Cash Payment Limit

This ranking compares whether and at what level countries legally cap ordinary domestic cash payments. The raw value shows the general cash-payment limit as a rounded euro amount, or no general limit where no such legal cap is identifiable. Higher permitted cash amounts lead to a higher rating; reporting duties, bank checks and border declarations are not counted as payment limits.
1 Afghanistanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Albaniano general limit no general limit 100
1 American Samoano general limit no general limit 100
1 Andorrano general limit no general limit 100
1 Angolano general limit no general limit 100
1 Anguillano general limit no general limit 100
1 Antigua and Barbudano general limit no general limit 100
1 Argentinano general limit no general limit 100
1 Armeniano general limit no general limit 100
1 Arubano general limit no general limit 100
1 Australiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Austriano general limit no general limit 100
1 Azerbaijanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Bahamasno general limit no general limit 100
1 Bahrainno general limit no general limit 100
1 Bangladeshno general limit no general limit 100
1 Barbadosno general limit no general limit 100
1 Belizeno general limit no general limit 100
1 Beninno general limit no general limit 100
1 Bermudano general limit no general limit 100
1 Bhutanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Boliviano general limit no general limit 100
1 Bosnia and Herzegovinano general limit no general limit 100
1 Botswanano general limit no general limit 100
1 Brazilno general limit no general limit 100
1 British Virgin Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Bruneino general limit no general limit 100
1 Burkina Fasono general limit no general limit 100
1 Burundino general limit no general limit 100
1 Cambodiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Cameroonno general limit no general limit 100
1 Canadano general limit no general limit 100
1 Cape Verdeno general limit no general limit 100
1 Cayman Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Central African Republicno general limit no general limit 100
1 Chadno general limit no general limit 100
1 Chileno general limit no general limit 100
1 Chinese Taipeino general limit no general limit 100
1 Colombiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Comorosno general limit no general limit 100
1 Congono general limit no general limit 100
1 Congo DRno general limit no general limit 100
1 Cook Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Costa Ricano general limit no general limit 100
1 Cubano general limit no general limit 100
1 Curacaono general limit no general limit 100
1 Cyprusno general limit no general limit 100
1 Djiboutino general limit no general limit 100
1 Dominicano general limit no general limit 100
1 Dominican Republicno general limit no general limit 100
1 Ecuadorno general limit no general limit 100
1 Egyptno general limit no general limit 100
1 El Salvadorno general limit no general limit 100
1 Equatorial Guineano general limit no general limit 100
1 Eritreano general limit no general limit 100
1 Estoniano general limit no general limit 100
1 Ethiopiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Faroe Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Fijino general limit no general limit 100
1 Finlandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Gabonno general limit no general limit 100
1 Gambiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Georgiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Germanyno general limit no general limit 100
1 Ghanano general limit no general limit 100
1 Gibraltarno general limit no general limit 100
1 Greenlandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Grenadano general limit no general limit 100
1 Guamno general limit no general limit 100
1 Guatemalano general limit no general limit 100
1 Guineano general limit no general limit 100
1 Guinea-Bissauno general limit no general limit 100
1 Guyanano general limit no general limit 100
1 Haitino general limit no general limit 100
1 Hondurasno general limit no general limit 100
1 Hong Kongno general limit no general limit 100
1 Icelandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Indonesiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Iraqno general limit no general limit 100
1 Irelandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Ivory Coastno general limit no general limit 100
1 Jamaicano general limit no general limit 100
1 Japanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Jordanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Kazakhstanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Kenyano general limit no general limit 100
1 Kiribatino general limit no general limit 100
1 Kosovono general limit no general limit 100
1 Kuwaitno general limit no general limit 100
1 Kyrgyzstanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Laosno general limit no general limit 100
1 Lesothono general limit no general limit 100
1 Liberiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Libyano general limit no general limit 100
1 Liechtensteinno general limit no general limit 100
1 Luxembourgno general limit no general limit 100
1 Macauno general limit no general limit 100
1 Madagascarno general limit no general limit 100
1 Malawino general limit no general limit 100
1 Malaysiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Maldivesno general limit no general limit 100
1 Malino general limit no general limit 100
1 Maltano general limit no general limit 100
1 Marshall Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Mauritaniano general limit no general limit 100
1 Mauritiusno general limit no general limit 100
1 Micronesiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Moldovano general limit no general limit 100
1 Monacono general limit no general limit 100
1 Mongoliano general limit no general limit 100
1 Montenegrono general limit no general limit 100
1 Montserratno general limit no general limit 100
1 Mozambiqueno general limit no general limit 100
1 Myanmarno general limit no general limit 100
1 Namibiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Nauruno general limit no general limit 100
1 Nepalno general limit no general limit 100
1 Netherlandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 New Zealandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Nicaraguano general limit no general limit 100
1 Nigerno general limit no general limit 100
1 Nigeriano general limit no general limit 100
1 Niueno general limit no general limit 100
1 North Macedoniano general limit no general limit 100
1 Northern Mariana Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Omanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Palauno general limit no general limit 100
1 Palestineno general limit no general limit 100
1 Panamano general limit no general limit 100
1 Papua New Guineano general limit no general limit 100
1 Paraguayno general limit no general limit 100
1 Peruno general limit no general limit 100
1 Philippinesno general limit no general limit 100
1 Puerto Ricono general limit no general limit 100
1 Qatarno general limit no general limit 100
1 Russiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Rwandano general limit no general limit 100
1 Saint Kitts and Nevisno general limit no general limit 100
1 Saint Luciano general limit no general limit 100
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesno general limit no general limit 100
1 Samoano general limit no general limit 100
1 San Marinono general limit no general limit 100
1 São Tomé and Príncipeno general limit no general limit 100
1 Senegalno general limit no general limit 100
1 Serbiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Seychellesno general limit no general limit 100
1 Sierra Leoneno general limit no general limit 100
1 Singaporeno general limit no general limit 100
1 Sint Maartenno general limit no general limit 100
1 Solomon Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Somaliano general limit no general limit 100
1 South Africano general limit no general limit 100
1 South Sudanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Sri Lankano general limit no general limit 100
1 Sudanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Surinameno general limit no general limit 100
1 Swazilandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Swedenno general limit no general limit 100
1 Switzerlandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Syriano general limit no general limit 100
1 Tajikistanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Tanzaniano general limit no general limit 100
1 Thailandno general limit no general limit 100
1 Timor-Lesteno general limit no general limit 100
1 Togono general limit no general limit 100
1 Tongano general limit no general limit 100
1 Trinidad and Tobagono general limit no general limit 100
1 Turkeyno general limit no general limit 100
1 Turkmenistanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Turks and Caicos Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Tuvaluno general limit no general limit 100
1 U.S. Virgin Islandsno general limit no general limit 100
1 Ugandano general limit no general limit 100
1 United Kingdomno general limit no general limit 100
1 United Statesno general limit no general limit 100
1 Uruguayno general limit no general limit 100
1 Uzbekistanno general limit no general limit 100
1 Vanuatuno general limit no general limit 100
1 Venezuelano general limit no general limit 100
1 Vietnamno general limit no general limit 100
1 Western Saharano general limit no general limit 100
1 Yemenno general limit no general limit 100
1 Zambiano general limit no general limit 100
1 Zanzibarno general limit no general limit 100
1 Zimbabweno general limit no general limit 100
186 Saudi Arabia16,000 EUR 16,000 EUR 70
187 Korea Republic15,000 EUR 15,000 EUR 69
187 United Arab Emirates15,000 EUR 15,000 EUR 69
189 Czech Republic11,000 EUR 11,000 EUR 64
190 Croatia10,000 EUR 10,000 EUR 62
190 Mexico10,000 EUR 10,000 EUR 62
190 Morocco10,000 EUR 10,000 EUR 62
193 China7,000 EUR 7,000 EUR 56
193 Latvia7,200 EUR 7,200 EUR 56
195 Bulgaria5,000 EUR 5,000 EUR 50
195 Italy5,000 EUR 5,000 EUR 50
195 Lithuania5,000 EUR 5,000 EUR 50
195 Slovakia5,000 EUR 5,000 EUR 50
195 Slovenia5,000 EUR 5,000 EUR 50
200 Hungary4,500 EUR 4,500 EUR 48
201 Norway3,500 EUR 3,500 EUR 44
201 Poland3,500 EUR 3,500 EUR 44
203 Belgium3,000 EUR 3,000 EUR 41
203 Lebanon3,000 EUR 3,000 EUR 41
203 Portugal3,000 EUR 3,000 EUR 41
203 Tunisia3,000 EUR 3,000 EUR 41
207 Denmark2,700 EUR 2,700 EUR 39
208 India2,400 EUR 2,400 EUR 37
209 Algeria2,000 EUR 2,000 EUR 34
209 Belarus2,000 EUR 2,000 EUR 34
209 Pakistan2,000 EUR 2,000 EUR 34
209 Romania2,000 EUR 2,000 EUR 34
213 Israel1,600 EUR 1,600 EUR 30
214 Iran1,200 EUR 1,200 EUR 25
214 Ukraine1,200 EUR 1,200 EUR 25
216 France1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 French Guiana1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Guadeloupe1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Martinique1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Mayotte1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 New Caledonia1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Réunion1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Saint-Martin1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Spain1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Tahiti1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
216 Wallis and Futuna1,000 EUR 1,000 EUR 22
228 Greece500 EUR 500 EUR 10
229 Korea DPRstrongly restricted strongly restricted 4

Last rating: June 18th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the generally applicable legal limit for cash payments in ordinary domestic transactions. It is shown as a rounded euro amount. Where no general legal payment limit is identifiable, the page shows "no general limit".

Reporting duties for large cash transactions, identity checks, AML controls, bank reports, border declarations, practical cash use, card acceptance and payment culture are not counted. These issues can matter, but they are not legal cash-payment caps.

Where several rules exist, Nomadino uses the limit for ordinary purchases of goods and services. Special rules for real estate, precious metals, vehicles, banks, non-residents or individual high-risk sectors are used only where they practically define the general cash-payment environment.

The rating rises monotonically with the permitted cash limit. No general limit receives 100 points. Concrete limits are scaled logarithmically between EUR 500 and EUR 50,000: very low limits rank low, medium limits are differentiated visibly and very high limits sit close to the top.

For territories without a separate identifiable rule, Nomadino uses the rule of the administering state where it applies legally or in practice. Otherwise, local legal sources, financial supervisors and FATF plausibility checks are used to determine whether a separate cash limit exists.