Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Egyptian Pound (EGP)
- Symbol
- ج.م — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123,456.78 ج.م
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes EGP yet
Tax
- 5% — machinery production lines
Payment methods in Egypt
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 card
- 03 fawry
- 04 wallet
- 05 instapay
- 06 bank transfer
- 07 paylater
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, meeza, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-EG
- Also used
- en-EG
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +20
- Mobile format
- +20 1XX XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Egypt: common questions
What currency does Egypt use?
Egypt uses the Egyptian Pound (EGP), symbol ج.م. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123,456.78 ج.م.
How many decimal places does EGP have?
EGP 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 Egypt?
The standard VAT rate in Egypt is 14.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Egypt?
The methods that matter in Egypt, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, card, fawry, wallet, instapay, bank transfer, paylater.
What is the dialling code for Egypt?
Egypt's country calling code is +20. Mobile numbers are formatted +20 1XX XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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