Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Liberian Dollar (LRD)
- 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 LRD yet
Tax
- 15% — telecom
- 7% — travel services
Payment methods in Liberia
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 mtn momo
- 03 orange money
- 04 bank transfer
- 05 card
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-LR
- Official languages
- English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +231
- Mobile format
- +231 77X XXX XXX
- Digits
- 7-9
Liberia: common questions
What currency does Liberia use?
Liberia uses the Liberian Dollar (LRD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does LRD have?
LRD 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 GST rate in Liberia?
The standard GST rate in Liberia is 13.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Liberia?
The methods that matter in Liberia, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, mtn momo, orange money, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Liberia?
Liberia's country calling code is +231. Mobile numbers are formatted +231 77X XXX XXX (7-9 digits after the country code).
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