Google Checkout vs. PayPal Supported Countries

Posted: August 27, 2009

Google Checkout and PayPal are payment services that are useful for business owners. These merchant / credit card / money transfer services make global business possible in the era of the World Wide Web.

Google and PayPal are both large international corporations. One might assume that since they are both so big they would cover most countries in the world, or at least have a similar list countries in which their payment services are available? Unfortunately that’s not true.

Yes, the joy of running an international business. It turns out that Google Checkout is missing some major countries such as Brazil, so we have looked into both Google Checkout and PayPal merchant / buyer services and see how many countries they support.

The result is this comprehensive list of PayPal vs Google Checkout enabled countries below.

How many countries do PayPal or Google Checkout support?

Countries supported by both Google Checkout and Paypal: 124
Countries that are Google Checkout only (not in PayPal): 22
Countries that are PayPal only (not in Google Checkout): 66

How to Use This Supported Country List To Order From Obama Pacman?

1. Find your country below.
2. Scroll to the end of that section to tell you which payment page to use.

Countries Served only by PayPal

Albania
Andorra
Anguilla
Bhutan
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Burundi
Cayman Islands
Chad
China
Comoros
Cook Islands
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Federated States of Micronesia
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gambia
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mayotte
Mongolia
Montserrat
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niger
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Republic of the Congo
Reunion
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Korea
St. Helena
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Swaziland
Tonga
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Use Paypal for above countries Served only by Paypal.

Countries Served by Both Google Checkout and PayPal

Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Oman
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Use Google Checkout for above countries supported by both Google Checkout and PayPal.

Countries served only by Google Checkout

Bangladesh
Belarus
British Indian Ocean Territory
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Equatorial Guinea
Georgia
Ghana
Guam
Haiti
Lebanon
Macedonia
Moldova
Monaco
Nigeria
Pakistan
Paraguay
Puerto Rico
Serbia and Montenegro
Uzbekistan
Virgin Islands, British
Zimbabwe
Use Google Checkout for above countries Served only by Google Checkout.

Advocate

Tell Google Checkout to add your country by contacting
http://checkout.google.com/support/bin/request.py [Google Checkout Support]

PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_contact-general [PayPal General Contact]

Sources

Google List of Supported Countries July 2009 [Yahoo Answers]
PayPal List of Supported Countries August 27, 2009 [PayPal]

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