Hello Konn3ct family! I’ve compiled a list of countries that can’t open PayPal Accounts and those that cannot receive money on PayPal. They’re listed in alphabetical order for you to easily locate your country.
Check if your country is on any of these lists and if it is, check out my article on opening a PayPal account with full send and receive functions here.
List of Countries That Can’t Register for A PayPal Account
A-I |
L-Z |
Afghanistan |
Lebanon |
Bangladesh |
Libya |
Cuba |
Liberia |
Central African Republic (CAR) |
Myanmar |
Ghana |
South Sudan |
Equatorial Guinea |
Sudan |
Iraq |
Syria |
List of Countries That Can Open PayPal Accounts but Can’t Receive Payments
A-C | C-L | M-O | P-S | T-Z |
Angola | Congo, The Republic | Macedonia | Papua New Guinea | Tajikistan |
Anguilla | D.R. Congo | Madagascar | Paraguay | Tanzania |
Armenia | Djibouti | Maldives | Pitcairn Islands | Togo |
Aruba | Eritrea | Mali | Rwanda | Tonga |
Azerbaijan | Ethiopia | Marshall Islands | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Tunisia |
Belarus | Falkland Islands | Mauritania | Saint Vincent and Grenadines | Turkmenistan |
Benin | Gabon | Mayotte | Samoa | Tuvalu |
Bhutan | Gambia | Mongolia | Sao Tome and Principe | Uganda |
Brunei | Guinea | Monserrat | Sierra Leone | Ukraine |
Burkina Faso | Guinea Bissau | Montenegro | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu |
Burundi | Guyana | Namibia | Somalia | Vatican City State |
Cambodia | Kiribati | Nauru | Sri Lanka | Virgin Islands (British) |
Cameroon | Kyrgyzstan | Nepal | St. Helena | Wallis and Futana Islands |
Cape Verde | Laos | Netherlands-Antilles | Suriname | Yemen |
Chad | Niger | Svalbard and Jab Mayen Islands
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Zambia | |
Comoros | Nigeria | Swaziland | Zimbabwe | |
Cook Islands | Niue |