Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Libyan Dinar (LYD)
- Symbol
- د.ل — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 3
- Formatted example
- 123.456,780 د.ل
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes LYD yet
Watch out: LYD has three decimal places, not two.
Tax
Libya 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 Libya
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 card
- 03 bank transfer
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-LY
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +218
- Mobile format
- +218 9X XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 9
Libya: common questions
What currency does Libya use?
Libya uses the Libyan Dinar (LYD), symbol د.ل. It uses 3 decimal places, formatted as 123.456,780 د.ل.
How many decimal places does LYD have?
LYD has 3 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 Libya?
Libya has no single national consumption-tax rate that applies to a checkout.
What payment methods are used in Libya?
The methods that matter in Libya, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, card, bank transfer.
What is the dialling code for Libya?
Libya's country calling code is +218. Mobile numbers are formatted +218 9X XXX XXXX (9 digits after the country code).
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