Currency and formatting
- Currency
- South Sudanese Pound (SSP)
- Symbol
- £ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- £123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes SSP yet
Tax
- 0% — zero rated
Payment methods in South Sudan
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 mgurush
- 03 mtn momo
- 04 digicash
- 05 bank transfer
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, unionpay. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-SS
- Also used
- ar-SS
- Official languages
- English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +211
- Mobile format
- +211 9X XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 9
South Sudan: common questions
What currency does South Sudan use?
South Sudan uses the South Sudanese Pound (SSP), symbol £. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as £123,456.78.
How many decimal places does SSP have?
SSP 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 Sales Tax rate in South Sudan?
The standard Sales Tax rate in South Sudan is 18.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in South Sudan?
The methods that matter in South Sudan, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, mgurush, mtn momo, digicash, bank transfer.
What is the dialling code for South Sudan?
South Sudan's country calling code is +211. Mobile numbers are formatted +211 9X XXX XXXX (9 digits after the country code).
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