Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Venezuelan Bolivar (VES)
- Symbol
- Bs.S — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- Bs.S 123.456,78
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes VES yet
Tax
- 8% — basic meats domestic air
Payment methods in Venezuela
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 pago movil
- 02 zelle
- 03 card
- 04 cash usd
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-VE
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +58
- Mobile format
- +58 4XX XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Venezuela: common questions
What currency does Venezuela use?
Venezuela uses the Venezuelan Bolivar (VES), symbol Bs.S. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as Bs.S 123.456,78.
How many decimal places does VES have?
VES 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 Venezuela?
The standard IVA rate in Venezuela is 16.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Venezuela?
The methods that matter in Venezuela, in rough order of use: pago movil, zelle, card, cash usd.
What is the dialling code for Venezuela?
Venezuela's country calling code is +58. Mobile numbers are formatted +58 4XX XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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