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Yemen

YE · YEM · Sanaa

Selling into Yemen means pricing in Yemeni Rial (YER) with 0 decimal places, rendering amounts as 123,457 ر.ي, applying 5.00% GST inside the displayed price, and offering the payment methods people there actually use.

Currency
YER
GST
5.00%
Payment methods
6
Live FX
n/a
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Money

Currency and formatting

Currency
Yemeni Rial (YER)
Symbol
ر.ي — placed after the amount
Decimal places
0
Formatted example
123,457 ر.ي
Thousands separator
,
Decimal separator
.
Digit grouping
threes (3)
Live rate
No central-bank source publishes YER yet

Watch out: YER has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.

Tax

Tax

tax · YE
5.00% standard GST Prices tax-inclusive
  • 10% — telecom
Payments

Payment methods in Yemen

Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.

  • 01 cash on delivery
  • 02 hawala
  • 03 one cash
  • 04 jaib
  • 05 floosak
  • 06 bank transfer

Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.

Locale

Locale

Primary
ar-YE
Official languages
Arabic
Direction
right-to-left
Date format
DD/MM/YYYY
Measurement
metric
GDPR applies
no
Phone

Phone numbers

Calling code
+967
Mobile format
+967 7XX XXX XXX
Digits
9
FAQs

Yemen: common questions

What currency does Yemen use?

Yemen uses the Yemeni Rial (YER), symbol ر.ي. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so 123,457 ر.ي is a complete price.

How many decimal places does YER have?

YER 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 GST rate in Yemen?

The standard GST rate in Yemen is 5.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.

What payment methods are used in Yemen?

The methods that matter in Yemen, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, hawala, one cash, jaib, floosak, bank transfer.

What is the dialling code for Yemen?

Yemen's country calling code is +967. Mobile numbers are formatted +967 7XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).

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