Tipping
Tipping, country by country
What is customary at a restaurant, whether service is already on the bill, and what a tour guide expects โ for 152 countries. Written as travel advice, not arithmetic.
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania Customary: 10%
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria Customary: 10%
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฆ๐ผ Aruba Customary: 15%
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas Customary: 15%
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐พ Belarus Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ง๐น Bhutan Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivia Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil Customary: 10%
- ๐ง๐ณ Brunei Tipping is not customary
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria Customary: 10%
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon Customary: 10%
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada Customary: 15%โ20%
- ๐ฐ๐พ Cayman Islands Customary: 15%
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chile Customary: 10%
- ๐จ๐ณ China Tipping is not customary
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia Customary: 10%
- ๐จ๐ฐ Cook Islands Tipping is not customary
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐จ๐ฎ Cote d'Ivoire Customary: 10%
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐จ๐บ Cuba Customary: 10%
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus Customary: 10%
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic Customary: 10%
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador Customary: 10%
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador Customary: 10%
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia Customary: 10%
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopia Customary: 10%
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland Tipping is not customary
- ๐ซ๐ท France Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ต๐ซ French Polynesia Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana Customary: 10%
- ๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar Customary: 10%
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala Customary: 10%
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti Customary: 10%
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras Customary: 10%
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungary Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฎ๐ณ India Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฎ๐ท Iran Customary: 10%
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq Customary: 10%
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan Customary: 10%
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan Customary: 10%
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Customary: 10%
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait Customary: 10%
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan Customary: 10%
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania Customary: 10%
- ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldives Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico Customary: 10%โ20%
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia Customary: 10%
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepal Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ณ๐จ New Caledonia Tipping is not customary
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand Tipping is not customary
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua Customary: 10%
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria Customary: 10%
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia Customary: 10%
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ด๐ฒ Oman Customary: 10%
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan Customary: 10%
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama Customary: 10%
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea Tipping is not customary
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay Customary: 10%
- ๐ต๐ช Peru Customary: 10%
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippines Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ต๐น Portugal Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ต๐ท Puerto Rico Customary: 15%โ20%
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ท๐ด Romania Customary: 10%
- ๐ท๐บ Russia Customary: 10%
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda Customary: 10%
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa Tipping is not customary
- ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal Customary: 10%
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbia Customary: 10%
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles Customary: 10%
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore Tipping is not customary
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia Customary: 10%
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia Customary: 10%
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands Tipping is not customary
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea Tipping is not customary
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka Customary: 10%
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan Tipping is not customary
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania Customary: 10%
- ๐น๐ญ Thailand Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste Customary: 10%
- ๐น๐ด Tonga Tipping is not customary
- ๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago Customary: 10%
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia Customary: 10%
- ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda Customary: 10%
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine Customary: 10%
- ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom Customary: 10%โ15%
- ๐บ๐ธ United States Customary: 15%โ25%
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay Customary: 10%
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan Customary: 10%
- ๐ป๐บ Vanuatu Tipping is not customary
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuela Customary: 10%
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam Customary: 5%โ10%
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia Customary: 10%
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe Customary: 10%
Customs vary by region, by venue and over time. Use your judgement and your eyes.