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Somalia

SO · SOM · Mogadishu

Selling into Somalia means pricing in Somali Shilling (SOS) with 0 decimal places, rendering amounts as S123,457, applying 5.00% Sales Tax inside the displayed price, and offering the payment methods people there actually use.

Currency
SOS
Sales Tax
5.00%
Payment methods
6
Live FX
n/a
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Money

Currency and formatting

Currency
Somali Shilling (SOS)
Symbol
S — placed before the amount
Decimal places
0
Formatted example
S123,457
Thousands separator
,
Decimal separator
.
Digit grouping
threes (3)
Live rate
No central-bank source publishes SOS yet

Watch out: SOS has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.

Tax

Tax

tax · SO
5.00% standard Sales Tax Prices tax-inclusive
Payments

Payment methods in Somalia

Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.

  • 01 evc plus
  • 02 zaad
  • 03 sahal
  • 04 edahab
  • 05 card
  • 06 cash on delivery

Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.

Locale

Locale

Primary
so-SO
Also used
ar-SO
Official languages
Somali, Arabic
Direction
left-to-right
Date format
DD/MM/YYYY
Measurement
metric
GDPR applies
no
Phone

Phone numbers

Calling code
+252
Mobile format
+252 6X XXX XXXX
Digits
7-9
FAQs

Somalia: common questions

What currency does Somalia use?

Somalia uses the Somali Shilling (SOS), symbol S. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so S123,457 is a complete price.

How many decimal places does SOS have?

SOS has 0 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.

What is the Sales Tax rate in Somalia?

The standard Sales Tax rate in Somalia is 5.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.

What payment methods are used in Somalia?

The methods that matter in Somalia, in rough order of use: evc plus, zaad, sahal, edahab, card, cash on delivery.

What is the dialling code for Somalia?

Somalia's country calling code is +252. Mobile numbers are formatted +252 6X XXX XXXX (7-9 digits after the country code).

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somalia.sh 
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