Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Surinamese Dollar (SRD)
- 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 SRD yet
Tax
- 25% — luxury
Payment methods in Suriname
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 mope
- 03 bank transfer
- 04 card
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- nl-SR
- Official languages
- Dutch
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD-MM-YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +597
- Mobile format
- +597 XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 7
Suriname: common questions
What currency does Suriname use?
Suriname uses the Surinamese Dollar (SRD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123.456,78.
How many decimal places does SRD have?
SRD 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 VAT rate in Suriname?
The standard VAT rate in Suriname is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Suriname?
The methods that matter in Suriname, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, mope, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Suriname?
Suriname's country calling code is +597. Mobile numbers are formatted +597 XXX XXXX (7 digits after the country code).
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