Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Qatari Riyal (QAR)
- Symbol
- ر.ق — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123,456.78 ر.ق
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes QAR yet
Tax
Qatar 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 Qatar
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 apple pay
- 03 cash on delivery
- 04 google pay
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-QA
- Also used
- en-QA
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +974
- Mobile format
- +974 XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 8
Qatar: common questions
What currency does Qatar use?
Qatar uses the Qatari Riyal (QAR), symbol ر.ق. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123,456.78 ر.ق.
How many decimal places does QAR have?
QAR has 2 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 Qatar?
Qatar has no single national consumption-tax rate that applies to a checkout.
What payment methods are used in Qatar?
The methods that matter in Qatar, in rough order of use: card, apple pay, cash on delivery, google pay.
What is the dialling code for Qatar?
Qatar's country calling code is +974. Mobile numbers are formatted +974 XXXX XXXX (8 digits after the country code).
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