Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Peruvian Sol (PEN)
- Symbol
- S/ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- S/ 123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes PEN yet
Tax
Payment methods in Peru
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 yape
- 02 card
- 03 plin
- 04 pagoefectivo
- 05 cash on delivery
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, amex. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-PE
- Official languages
- Spanish, Quechua
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +51
- Mobile format
- +51 9XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Peru: common questions
What currency does Peru use?
Peru uses the Peruvian Sol (PEN), symbol S/. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as S/ 123,456.78.
How many decimal places does PEN have?
PEN 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 IGV rate in Peru?
The standard IGV rate in Peru is 18.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Peru?
The methods that matter in Peru, in rough order of use: yape, card, plin, pagoefectivo, cash on delivery.
What is the dialling code for Peru?
Peru's country calling code is +51. Mobile numbers are formatted +51 9XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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