical marks and non-alphabetic and non-latin characters from a string.
+ * @param {String} str - The input string to be sanitized.
+ * @returns {String} The sanitized string
+ */
+function sanitizeString(str) {
+    return _.chain(str).deburr().toLower().value().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, '');
+}
+
+export default {sanitizeString};
diff --git a/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js b/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js
index 84351665111d..5aa8a052374e 100644
--- a/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js
+++ b/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import _ from 'underscore';
-import CONST from '../CONST';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
 
 /**
  * Searches the countries/states data and returns sorted results based on the search query
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ import CONST from '../CONST';
  * @returns {Object[]} An array of countries/states sorted based on the search query
  */
 function searchCountryOptions(searchValue, countriesData) {
-    const trimmedSearchValue = searchValue.toLowerCase().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, '');
-    if (trimmedSearchValue.length === 0) {
+    const trimmedSearchValue = StringUtils.sanitizeString(searchValue);
+    if (_.isEmpty(trimmedSearchValue)) {
         return [];
     }
 
-    const filteredData = _.filter(countriesData, (country) => country.searchValue.includes(trimmedSearchValue));
+    const filteredData = _.filter(countriesData, (country) => _.includes(country.searchValue, trimmedSearchValue));
 
     // sort by country code
-    return _.sortBy(filteredData, (country) => (country.value.toLowerCase() === trimmedSearchValue ? -1 : 1));
+    return _.sortBy(filteredData, (country) => (_.toLower(country.value) === trimmedSearchValue ? -1 : 1));
 }
 
 export default searchCountryOptions;