Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
- Symbol
- नेरू — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- नेरू 1,23,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- lakh/crore (3,2)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes NPR yet
Tax
- 5% — electricity ride hailing
Payment methods in Nepal
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 esewa
- 02 khalti
- 03 fonepay
- 04 card
- 05 cash on delivery
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ne-NP
- Also used
- en-NP
- Official languages
- Nepali
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- YYYY/MM/DD
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +977
- Mobile format
- +977 9XX XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Nepal: common questions
What currency does Nepal use?
Nepal uses the Nepalese Rupee (NPR), symbol नेरू. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as नेरू 1,23,456.78.
How many decimal places does NPR have?
NPR 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 Nepal?
The standard VAT rate in Nepal is 13.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Nepal?
The methods that matter in Nepal, in rough order of use: esewa, khalti, fonepay, card, cash on delivery.
What is the dialling code for Nepal?
Nepal's country calling code is +977. Mobile numbers are formatted +977 9XX XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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