Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes BBD yet
Tax
- 10% — hotel
- 22% — mobile services
Payment methods in Barbados
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 bank transfer
- 03 cash on delivery
- 04 mmoney
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-BB
- Official languages
- English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +1
- Mobile format
- +1 (246) XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Barbados: common questions
What currency does Barbados use?
Barbados uses the Barbadian Dollar (BBD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does BBD have?
BBD has 2 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 Barbados?
The standard VAT rate in Barbados is 17.50%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Barbados?
The methods that matter in Barbados, in rough order of use: card, bank transfer, cash on delivery, mmoney.
What is the dialling code for Barbados?
Barbados's country calling code is +1. Mobile numbers are formatted +1 (246) XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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