Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 1.426877125664 AUD (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 0% — rice flour soap
- 2.5% — low value local goods
Payment methods in Tuvalu
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 bank transfer
- 03 prepaid card
No international card scheme works reliably here — plan for local rails or cash.
Locale
- Primary
- en-TV
- Official languages
- Tuvalu, English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +688
- Mobile format
- +688 7X XXXXX
- Digits
- 6-7
Tuvalu: common questions
What currency does Tuvalu use?
Tuvalu uses the Australian Dollar (AUD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does AUD have?
AUD 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 Consumption Tax rate in Tuvalu?
The standard Consumption Tax rate in Tuvalu is 7.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Tuvalu?
The methods that matter in Tuvalu, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, bank transfer, prepaid card.
What is the dialling code for Tuvalu?
Tuvalu's country calling code is +688. Mobile numbers are formatted +688 7X XXXXX (6-7 digits after the country code).
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