DEFINITION
A nation's primary official unit of
currency
| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
afghani |
| Albania |
lek |
| Algeria |
dinar |
| American Samoa |
dollar |
| Andorra |
Andorran Peseta (1/1 to Spanish Peseta) and Andorran Franc (1/1 to French Franc) |
| Angola |
"kwanza (new kwanza, 2001-) " |
| Anguilla |
dollar |
| Antarctica |
each Antarctic base uses the currency of its home country |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
dollar |
| Argentina |
peso (1991-) |
| Armenia |
dram |
| Aruba |
guilder (a.k.a. florin or gulden) |
| Australia |
dollar |
| Austria |
"schilling (-1998), now euro" |
| Azerbaijan |
manat |
| Bahamas, The |
dollar |
| Bahrain |
dinar |
| Bangladesh |
taka |
| Barbados |
dollar |
| Belize |
dollar |
| Benin |
franc |
| Bermuda |
dollar |
| Bhutan |
ngultrum |
| Bolivia |
boliviano |
| Botswana |
pula |
| Bouvet Island |
see Norway |
| Brazil |
real (1994-) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
"legal currency is GBP, but mostly USD is used" |
| British Virgin Islands |
dollar |
| Brunei |
ringgit (a.k.a. Bruneian dollar) |
| Bulgaria |
leva |
| Burkina Faso |
franc |
| Burma |
now Myanmar. |
| Burundi |
franc |
| Cambodia |
see Cambodia |
| Cameroon |
franc |
| Canada |
dollar |
| Cayman Islands |
dollar |
| Central African Republic |
franc |
| Chad |
franc |
| Chile |
peso |
| China |
yuan renminbi |
| Christmas Island |
dollar |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
dollar |
| Colombia |
peso |
| Comoros |
franc |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
franc |
| Cook Islands |
dollar |
| Costa Rica |
colon |
| Croatia |
kuna |
| Cuba |
peso |
| Cyprus |
pound |
| Czech Republic |
koruna |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
see C�te d'Ivoire |
| Denmark |
krone (pl. kroner) |
| Djibouti |
franc |
| Dominica |
dollar |
| Dominican Republic |
peso |
| East Timor |
see Indonesia |
| Ecuador |
dollar |
| Egypt |
pound |
| El Salvador |
colon |
| Equatorial Guinea |
franc |
| Eritrea |
nakfa |
| Estonia |
kroon (pl. krooni) |
| Ethiopia |
birr |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
pound |
| Fiji |
dollar |
| French Guiana |
European Currency Unit |
| French Polynesia |
franc |
| Gabon |
franc |
| Gambia, The |
dalasi |
| Georgia |
lari |
| Ghana |
new cedi |
| Gibraltar |
pound |
| Greenland |
krone (pl. kroner) |
| Grenada |
dollar |
| Guadeloupe |
European Currency Unit |
| Guam |
dollar |
| Guatemala |
quetzal |
| Guernsey |
pound |
| Guinea |
syli |
| Guyana |
dollar |
| Haiti |
gourde |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
dollar |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
see Italy |
| Honduras |
lempira |
| Hong Kong |
dollar |
| Hungary |
forint |
| Iceland |
kr�na |
| India |
rupee |
| Indonesia |
rupiah |
| Iran |
rial |
| Iraq |
dinar |
| Israel |
new shekel |
| Jamaica |
dollar |
| Japan |
yen |
| Jersey |
pound |
| Jordan |
dinar |
| Kazakhstan |
tenge |
| Kenya |
shilling |
| Kiribati |
dollar |
| Korea, North |
won |
| Korea, South |
won |
| Kuwait |
dinar |
| Kyrgyzstan |
som |
| Laos |
new kip |
| Latvia |
lat |
| Lebanon |
pound (livre) |
| Lesotho |
"loti, pl., maloti " |
| Liberia |
dollar |
| Libya |
dinar |
| Liechtenstein |
see Switzerland |
| Lithuania |
"litas, pl., litai " |
| Madagascar |
ariayry = 5 francs |
| Malawi |
kwacha |
| Malaysia |
ringgit |
| Maldives |
rufiyaa |
| Mali |
franc |
| Malta |
"lira, pl., liri " |
| Man, Isle of |
pound |
| Martinique |
European Currency Unit |
| Mauritania |
ouguiya |
| Mauritius |
rupee |
| Mexico |
peso |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
dollar |
| Midway Islands |
dollar |
| Moldova |
"leu, pl., lei " |
| Monaco |
European Currency Unit |
| Mongolia |
tugrik (tughrik?) |
| Montserrat |
dollar |
| Morocco |
dirham |
| Mozambique |
metical |
| Namibia |
dollar |
| Nauru |
dollar |
| Nepal |
rupee |
| Netherlands Antilles |
guilder (a.k.a. florin or gulden) |
| New Caledonia |
franc |
| New Zealand |
dollar |
| Nicaragua |
gold cordoba |
| Niger |
franc |
| Nigeria |
naira |
| Niue |
dollar |
| Norfolk Island |
dollar |
| Norway |
krone (pl. kroner) |
| Oman |
rial |
| Pakistan |
rupee |
| Palau |
dollar |
| Panama |
balboa |
| Papua New Guinea |
kina |
| Paraguay |
guarani |
| Peru |
new sol |
| Philippines |
peso |
| Pitcairn Islands |
dollar |
| Poland |
zloty |
| Puerto Rico |
dollar |
| Qatar |
riyal |
| Romania |
leu (pl. lei) |
| Rwanda |
franc |
| Réunion |
European Currency Unit |
| Saint Helena |
pound |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
dollar |
| Saint Lucia |
dollar |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
dollar |
| San Marino |
see Italy |
| Saudi Arabia |
riyal |
| Senegal |
franc |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
see Yugoslavia |
| Seychelles |
rupee |
| Sierra Leone |
leone |
| Singapore |
dollar |
| Slovakia |
koruna |
| Slovenia |
tolar |
| Somalia |
shilling |
| South Africa |
rand |
| Sri Lanka |
rupee |
| Suriname |
guilder (a.k.a. florin or gulden) |
| Swaziland |
"lilangeni, pl., emalangeni " |
| Sweden |
krona (pl. kronor) |
| Switzerland |
franc |
| Syria |
pound |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
dobra |
| Taiwan |
new dollar |
| Tanzania |
shilling |
| Thailand |
baht |
| Togo |
franc |
| Tokelau |
dollar |
| Tonga |
pa'anga |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
dollar |
| Tunisia |
dinar |
| Turkey |
lira |
| Turkmenistan |
manat |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
dollar |
| Tuvalu |
dollar |
| Uganda |
shilling |
| Ukraine |
Hryvnia |
| United Arab Emirates |
dirham |
| United Kingdom |
pound |
| United States |
dollar |
| Uzbekistan |
som |
| Vanuatu |
vatu |
| Venezuela |
bolivar |
| Vietnam |
(new) dong |
| Virgin Islands |
dollar |
| Wake Island |
dollar |
| Western Sahara |
"see Spain, Mauritania and Morocco" |
| Yemen |
rial |
| Zambia |
kwacha |
| Zimbabwe |
dollar |
DEFINITION: A nation's primary official unit of
currency
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