Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Chilean Peso (CLP)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 0
- Formatted example
- $123.457
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes CLP yet
Watch out: CLP has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.
Tax
Payment methods in Chile
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 webpay
- 02 card
- 03 mach
- 04 khipu
- 05 mercado pago
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, redcompra, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-CL
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD-MM-YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +56
- Mobile format
- +56 9 XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 9
Chile: common questions
What currency does Chile use?
Chile uses the Chilean Peso (CLP), symbol $. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so $123.457 is a complete price.
How many decimal places does CLP have?
CLP has 0 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the IVA rate in Chile?
The standard IVA rate in Chile is 19.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Chile?
The methods that matter in Chile, in rough order of use: webpay, card, mach, khipu, mercado pago.
What is the dialling code for Chile?
Chile's country calling code is +56. Mobile numbers are formatted +56 9 XXXX XXXX (9 digits after the country code).
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