Which countries can receive money with PayPal? (2026 list from PayPal's own pages)

By Ala'a, GetPaidAtlas · Published 30 October 2026 · Data checked 2026-10-30

Short answer: PayPal's developer page "Payouts: countries and supported features" lists 92 countries where, in PayPal's words, "PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money" (checked 2026-10-30). PayPal operates in 200 countries and territories in our data, but for the other 109 its pages don't confirm that accounts can receive, so we mark them Unclear. 49 aren't on PayPal's worldwide country list at all, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Lebanon.

Who we are: GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly. We have no affiliate relationship with PayPal.

"Is PayPal available in my country?" and "Can I receive money with PayPal in my country?" are different questions. PayPal's worldwide country page answers the first. For founders and freelancers the second is the one that matters, because several platforms, including Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad, pay sellers through PayPal in countries where they can't pay to a local bank. This guide answers it from PayPal's own pages, country by country.

Where this list comes from

We use two official PayPal pages. The worldwide country list tells us where PayPal operates. The developer page Payouts: countries and supported features (last updated by PayPal on 10 September 2026) lists the countries eligible for PayPal Payouts and a "feature set" for each. Every feature set on that page includes receiving:

Feature set (PayPal's wording)	What PayPal says it means
Send, receive, and withdraw	Merchants can send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money.
Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	As above, and account holders can receive and withdraw money in local currency.
Fully localized	As above, in local currency, and the PayPal app is available in the local language.
Receive and withdraw	Merchants cannot send payouts from this country. PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money.

So if your country is in that table, PayPal itself says an account there can receive and withdraw money. That is what we mark Yes. It is not a promise that your account will be approved, and it doesn't tell you the fees or which checkout features you get; check PayPal's site for your country.

The 92 countries where PayPal says accounts can receive money

Sorted A to Z. The last two columns show, for comparison, whether Stripe lists the country and how many of the 7 seller platforms we track accept sellers there.

Country	PayPal feature set	Stripe	Seller platforms Yes
Andorra	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	4 of 7
Argentina	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Australia	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Austria	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Bahamas	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Bahrain	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Belgium	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Bermuda	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	3 of 7
Botswana	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Brazil	Fully localized	Yes	4 of 7
Bulgaria	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Canada	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Cayman Islands	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	4 of 7
Chile	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
China	Fully localized	No	4 of 7
Colombia	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Costa Rica	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Croatia	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Cyprus	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Czech Republic	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Denmark	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Dominican Republic	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Ecuador	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	No	6 of 7
El Salvador	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Estonia	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Faroe Islands	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	3 of 7
Finland	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
France	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Georgia	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	4 of 7
Germany	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Gibraltar	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	5 of 7
Greece	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Greenland	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	3 of 7
Guatemala	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Honduras	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	4 of 7
Hong Kong	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Hungary	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Iceland	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
India	Receive and withdraw	Unclear	7 of 7
Indonesia	Send, receive, and withdraw	Unclear	7 of 7
Ireland	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Israel	Fully localized	No	7 of 7
Italy	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Jamaica	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Japan	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Jordan	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Kazakhstan	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Kenya	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	6 of 7
Kuwait	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	5 of 7
Latvia	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Lesotho	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	2 of 7
Liechtenstein	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Lithuania	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Luxembourg	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Malaysia	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Malta	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Mauritius	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Mexico	Receive and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Moldova	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Monaco	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Morocco	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Mozambique	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Netherlands	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
New Zealand	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
Nicaragua	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	1 of 7
Norway	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Oman	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Panama	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Peru	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Philippines	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	No	7 of 7
Poland	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Portugal	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Qatar	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Romania	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Réunion	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	2 of 7
San Marino	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	No	7 of 7
Saudi Arabia	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Senegal	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	6 of 7
Serbia	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Singapore	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Slovakia	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Slovenia	Send, receive, and withdraw in local currency	Yes	7 of 7
South Africa	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
Spain	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Sweden	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Switzerland	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
United Arab Emirates	Send, receive, and withdraw	Yes	7 of 7
United Kingdom	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
United States	Fully localized	Yes	7 of 7
Uruguay	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7
Venezuela	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	0 of 7
Vietnam	Send, receive, and withdraw	No	7 of 7

India and Mexico are listed as Receive and withdraw: you can receive money there, but merchants based there can't send PayPal Payouts.

One conflict: Türkiye (Turkey) appears in the Payouts table but not on PayPal's worldwide country list. With PayPal's own pages disagreeing, we mark it Unclear. Check PayPal's local site before relying on it.

Where PayPal operates but doesn't confirm receiving

For 109 countries and territories, PayPal's worldwide list includes the country, but the Payouts table doesn't (or the two pages disagree). PayPal accounts there may still be able to receive money; PayPal's public pages just don't say so, so we mark them Unclear. In 105 of them at least one seller platform we track pays out by other means.

PayPal Unclear (109)

Where PayPal isn't available

49 countries and territories aren't on PayPal's worldwide country list, so we mark PayPal No. That doesn't always leave you stuck: in 36 of them at least one seller platform we track accepts sellers, often with payouts to a local bank account. For example, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem, Gumroad and Whop list Pakistan.

PayPal No (49)

In 13 of them, neither Stripe nor any seller platform we track lists the country: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan and Syria.

What this means for Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad payouts

Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad pay to local bank accounts only in the countries they list; elsewhere PayPal is the only payout route. In 87 countries at least one of the two depends on PayPal, and in 14 of those PayPal's own table confirms that accounts can receive money: Andorra, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Honduras, Lesotho, Nicaragua, Réunion and Venezuela. We still mark Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad Unclear there, because neither platform confirms it on its own page, but the PayPal route should work. Each country page says which case applies. Full payout rules: Gumroad payout countries and methods · Lemon Squeezy payout methods and countries.

If PayPal won't work for you

Open your country's page and look for platforms marked Yes with bank payouts.
If Stripe isn't available where you live, the Stripe alternatives by country guides list what is.
Merchants of record such as Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments and Creem sell for you and pay you out (what is a merchant of record?).
Payout accounts: Wise Business and Payoneer are covered on every country page. Payoneer doesn't publish a full country list, so it shows as Unclear: check during sign-up.

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FAQ: receiving money with PayPal

Which countries can receive money with PayPal?

PayPal's Payouts country table lists 92 countries where PayPal account holders can receive and withdraw money, among them India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Jordan. The full list is in the table on this page (checked 2026-10-30).

Can I receive PayPal payments in Pakistan?

PayPal is No for Pakistan in our data: Not on PayPal's worldwide country list. Several seller platforms pay out to Pakistani bank accounts instead: Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem, Gumroad and Whop.

Can PayPal accounts in India receive money?

Yes. PayPal's Payouts country table lists this country ('Receive and withdraw'): PayPal account holders here can receive and withdraw money. Merchants here can't send PayPal Payouts, but receiving is supported. Account approval, fees and checkout features still vary; check PayPal's local site.

Is PayPal available in Türkiye?

Unclear. PayPal's two official pages disagree: its Payouts country table lists this country as able to receive and withdraw money, but its worldwide country list doesn't include it. Check PayPal's local site before relying on it.

Why does GetPaidAtlas mark PayPal Unclear in many countries?

PayPal's worldwide page lists where PayPal operates, not what an account there can do. We only mark Yes where PayPal's own Payouts table says accounts can receive and withdraw money. That covers 92 countries; for 109 more PayPal doesn't say, so we don't guess.

Is GetPaidAtlas a payment provider?

GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly.

Sources and check dates

PayPal worldwide country list: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide (checked 2026-10-30)
PayPal Payouts: countries and supported features: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/payouts/standard/reference/country-feature/ (page updated 10 September 2026; checked 2026-10-30)
Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad payout rules: Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad pages, each with its official source.

More: PayPal on GetPaidAtlas (every country) · the full dataset (CSV) · all guides

Not legal, tax or financial advice. Provider rules change often and depend on your business type, what you sell, and the documents you hold. Always verify with the provider before you build or sign up. 'Unclear' means we could not confirm it from an official source. Spotted something wrong? It will be fixed and noted in the change log.