Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- 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 UYU yet
Tax
- 10% — reduced
Payment methods in Uruguay
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 mercado pago
- 03 abitab
- 04 redpagos
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-UY
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +598
- Mobile format
- +598 9X XXX XXX
- Digits
- 8
Uruguay: common questions
What currency does Uruguay use?
Uruguay uses the Uruguayan Peso (UYU), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123.456,78.
How many decimal places does UYU have?
UYU 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 IVA rate in Uruguay?
The standard IVA rate in Uruguay is 22.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Uruguay?
The methods that matter in Uruguay, in rough order of use: card, mercado pago, abitab, redpagos.
What is the dialling code for Uruguay?
Uruguay's country calling code is +598. Mobile numbers are formatted +598 9X XXX XXX (8 digits after the country code).
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