Most Complete List of World Currency Names in Circulation

List of Names of World Currencies – Currency is a unit of value as a means of payment in the form of money that is accepted and applies as a legal means of payment and conducts economic transactions in a country. Each country has a different unit of currency value. World currencies include banknotes and coins issued by a country’s central bank or financial authority which acts as the sole supplier and monitors the circulation of money in the prevailing economic system in the world.

Currency is used in an open economy to facilitate economic transactions which include transactions between residents within a country, as well as transactions between residents of different countries. In transactions between countries, the currency used is mutually agreed upon by the countries involved. The use of a common currency is generally carried out in international trade for the purpose of exporting and importing goods and services.

List of World Currencies by Country or Region

This list contains 180 world currencies that are recognized as legal tender in United Nations (UN) member countries, UN observer countries, non-recognized or limited recognition countries, and their dependencies. Dependencies and unrecognized countries are listed here only if another currency used in their region differs from that of a country that governs them or has jurisdiction over them.

A currency is a type of money and a medium of exchange. World currencies include paper, cotton or polymer notes and metal coins. Generally, countries have a monopoly over the issuance of currency, although some countries share currencies with others. For the purposes of this list, only currencies that are legal tender, including world currencies used in actual trading or issued for commemorative purposes, are considered “currencies in circulation”.

Every currency in the world has exchange rate capabilities. This ability indicates the rate of exchange of a country’s currency into another country’s currency. In general, there are two types of world currencies based on exchange rate capabilities, namely strong currencies and weak currencies.

State or Territory	Currency	Symbol	ISO code	Fractional Units	Base Number
Abkhazia	Abkhaz Apsar	( none )	( none )	( none )	( none )
	Russian ruble	₽	RUB	Kopek	100
Afghanistan	Afghan Afghani	؋	AFN	Pul	100
south Africa	South African Rands	R	ZAR	Mon	100
Central African Republic	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Albania	Albanian Lek	L	ALL	Qindarke	100
Alderney	Alderney Pounds	£	( none )	Penny	100
	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	Guernsey pound	£	GGP	Penny	100
Algeria	Algerian Dinar	د. ج	DZD	Santeem	100
United States of America	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Andorra	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Angola	Angolan kwanza	Kz	AOA	Centimo	100
Anguilla	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Antigua and Barbuda	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Saudi Arabia	Saudi riyals	ر. س	search and rescue	Halala	100
Argentina	Argentine pesos	$	ARS	Centavo	100
Armenian	Armenian Dram		amd	Luma	100
Artsakh Republic	Armenian Dram		amd	Luma	100
	Artsakh drama	դր.	( none )	Luma	100
Aruba	Florin Aruban	ƒ	AWG	Mon	100
Ascension Island	Ascension pound	£	( none )	Penny	100
	Saint Helena pound	£	SHP	Penny	100
Australia	Australian Dollar	$	AUD	Mon	100
Austria	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani Manat	₼	AZN	Qəpik	100
Bahamas	Bahamian Dollar	$	BSD	Mon	100
Bahrain	Bahraini dinars	.د. ب	BHD	Philosophy	1000
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi taka	৳	BDT	Paisa	100
Barbados	Barbados Dollar	$	BBD	Mon	100
Dutch	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Belarus	Belarusian ruble	Brother	BYN	Kapyeyka	100
Belgium	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Belize	Belizean dollar	$	BZD	Mon	100
Benin	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Bermudas	Bermuda Dollar	$	BMD	Mon	100
Bhutan	Bhutanese Ngultrum	Nu.	BTN	Chetrum	100
	Indian rupees	₹	INR	Paisa	100
Bolivia	Boliviano Bolivia	Bs.	BOB	Centavo	100
Bonaire	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible landmark	KM or КМ	BAM	Fening	100
Botswana	Botswana Island	P	BWP	Thebes	100
Brazil	Brazilian reals	R$	BRL	Centavo	100
great Britain	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
Brunei	Brunei dollar	$	BND	Mon	100
	Singapore dollar	$	SGD	Mon	100
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Lev	лв	BGN	Stotinka	100
Burkina Faso	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Burundi	Burundi franc	Fr	BIF	centime	100
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands Dollar	$	KYD	Mon	100
Czech Republic	Czech Koruna	kč	CZK	Haléř	100
Chad	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
Chile	Chilean pesos	$	CLP	Centavo	100
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australian Dollar	$	AUD	Mon	100
Cook Islands	New Zealand Dollar	$	NZD	Mon	100
	Cook Islands Dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
Curaçao	Netherlands Antillean Guilder	ƒ	ANG	Mon	100
Denmark	Danish krone	cr	DKK	Øre	100
Djibouti	Djiboutian Franc	Fr	DJF	centime	100
Dominica	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Dominican Republic	Dominican peso	$	HUBCAP	Centavo	100
Ecuador	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
	( none )	( none )	( none )	Centavo	( United States Dollar )
El Salvador	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Eritrea	Eritrean Nakfa	Nfk	ERN	Mon	100
Estonia	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Eswatini	Lilangeni Eswatini	L	SZL	Mon	100
Ethiopia	Ethiopian beer	Brother	ETB	Santim	100
Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands Pound	£	FKP	Penny	100
Faroe Islands	Danish krone	cr	DKK	Øre	100
	Faroese crown	cr	( none )	Oyra	100
Fiji	Fijian dollar	$	FJD	Mon	100
Philippines	Philippine pesos	₱	PHP	Centavo	100
Finland	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Gabon	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
Gambia	Gambian Dalasi	D	GMD	Old	100
Georgian	Georgian Run	₾	GEL	Tetris	100
Ghana	Ghanaian Cedis	₵	GHS	tenant	100
Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound	£	GIP	Penny	100
Grenada	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Guatemala	Guatemalan Quetzals	Q	GTQ	Centavo	100
Guernsey	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	Guernsey pound	£	( none )	Penny	100
Guinea	Guinean Franc	Fr	GNF	centime	100
Equatorial Guinea	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
Guinea-Bissau	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Guyana	Guyanese Dollar	$	GYD	Mon	100
Haiti	Gourde Haiti	G	HTG	centime	100
Honduras	Honduran Lempiras	L	HNL	Centavo	100
Hong Kong	Hong Kong dollar	$	HKD	Mon	100
Hungary	Hungarian Forint	Ft	HUF	Filler	100
Iceland	Icelandic króna	cr	UTI	Eyrir	100
India	Indian rupees	₹	INR	Paisa	100
Indonesia	Indonesian Rupiah	Rp	IDR	Rupiah	1000
Iran	Iranian rials	﷼	IRR	Dinar	100
Iraq	Iraqi Dinar	ع.د	IQD	Philosophy	1000
Ireland	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Isles of Man	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	Manx pounds	£	IMP	Penny	100
Israel	Israeli new shekel	₪	ILS	Agora	100
Italy	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Jamaica	Jamaican Dollar	$	JMD	Mon	100
Japan	Japanese Yen	¥	JPY	Mon	100
German	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
jersey	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	Jersey pounds	£	JEP	Penny	100
New Caledonia	CFP franc	Fr	XPF	centime	100
Cambodia	Cambodian Riel	៛	KHR	Mon	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Cameroon	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
Canada	Canadian Dollar	$	CAD	Mon	100
Kazakhstan	Tenge Kazakhstan	₸	KZT	Tïın	100
Kenya	Kenyan shilling	Sh	KES	Mon	100
Kiribati	Australian Dollar	$	AUD	Mon	100
	Kiribati dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
Colombia	Colombian pesos	$	COP	Centavo	100
Comoros	Comoran franc	Fr	KMF	centime	100
Congo, Democratic Republic	Congo franc	Fr	CDF	centime	100
Congo, Republic	Central African CFA Franc	Fr	XAF	centime	100
South Korea	South Korean won	₩	KRW	Jeon	100
North Korea	North Korean won	₩	KPW	Chon	100
Kosovo	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Costa Rica	Colón Costa Rica	₡	CRC	Centimo	100
Croatia	Croatian kuna	kn	HRK	Lipa	100
Cuba	Cuban convertible peso	$	CUC	Centavo	100
	Cuban pesos	$	CUP	Centavo	100
Kuwait	Kuwaiti dinars	د. ك	KWD	Philosophy	1000
Kyrgyzstan	Som Kyrgyzstan	с	KGS	Tyiyn	100
Laos	Lao Kip	₭	LACQUER	Att	100
Latvia	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Lebanese	Lebanese pound	ل. ل	LBP	Piastre	100
Lesotho	Lesotho loti	L	MSM	Sente	100
	South African Rands	R	ZAR	Mon	100
Liberia	Liberian Dollar	$	LRD	Mon	100
Libya	Libyan dinar	ل.د	POIs	Dirham	1000
Liechtenstein	Swiss Franc	Fr	CHF	rappen	100
Lithuania	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Luxembourg	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Madagascar	Ariary Madagascar	Ar	MGA	Iraimbilanja	5
Macau	Macanese Pataca	P	MOP	Avo	100
Macedonia, Republic	Macedonian Denar	ден	MKD	Deni	100
Malawi	Malawian kwachas	MK	MWK	patch	100
Malaysia	Malaysian ringgit	RM	MYR	Mon	100
Maldives	Rufiyaa Maldives	.gmail	MVR	Laari	100
Mali	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Malta	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Marshall Islands	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Mauritania	Mauritanian ouguiya	UM	MRO	Khoums	5
Mauritius	Mauritian Rupee	₨	MUR	Mon	100
Mexico	Mexican pesos	$	MXN	Centavo	100
Egypt	Egyptian pound	£ or ج. م	EGP	Piastre	100
Micronesia	Micronesia Dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Moldova	Moldovan leu	L	MDL	Tire	100
Monaco	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Mongolia	Tögrög Mongolia	₮	MNT	Mongo	100
Montenegro	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Montserrat	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Morocco	Moroccan Dirham	د. م.	MAD	centime	100
Mozambique	Mozambican Meticals	MT	MZN	Centavo	100
Myanmar	Burmese Kyats	Ks	MMK	Pya	100
Namibia	Namibian Dollar	$	NAD	Mon	100
	South African Rands	R	ZAR	Mon	100
Nauru	Australian Dollar	$	AUD	Mon	100
	Nauruan dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
Nepal	Nepalese Rupee	₨	NPR	Paisa	100
Nicaragua	Córdoba Nicaragua	C$	NIO	Centavo	100
Nigeria	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Nigeria	Nigerian Naira	₦	NGN	Kobo	100
Niue	New Zealand Dollar	$	NZD	Mon	100
	New Zealand dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
Norway	Norwegian krone	cr	NOK	Øre	100
Oman	Omani rial	ر. ع.	OMR	Baisa	1000
South Ossetia	Russian ruble	₽	RUB	Kopek	100
Pakistan	Pakistani Rupee	₨	PKR	Paisa	100
Palau	Palau Dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Palestine	Israeli new shekel	₪	ILS	Agora	100
	Jordanian Dinar	د.ا	JOD	Piastre	100
Panama	Panamanian Balboas	B/.	PAB	Centésimo	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Ivory Coast	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinean kina	K	PGK	Toea	100
Paraguay	Guarani Paraguay	₲	PYG	Centimo	100
French	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
peruvian	Peruvian Sol	S/.	PEN	Centimo	100
Pitcairn Islands	New Zealand Dollar	$	NZD	Mon	100
	Pitcairn Islands Dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
Poland	Polish Zloty	zł	PLN	Grosz	100
French Polynesia	CFP franc	Fr	XPF	centime	100
Portugal	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Qatar	Qatari riyals	ر. ق	QAR	Dirham	100
Romania	Romanian leu	lei	RON	Tire	100
Russia	Russian ruble	₽	RUB	Kopek	100
Rwanda	Rwandan Franc	Fr	RWF	centime	100
Sabbath	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Sahrawi Republic	Algerian Dinar	د. ج	DZD	Santeem	100
	Mauritanian ouguiya	UM	MRO	Khoums	5
	Moroccan Dirham	د. م.	MAD	centime	100
	Sahrawi’s Peseta	₧ or Ptas	( none )	centime	100
Saint Helena	Saint Helena pound	£	SHP	Penny	100
Saint Kitts and Nevis	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Saint Lucia	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	East Caribbean Dollar	$	XCD	Mon	100
Samoa	Tala Samoan	Q	WST	Sene	100
British Indian Ocean Region	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
San Marino	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Sao Tomé and Principe	Dobra Sao Tome and Principe	Db	STD	Centimo	100
New Zealand	New Zealand Dollar	$	NZD	Mon	100
Senegal	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Serbia	Serbian Dinar	дин. or din.	RSD	para	100
Seychelles	Seychelles rupee	₨	SCR	Mon	100
Sierra Leone	Leone Sierra Leone	Le	SLL	Mon	100
Singapore	Brunei dollar	$	BND	Mon	100
	Singapore dollar	$	SGD	Mon	100
Saint Eustatius	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Saint Maarten	Netherlands Antillean Guilder	ƒ	ANG	Mon	100
Cyprus	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
North Cyprus	Turkish lira	₺	TRY	Thin	100
Slovakia	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Slovenia	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Dollar	$	SBD	Mon	100
Somalia	Somali shilling	Sh	SAUCE	Mon	100
Somaliland	Somaliland shilling	sl	( none )	Mon	100
South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	South Sandwich Islands Pound and South Georgia	£	( none )	Penny	100
Spanish	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan rupees	Rs or රු	LKR	Mon	100
Sudan	Sudanese pound	ج. س.	SDG	Piastre	100
South Sudan	South Sudanese Pound	£	SSP	Piastre	100
Syria	Syrian pound	£ or ل.س	syp	Piastre	100
Suriname	Surinamese Dollar	$	SRD	Mon	100
Sweden	Swedish krona	cr	SEC	Ore	100
Switzerland	Swiss Franc	Fr	CHF	rappen	100
Taiwan	New Taiwan Dollar	$	TWD	Mon	100
Tajikistan	Tajikistani Somoni	ЅМ	TJS	Diram	100
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean Escudo	Esc or $	CVE	Centavo	100
Tanzania	Tanzanian shilling	Sh	TZS	Mon	100
Thailand	Thai baht	฿	THB	satang	100
Timor Leste	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
	( none )	( none )	( none )	Centavo	( none )
China	Chinese Yuan	¥ or 元	CNY	Fen	100
Togo	West African CFA Franc	Fr	XOF	centime	100
Tonga	Paʻanga Tong	T$	TOP	Art	100
Transnistria	Transnistrian ruble	p.	PRB	Kopek	100
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Dollar	$	STD	Mon	100
Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena pound	£	SHP	Penny	100
	Tristan da Cunha pounds	£	( none )	Penny	100
Tunis	Tunisian Dinar	د. ت	TND	Millime	1000
Turkey	Turkish lira	₺	TRY	Thin	100
Turkmenistan	Turkmen Manat	m	TMT	Tennesi	100
Turks and Caicos Islands	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Tuvalu	Australian Dollar	$	AUD	Mon	100
	Tuvaluan dollar	$	TVD	Mon	100
Uganda	Ugandan shilling	Sh	UGX	Mon	100
Ukraine	Ukrainian hryvnia	₴	UAH	Kopiyka	100
	Russian ruble	₽	RUB	Kopek	100
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates dirhams	د. إ	AEDs	Philosophy	100
Uruguay	Uruguayan pesos	$	UYU	Centésimo	100
Uzbekistan	Som Uzbekistan	₸	UZS	Tiyin	100
Vanuatu	Vatu Vanuatu	Vt	VUV	( none )	( none )
VaticanCity	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Venezuelan	Bolívar Venezuela	Bs	VEF	Centimo	100
Vietnamese	Vietnamese Dong	₫	VND	Hào	10
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands Dollar	$	( none )	Mon	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
Wallis and Futuna	CFP franc	Fr	XPF	centime	100
Yemen	Yemeni rial	﷼	YER	Philosophy	100
Jordan	Jordanian Dinar	د.ا	JOD	Piastre	100
Greece	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
Zambia	Zambian kwacha	ZK	ZMW	Ngwee	100
Zimbabwe	Botswana Island	P	BWP	Thebes	100
	British pound	£	GBP	Penny	100
	Chinese Yuan	¥ or 元	CNY	Fen	100
	Euro	€	EUR	Mon	100
	Indian rupees	₹	INR	Paisa	100
	Japanese Yen	¥	JPY	Mon	100
	South African Rands	Rs	ZAR	Mon	100
	United States Dollar	$	USD	Mon	100
	( none )	( none )	( none )	Mon	( none )

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