Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
- Symbol
- د.ب — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 3
- Formatted example
- 123,456.780 د.ب
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes BHD yet
Watch out: BHD has three decimal places, not two.
Tax
- 0% — zero rated
Payment methods in Bahrain
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 benefit
- 02 card
- 03 apple pay
- 04 cash on delivery
Card schemes that work domestically: benefit, visa, mastercard, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-BH
- Also used
- en-BH
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +973
- Mobile format
- +973 XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 8
Bahrain: common questions
What currency does Bahrain use?
Bahrain uses the Bahraini Dinar (BHD), symbol د.ب. It uses 3 decimal places, formatted as 123,456.780 د.ب.
How many decimal places does BHD have?
BHD has 3 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Bahrain?
The standard VAT rate in Bahrain is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Bahrain?
The methods that matter in Bahrain, in rough order of use: benefit, card, apple pay, cash on delivery.
What is the dialling code for Bahrain?
Bahrain's country calling code is +973. Mobile numbers are formatted +973 XXXX XXXX (8 digits after the country code).
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