Countries and supported features
Important: Venmo can only be used as a payout method for recipients in the United States.
Feature sets and what they mean
Sets | Features | Description |
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Set1 | Send, receive, and withdraw | Merchants can send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money. |
Set2 | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | Merchants can send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money in local currency. |
Set3 | Fully localized | Merchants can send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money in local currency. The PayPal app is available in the local language. |
Set4 | Receive and withdraw | Merchants cannot send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money. |
Countries eligible for payouts and available features
List of countries and their available payout features are as follows:
Country | Feature Level | Country Code |
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Andorra | Send, receive, and withdraw | AD |
Argentina | Send, receive, and withdraw | AR |
Australia | Fully localized | AU |
Austria | Fully localized | AT |
Bahamas | Send, receive, and withdraw | BS |
Bahrain | Send, receive, and withdraw | BH |
Belgium | Fully localized | BE |
Bermuda | Send, receive, and withdraw | BM |
Botswana | Send, receive, and withdraw | BW |
Brazil¹ | Fully localized | BR |
Bulgaria | Send, receive, and withdraw | BG |
Canada | Fully localized | CA |
Cayman Islands | Send, receive, and withdraw | KY |
Chile | Send, receive, and withdraw | CL |
China² | Fully localized | C2 |
Colombia³ | Send, receive, and withdraw | CO |
Costa Rica | Send, receive, and withdraw | CR |
Croatia | Send, receive, and withdraw | HR |
Cyprus | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | CY |
Czech Republic | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | CZ |
Denmark | Fully localized | DK |
Dominican Republic | Send, receive, and withdraw | DO |
Ecuador | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | EC |
El Salvador | Send, receive, and withdraw | SV |
Estonia | Send, receive, and withdraw | EE |
Faroe Islands | Send, receive, and withdraw | FO |
Finland | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | FI |
France | Fully localized | FR |
Georgia | Send, receive, and withdraw | GE |
Germany | Fully localized | DE |
Gibraltar | Send, receive, and withdraw | GI |
Greece | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | GR |
Greenland | Send, receive, and withdraw | GL |
Guatemala | Send, receive, and withdraw | GT |
Honduras | Send, receive, and withdraw | HN |
Hong Kong SAR China | Fully localized | HK |
Hungary | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | HU |
Iceland | Send, receive, and withdraw | IS |
India | Receive and withdraw | IN |
Indonesia | Send, receive, and withdraw | ID |
Ireland | Send, receive, and withdraw | IE |
Israel | Fully localized | IL |
Italy | Fully localized | IT |
Jamaica | Send, receive, and withdraw | JM |
Japan | Fully localized | JP |
Jordan | Send, receive, and withdraw | JO |
Kazakhstan | Send, receive, and withdraw | KZ |
Kenya | Send, receive, and withdraw | KE |
Kuwait | Send, receive, and withdraw | KW |
Latvia | Send, receive, and withdraw | LV |
Lesotho | Send, receive, and withdraw | LS |
Liechtenstein | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | LI |
Lithuania | Send, receive, and withdraw | LT |
Luxembourg | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | LU |
Malaysia¹ | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | MY |
Malta | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | MT |
Mauritius | Send, receive, and withdraw | MU |
Mexico | Receive and withdraw | MX |
Moldova | Send, receive, and withdraw | MD |
Monaco³ | Send, receive, and withdraw | MC |
Morocco | Send, receive, and withdraw | MA |
Mozambique | Send, receive, and withdraw | MZ |
Netherlands | Fully localized | NL |
New Zealand | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | NZ |
Nicaragua | Send, receive, and withdraw | NI |
Norway | Fully localized | NO |
Oman | Send, receive, and withdraw | OM |
Panama | Send, receive, and withdraw | PA |
Peru | Send, receive, and withdraw | PE |
Philippines | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | PH |
Poland | Fully localized | PL |
Portugal | Fully localized | PT |
Qatar | Send, receive, and withdraw | QA |
Réunion | Send, receive, and withdraw | RE |
Romania | Send, receive, and withdraw | RO |
San Marino | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | SM |
Saudi Arabia | Send, receive, and withdraw | SA |
Senegal | Send, receive, and withdraw | SN |
Serbia | Send, receive, and withdraw | RS |
Singapore | Fully localized | SG |
Slovakia | Send, receive, and withdraw | SK |
Slovenia | Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency | SI |
South Africa | Send, receive, and withdraw | ZA |
Spain | Fully localized | ES |
Sweden | Fully localized | SE |
Switzerland | Fully localized | CH |
Turkey | Fully localized | TR |
United Arab Emirates | Send, receive, and withdraw | AE |
United Kingdom | Fully localized | GB |
United States | Fully localized | US |
Uruguay | Send, receive, and withdraw | UY |
Venezuela | Send, receive, and withdraw | VE |
Vietnam | Send, receive, and withdraw | VN |
¹ This country has currency restrictions.
² PayPal China Platform allows merchants in China to receive cross-border payments and to have foreign currency payments settle in CNY.
³ This country can only send and receive cross-border payments.
Country-specific payout restrictions
Country | Currency code | Restriction details |
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Brazil | BRL |
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Malaysia | MYR |
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China | CNY | PayPal China Platform allows merchants to receive cross-border payouts and settle in CNY . |
Colombia | COP | Can only send and receive cross-border payouts. |
Monaco | EUR | Can only send and receive cross-border payouts. |
Currency conversion
PayPal Payouts supports automatic currency conversion when the payout currency differs from the recipient’s account currency. However, some countries and currencies have exclusions or restrictions.
Note:
- Always check the recipient’s country and currency eligibility before initiating a payout with currency conversion.
- For restricted countries, review the specific rules below to avoid payout failures.
- Use the supported currency list to determine if automatic conversion is available for your use case.
- The conversion rate applied to payouts includes PayPal’s spread or fee. For details, refer to the merchant fees page.
- If you attempt to send a payout to a country or currency with exclusions or restrictions, the payout may fail or be returned.
Exclusions
Currency conversion is not available for payouts to the following countries and regions:
- Asia
- Caribbean
- Latin America
- China
- India
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
Note: For the Caribbean and Latin America, you can send payouts in USD. Recipients can withdraw their balance in local currency from their bank.
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Note: For the Caribbean and Latin America, you can send payouts in USD. Recipients can withdraw their balance in local currency from their bank.
Restrictions
Some countries have specific restrictions on currency conversion for payouts:
Country | Currency | Restrictions |
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Brazil | BRL | Brazilian users: Supported as a payment and balance for in-country PayPal accounts only. If the recipient is not from Brazil, PayPal converts funds into the primary currency of the recipient's account. The conversion rate includes PayPal’s spread or fee. |
Malaysia | MYR | Malaysian users can send payments in MYR to other Malaysian users and send payments in other currencies to all users. Malaysian users cannot send payments that require exchange to or from MYR, or send MYR balances to non-Malaysian users. |
Supported Currencies for Automatic Conversion
When a payout is sent in a currency different from the recipient’s account currency, PayPal automatically converts the amount using the applicable exchange rate, which includes PayPal’s currency conversion spread or fee.
Currency | Code |
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Australian dollar | AUD |
Canadian dollar | CAD |
Euro | EUR |
Mexican peso | MXN |
Pound sterling | GBP |
United States dollar | USD |
Swiss franc | CHF |
Swedish krona | SEK |
Polish złoty | PLN |
Norwegian krone | NOK |
Hungarian forint | HUF |
Danish krone | DKK |
Czech koruna | CZK |
Israeli shekel | ILS |
Hong Kong dollar | HKD |
New Zealand dollar | NZD |
Indonesian rupiah | IDR |
Philippine peso | PHP |
Japanese yen | JPY |
Singapore dollar | SGD |