Currency and formatting
- Currency
- United States Dollar (USD)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 1 USD (pivot, 2026-07-17)
Tax
Payment methods in El Salvador
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 cash on delivery
- 03 puntoxpress
- 04 bank transfer
- 05 bitcoin optional
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-SV
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +503
- Mobile format
- +503 7XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 8
El Salvador: common questions
What currency does El Salvador use?
El Salvador uses the United States Dollar (USD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does USD have?
USD 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 IVA rate in El Salvador?
The standard IVA rate in El Salvador is 13.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in El Salvador?
The methods that matter in El Salvador, in rough order of use: card, cash on delivery, puntoxpress, bank transfer, bitcoin optional.
What is the dialling code for El Salvador?
El Salvador's country calling code is +503. Mobile numbers are formatted +503 7XXX XXXX (8 digits after the country code).
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