Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
- Symbol
- K — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- K123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes PGK yet
Tax
Payment methods in Papua New Guinea
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 mobile money
- 03 cash on delivery
- 04 bank transfer
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-PG
- Official languages
- Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +675
- Mobile format
- +675 XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 8
Papua New Guinea: common questions
What currency does Papua New Guinea use?
Papua New Guinea uses the Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK), symbol K. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as K123,456.78.
How many decimal places does PGK have?
PGK 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 Papua New Guinea?
The standard GST rate in Papua New Guinea is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Papua New Guinea?
The methods that matter in Papua New Guinea, in rough order of use: card, mobile money, cash on delivery, bank transfer.
What is the dialling code for Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea's country calling code is +675. Mobile numbers are formatted +675 XXXX XXXX (8 digits after the country code).
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