Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
- Symbol
- د.ع — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 0
- Formatted example
- 123,457 د.ع
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes IQD yet
Watch out: IQD has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.
Tax
Iraq has no single national consumption tax that applies at a checkout. We report this as a null rather than inventing a rate.
Payment methods in Iraq
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 zaincash
- 03 qi card
- 04 card
Card schemes that work domestically: qicard, visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-IQ
- Also used
- ku-IQ
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Regional
- Central Kurdish, Azerbaijani (Arabic)
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +964
- Mobile format
- +964 7XX XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Iraq: common questions
What currency does Iraq use?
Iraq uses the Iraqi Dinar (IQD), symbol د.ع. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so 123,457 د.ع is a complete price.
How many decimal places does IQD have?
IQD has 0 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
Is there sales tax in Iraq?
Iraq has no single national consumption-tax rate that applies to a checkout.
What payment methods are used in Iraq?
The methods that matter in Iraq, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, zaincash, qi card, card.
What is the dialling code for Iraq?
Iraq's country calling code is +964. Mobile numbers are formatted +964 7XX XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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