Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Syrian Pound (SYP)
- Symbol
- ل.س — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 0
- Formatted example
- 123,457 ل.س
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes SYP yet
Watch out: SYP has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.
Tax
- 15% — luxury
Payment methods in Syria
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 bank transfer
- 03 card
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-SY
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +963
- Mobile format
- +963 9XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Syria: common questions
What currency does Syria use?
Syria uses the Syrian Pound (SYP), symbol ل.س. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so 123,457 ل.س is a complete price.
How many decimal places does SYP have?
SYP 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 Syria?
The standard Sales Tax rate in Syria is 5.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Syria?
The methods that matter in Syria, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Syria?
Syria's country calling code is +963. Mobile numbers are formatted +963 9XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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