Currency Names of All Countries: The Complete List, With Every Currency in Rupees

You are filling in a visa form and it asks for the currency of the country you are visiting. Or your cousin in Nairobi says a gift cost 5,000 shillings and you want to know if that is a lot. Or your child's geography homework wants the currency names of all countries by Friday. Every one of those starts with the same question: what does that country use for money, and what is it worth in rupees?

This page answers both. Below are the currency names of all 197 countries, grouped by region, each with its official code, its symbol, what one unit is worth in Indian rupees, and what ₹100 gets you in that currency.

Every rupee figure on this page is a rate at the time of writing. Reference values are mid-market rates on 25 September 2026, and Matrix Forex's own selling rates are from 25 September 2026, 9:30 AM IST. Exchange rates move every trading day, so treat these as a snapshot, not a quote.

How to Read This World Currency List

Each table has the same seven columns.

• Country is the sovereign state, with its common English name. We have covered the 193 United Nations members plus Vatican City, Palestine, Taiwan and Kosovo, which gives 197.
• Currency name is what the money is called in English. Where a second currency is officially used alongside it, that one is noted in brackets.
• Code is the three-letter ISO 4217 code that banks, airlines and exchange counters use. INR, USD, AED.
• Symbol is what you see on price tags. Many countries share a symbol, which is exactly why codes exist.
• 1 unit in ₹ is what one unit of that currency is worth in Indian rupees at the reference rate on 25 September 2026.
• ₹100 gets you flips it around: the amount of that currency ₹100 is worth. This is the column most people actually want when they ask about the value of Indian currency in other countries.
• We exchange it marks the currencies Matrix Forex buys and sells in India. We deal in 37; the Hong Kong dollar is the one without a row here, because Hong Kong is a territory rather than a country.

A reference rate is the midpoint between what banks pay and what they charge each other. Nobody sells currency to a traveller at that rate. It is the fairest single number for comparing currencies, and that is all these tables try to do.

The 37 Currencies You Can Exchange With Matrix Forex

Before the full list, here are the currencies we deal in. Each one has two live pages: one that converts that currency into rupees, and one that starts from your rupees. The rupee figure here is the same reference rate used in the world tables below, as on 25 September 2026.

Currency	Code	Used in	1 unit in ₹ (reference)	Convert to rupees	Convert from rupees
Australian dollar	AUD	4 countries	₹67.36	AUD to INR	INR to AUD
Bahraini dinar	BHD	Bahrain	₹255.36	BHD to INR	INR to BHD
Bangladeshi taka	BDT	Bangladesh	₹0.7812	BDT to INR	INR to BDT
British pound	GBP	United Kingdom	₹126.93	GBP to INR	INR to GBP
Canadian dollar	CAD	Canada	₹67.96	CAD to INR	INR to CAD
Chinese yuan	CNY	China	₹14.29	CNY to INR	INR to CNY
Czech koruna	CZK	Czechia (Czech Republic)	₹4.48	CZK to INR	INR to CZK
Danish krone	DKK	Denmark	₹14.61	DKK to INR	INR to DKK
Egyptian pound	EGP	Egypt	₹1.86	EGP to INR	INR to EGP
Euro	EUR	27 countries	₹109.27	EUR to INR	INR to EUR
Hong Kong dollar	HKD	Hong Kong SAR, China	₹12.24	HKD to INR	INR to HKD
Indonesian rupiah	IDR	Indonesia	₹0.00536	IDR to INR	INR to IDR
Japanese yen	JPY	Japan	₹0.6051	JPY to INR	INR to JPY
Kuwaiti dinar	KWD	Kuwait	₹311.10	KWD to INR	INR to KWD
Malaysian ringgit	MYR	Malaysia	₹23.52	MYR to INR	INR to MYR
Maldivian rufiyaa	MVR	Maldives	₹6.22	MVR to INR	INR to MVR
Mauritian rupee	MUR	Mauritius	₹2.01	MUR to INR	INR to MUR
New Taiwan dollar	TWD	Taiwan	₹3.02	TWD to INR	INR to TWD
New Zealand dollar	NZD	New Zealand	₹54.36	NZD to INR	INR to NZD
Norwegian krone	NOK	Norway	₹10.10	NOK to INR	INR to NOK
Omani rial	OMR	Oman	₹249.72	OMR to INR	INR to OMR
Philippine peso	PHP	Philippines	₹1.53	PHP to INR	INR to PHP
Polish złoty	PLN	Poland	₹24.94	PLN to INR	INR to PLN
Qatari riyal	QAR	Qatar	₹26.38	QAR to INR	INR to QAR
Russian ruble	RUB	Russia	₹1.14	RUB to INR	INR to RUB
Saudi riyal	SAR	Saudi Arabia	₹25.60	SAR to INR	INR to SAR
Singapore dollar	SGD	Singapore	₹75.03	SGD to INR	INR to SGD
South African rand	ZAR	South Africa	₹5.84	ZAR to INR	INR to ZAR
South Korean won	KRW	South Korea	₹0.0702	KRW to INR	INR to KRW
Sri Lankan rupee	LKR	Sri Lanka	₹0.2911	LKR to INR	INR to LKR
Swedish krona	SEK	Sweden	₹9.68	SEK to INR	INR to SEK
Swiss franc	CHF	2 countries	₹116.01	CHF to INR	INR to CHF
Thai baht	THB	Thailand	₹2.87	THB to INR	INR to THB
Turkish lira	TRY	Türkiye (Turkey)	₹1.96	TRY to INR	INR to TRY
UAE dirham	AED	United Arab Emirates	₹26.14	AED to INR	INR to AED
US dollar	USD	7 countries	₹96.02	USD to INR	INR to USD
Vietnamese dong	VND	Vietnam	₹0.00370	VND to INR	INR to VND

Our selling rates at the time of writing

The reference rate is not what you pay. When you buy foreign currency, you pay the dealer's selling rate, which includes a margin. Here is what Matrix Forex was charging for the most requested currencies at 25 September 2026, 9:30 AM IST, before GST on the service and any tax collected at source.

Currency	Our selling rate (you buy)	What ₹1 lakh buys
US dollar	₹96.88 per 1 USD	$1,032
Euro	₹110.33 per 1 EUR	€906.4
British pound	₹128.05 per 1 GBP	£780.9
UAE dirham	₹27.02 per 1 AED	AED 3,701
Saudi riyal	₹26.45 per 1 SAR	SR 3,781
Kuwaiti dinar	₹319.20 per 1 KWD	KD 313.3
Singapore dollar	₹76.09 per 1 SGD	S$1,314
Thai baht	₹2.99 per 1 THB	฿33,474
Australian dollar	₹68.29 per 1 AUD	A$1,464
Canadian dollar	₹69.31 per 1 CAD	C$1,443
Japanese yen	₹63.10 per 100 JPY	¥158,485

These are bookable rates, not mid-market claims, and they will have moved by the time you read this. For today's figure open the currency's own page, or use the Indian Rupee Converter to see what any sum in rupees buys across all 37 at once.

Currency Names of All Countries, Region by Region

Indian Subcontinent

India's neighbours are where rupee values surprise people most. The Nepalese rupee is pegged at 1.60 to one Indian rupee, so ₹100 always gets you 160 Nepalese rupees, and Bhutan's ngultrum trades 1:1 with the rupee. The Pakistani and Sri Lankan rupees, by contrast, float freely and are worth far less.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	Afghan afghani	AFN	Af	₹1.49	67.21 AFN
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Bangladeshi taka	BDT	Tk	₹0.7812	128 BDT	Yes
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Bhutanese ngultrum (also INR)	BTN	Nu.	₹1.00	100 BTN
🇮🇳 India	Indian rupee	INR	₹	₹1.00	100 INR
🇲🇻 Maldives	Maldivian rufiyaa	MVR	Rf	₹6.22	16.08 MVR	Yes
🇳🇵 Nepal	Nepalese rupee	NPR	Rs	₹0.6250	160 NPR
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Pakistani rupee	PKR	Rs	₹0.3461	289 PKR
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan rupee	LKR	Rs	₹0.2911	344 LKR	Yes

Middle East and West Asia

This is the region with the heaviest currencies on earth. The Kuwaiti dinar was worth ₹311.10 on 25 September 2026, the Bahraini dinar ₹255.36 and the Omani rial ₹249.72. At the other end sits the Iranian rial, where one unit was worth ₹0.0000625. If you want the full ranking of the strongest ones, our guide to the highest currency in the world ranks the top ten and explains why seven of them are pegged.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇲 Armenia	Armenian dram	AMD	֏	₹0.2643	378 AMD
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani manat	AZN	₼	₹56.48	1.77 AZN
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Bahraini dinar	BHD	BD	₹255.36	0.392 BHD	Yes
🇬🇪 Georgia	Georgian lari	GEL	₾	₹36.71	2.72 GEL
🇮🇷 Iran	Iranian rial	IRR	IRR	₹0.0000625	1,600,402 IRR
🇮🇶 Iraq	Iraqi dinar	IQD	IQD	₹0.0734	1,363 IQD
🇮🇱 Israel	Israeli new shekel	ILS	₪	₹31.53	3.17 ILS
🇯🇴 Jordan	Jordanian dinar	JOD	JD	₹135.42	0.738 JOD
🇰🇼 Kuwait	Kuwaiti dinar	KWD	KD	₹311.10	0.321 KWD	Yes
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Lebanese pound	LBP	LL	₹0.00107	93,215 LBP
🇴🇲 Oman	Omani rial	OMR	RO	₹249.72	0.400 OMR	Yes
🇵🇸 Palestine	Israeli new shekel (also JOD)	ILS	₪	₹31.53	3.17 ILS
🇶🇦 Qatar	Qatari riyal	QAR	QR	₹26.38	3.79 QAR	Yes
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Saudi riyal	SAR	SR	₹25.60	3.91 SAR	Yes
🇸🇾 Syria	Syrian pound	SYP	LS	₹0.7884	127 SYP
🇹🇷 Türkiye (Turkey)	Turkish lira	TRY	₺	₹1.96	50.92 TRY	Yes
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	UAE dirham	AED	AED	₹26.14	3.82 AED	Yes
🇾🇪 Yemen	Yemeni rial	YER	YR	₹0.4059	246 YER

Southeast Asia

Three currencies here run to very large numbers. ₹100 got you about 27,028 Vietnamese dong, 23,250 Lao kip and 18,650 Indonesian rupiah on 25 September 2026. Brunei's dollar trades at par with the Singapore dollar, and the two are accepted in each other's country. In Cambodia, US dollars are used alongside the riel for most larger purchases.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇧🇳 Brunei	Brunei dollar (also SGD)	BND	B$	₹75.02	1.33 BND
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Cambodian riel (also USD)	KHR	៛	₹0.0237	4,218 KHR
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Indonesian rupiah	IDR	Rp	₹0.00536	18,650 IDR	Yes
🇱🇦 Laos	Lao kip	LAK	₭	₹0.00430	23,250 LAK
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Malaysian ringgit	MYR	RM	₹23.52	4.25 MYR	Yes
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)	Myanmar kyat	MMK	K	₹0.0457	2,189 MMK
🇵🇭 Philippines	Philippine peso	PHP	₱	₹1.53	65.42 PHP	Yes
🇸🇬 Singapore	Singapore dollar	SGD	S$	₹75.03	1.33 SGD	Yes
🇹🇭 Thailand	Thai baht	THB	฿	₹2.87	34.84 THB	Yes
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (East Timor)	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Vietnamese dong	VND	₫	₹0.00370	27,028 VND	Yes

East Asia

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇨🇳 China	Chinese yuan	CNY	¥	₹14.29	7.00 CNY	Yes
🇯🇵 Japan	Japanese yen	JPY	¥	₹0.6051	165 JPY	Yes
🇲🇳 Mongolia	Mongolian tugrik	MNT	₮	₹0.0267	3,743 MNT
🇰🇵 North Korea	North Korean won	KPW	₩	Not traded	Not traded
🇰🇷 South Korea	South Korean won	KRW	₩	₹0.0702	1,425 KRW	Yes
🇹🇼 Taiwan	New Taiwan dollar	TWD	NT$	₹3.02	33.15 TWD	Yes

North Korea's won is not traded on international markets, so there is no meaningful rupee value to give.

Central Asia

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Kazakhstani tenge	KZT	₸	₹0.2169	461 KZT
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstani som	KGS	som	₹1.10	91.10 KGS
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	Tajikistani somoni	TJS	SM	₹10.40	9.62 TJS
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	Turkmen manat	TMT	m	₹27.45	3.64 TMT
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Uzbekistani som	UZS	so'm	₹0.00812	12,309 UZS

Europe

Most of Europe now shares one currency. Bulgaria became the 21st euro area member on 1 January 2026, and six more countries use the euro without being in the EU's euro area, which is why it appears 27 times below. Switzerland and Liechtenstein share the Swiss franc, and the UK keeps the pound.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇱 Albania	Albanian lek	ALL	L	₹1.19	83.81 ALL
🇦🇩 Andorra	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇦🇹 Austria	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇧🇾 Belarus	Belarusian ruble	BYN	Br	₹31.63	3.16 BYN
🇧🇪 Belgium	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark	BAM	KM	₹55.87	1.79 BAM
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇭🇷 Croatia	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇨🇿 Czechia (Czech Republic)	Czech koruna	CZK	Kč	₹4.48	22.34 CZK	Yes
🇩🇰 Denmark	Danish krone	DKK	kr	₹14.61	6.85 DKK	Yes
🇪🇪 Estonia	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇫🇮 Finland	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇫🇷 France	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇩🇪 Germany	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇬🇷 Greece	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇭🇺 Hungary	Hungarian forint	HUF	Ft	₹0.2987	335 HUF
🇮🇸 Iceland	Icelandic krona	ISK	kr	₹0.7912	126 ISK
🇮🇪 Ireland	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇮🇹 Italy	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇽🇰 Kosovo	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇱🇻 Latvia	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	Swiss franc	CHF	CHF	₹116.01	0.862 CHF	Yes
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇲🇹 Malta	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇲🇩 Moldova	Moldovan leu	MDL	L	₹5.44	18.37 MDL
🇲🇨 Monaco	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇲🇪 Montenegro	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Macedonian denar	MKD	den	₹1.79	55.96 MKD
🇳🇴 Norway	Norwegian krone	NOK	kr	₹10.10	9.90 NOK	Yes
🇵🇱 Poland	Polish złoty	PLN	zł	₹24.94	4.01 PLN	Yes
🇵🇹 Portugal	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇷🇴 Romania	Romanian leu	RON	lei	₹20.70	4.83 RON
🇷🇺 Russia	Russian ruble	RUB	₽	₹1.14	87.99 RUB	Yes
🇸🇲 San Marino	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇷🇸 Serbia	Serbian dinar	RSD	din	₹0.9295	108 RSD
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇪🇸 Spain	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes
🇸🇪 Sweden	Swedish krona	SEK	kr	₹9.68	10.33 SEK	Yes
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Swiss franc	CHF	CHF	₹116.01	0.862 CHF	Yes
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Ukrainian hryvnia	UAH	₴	₹2.14	46.82 UAH
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	British pound	GBP	£	₹126.93	0.788 GBP	Yes
🇻🇦 Vatican City	Euro	EUR	€	₹109.27	0.915 EUR	Yes

Africa

Africa has more countries than any other region and two of the world's largest currency unions. Eight West African states share the West African CFA franc (XOF), and six Central African states share the Central African CFA franc (XAF). Both are fixed to the euro at 655.957 francs, which is why they show the same rupee value. Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini peg their currencies 1:1 to the South African rand. The rand is legal tender in Lesotho and Namibia and widely accepted in Eswatini.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇩🇿 Algeria	Algerian dinar	DZD	DA	₹0.7172	139 DZD
🇦🇴 Angola	Angolan kwanza	AOA	Kz	₹0.1037	964 AOA
🇧🇯 Benin	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇧🇼 Botswana	Botswana pula	BWP	P	₹6.93	14.44 BWP
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇧🇮 Burundi	Burundian franc	BIF	FBu	₹0.0319	3,135 BIF
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)	Cape Verdean escudo	CVE	Esc	₹0.9910	101 CVE
🇨🇲 Cameroon	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇹🇩 Chad	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇰🇲 Comoros	Comorian franc	KMF	CF	₹0.2221	450 KMF
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇨🇩 DR Congo (Kinshasa)	Congolese franc	CDF	FC	₹0.0417	2,401 CDF
🇩🇯 Djibouti	Djiboutian franc	DJF	Fdj	₹0.5403	185 DJF
🇪🇬 Egypt	Egyptian pound	EGP	E£	₹1.86	53.84 EGP	Yes
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇪🇷 Eritrea	Eritrean nakfa	ERN	Nfk	₹6.40	15.62 ERN
🇸🇿 Eswatini (Swaziland)	Swazi lilangeni (also ZAR)	SZL	E	₹5.84	17.11 SZL
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Ethiopian birr	ETB	Br	₹0.5902	169 ETB
🇬🇦 Gabon	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇬🇲 Gambia	Gambian dalasi	GMD	D	₹1.29	77.44 GMD
🇬🇭 Ghana	Ghanaian cedi	GHS	₵	₹8.30	12.05 GHS
🇬🇳 Guinea	Guinean franc	GNF	FG	₹0.0109	9,156 GNF
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇰🇪 Kenya	Kenyan shilling	KES	KSh	₹0.7415	135 KES
🇱🇸 Lesotho	Lesotho loti (also ZAR)	LSL	L	₹5.84	17.11 LSL
🇱🇷 Liberia	Liberian dollar	LRD	L$	₹0.5559	180 LRD
🇱🇾 Libya	Libyan dinar	LYD	LD	₹15.06	6.64 LYD
🇲🇬 Madagascar	Malagasy ariary	MGA	Ar	₹0.0219	4,571 MGA
🇲🇼 Malawi	Malawian kwacha	MWK	MK	₹0.0550	1,817 MWK
🇲🇱 Mali	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇲🇷 Mauritania	Mauritanian ouguiya	MRU	UM	₹2.39	41.91 MRU
🇲🇺 Mauritius	Mauritian rupee	MUR	Rs	₹2.01	49.73 MUR	Yes
🇲🇦 Morocco	Moroccan dirham	MAD	MAD	₹9.98	10.02 MAD
🇲🇿 Mozambique	Mozambican metical	MZN	MT	₹1.50	66.56 MZN
🇳🇦 Namibia	Namibian dollar (also ZAR)	NAD	N$	₹5.84	17.11 NAD
🇳🇪 Niger	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇳🇬 Nigeria	Nigerian naira	NGN	₦	₹0.0723	1,383 NGN
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	Central African CFA franc	XAF	FCFA	₹0.1666	600 XAF
🇷🇼 Rwanda	Rwandan franc	RWF	FRw	₹0.0649	1,540 RWF
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	STN	Db	₹4.46	22.42 STN
🇸🇳 Senegal	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇸🇨 Seychelles	Seychellois rupee	SCR	SRe	₹6.66	15.02 SCR
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	Sierra Leonean leone	SLE	Le	₹3.90	25.64 SLE
🇸🇴 Somalia	Somali shilling	SOS	Sh.So.	₹0.1680	595 SOS
🇿🇦 South Africa	South African rand	ZAR	R	₹5.84	17.11 ZAR	Yes
🇸🇸 South Sudan	South Sudanese pound	SSP	SSP	₹0.0170	5,898 SSP
🇸🇩 Sudan	Sudanese pound	SDG	SDG	₹0.1877	533 SDG
🇹🇿 Tanzania	Tanzanian shilling	TZS	TSh	₹0.0363	2,753 TZS
🇹🇬 Togo	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA	₹0.1666	600 XOF
🇹🇳 Tunisia	Tunisian dinar	TND	DT	₹32.51	3.08 TND
🇺🇬 Uganda	Ugandan shilling	UGX	USh	₹0.0250	4,003 UGX
🇿🇲 Zambia	Zambian kwacha	ZMW	ZK	₹4.88	20.48 ZMW
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe gold (ZiG) (also USD)	ZWG	ZiG	₹3.60	27.74 ZWG

North America, Central America and the Caribbean

Six island nations in the eastern Caribbean share the East Caribbean dollar, fixed at 2.70 to the US dollar. Panama's balboa is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar and circulates only as coins, so in practice Panama runs on dollar notes. El Salvador uses the US dollar outright.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇧🇸 Bahamas	Bahamian dollar (also USD)	BSD	B$	₹96.02	1.04 BSD
🇧🇧 Barbados	Barbadian dollar	BBD	Bds$	₹48.01	2.08 BBD
🇧🇿 Belize	Belize dollar	BZD	BZ$	₹48.01	2.08 BZD
🇨🇦 Canada	Canadian dollar	CAD	C$	₹67.96	1.47 CAD	Yes
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Costa Rican colon	CRC	₡	₹0.2118	472 CRC
🇨🇺 Cuba	Cuban peso	CUP	CUP	₹4.00	25.00 CUP
🇩🇲 Dominica	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Dominican peso	DOP	RD$	₹1.61	62.05 DOP
🇸🇻 El Salvador	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇬🇩 Grenada	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇬🇹 Guatemala	Guatemalan quetzal	GTQ	Q	₹12.57	7.96 GTQ
🇭🇹 Haiti	Haitian gourde	HTG	G	₹0.7341	136 HTG
🇭🇳 Honduras	Honduran lempira	HNL	L	₹3.57	27.98 HNL
🇯🇲 Jamaica	Jamaican dollar	JMD	J$	₹0.6076	165 JMD
🇲🇽 Mexico	Mexican peso	MXN	Mex$	₹5.43	18.41 MXN
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Nicaraguan cordoba	NIO	C$	₹2.61	38.36 NIO
🇵🇦 Panama	Panamanian balboa (also USD)	PAB	B/.	₹96.02	1.04 PAB
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$	₹35.56	2.81 XCD
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago dollar	TTD	TT$	₹14.12	7.08 TTD
🇺🇸 United States	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes

South America

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇷 Argentina	Argentine peso	ARS	AR$	₹0.0632	1,582 ARS
🇧🇴 Bolivia	Bolivian boliviano	BOB	Bs	₹8.19	12.21 BOB
🇧🇷 Brazil	Brazilian real	BRL	R$	₹18.55	5.39 BRL
🇨🇱 Chile	Chilean peso	CLP	CLP$	₹0.0997	1,003 CLP
🇨🇴 Colombia	Colombian peso	COP	COL$	₹0.0294	3,400 COP
🇪🇨 Ecuador	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇬🇾 Guyana	Guyanese dollar	GYD	G$	₹0.4592	218 GYD
🇵🇾 Paraguay	Paraguayan guarani	PYG	₲	₹0.0162	6,177 PYG
🇵🇪 Peru	Peruvian sol	PEN	S/	₹28.26	3.54 PEN
🇸🇷 Suriname	Surinamese dollar	SRD	Sr$	₹2.53	39.48 SRD
🇺🇾 Uruguay	Uruguayan peso	UYU	$U	₹2.39	41.83 UYU
🇻🇪 Venezuela	Venezuelan bolívar	VES	Bs.	₹0.1122	891 VES

Ecuador gave up its sucre for the US dollar in 2000 and has used it since.

Oceania and the Pacific

Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu use the Australian dollar, and three Pacific states with compacts with the United States, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau, use the US dollar.

Country	Currency name	Code	Symbol	1 unit in ₹	₹100 gets you	We exchange it
🇦🇺 Australia	Australian dollar	AUD	A$	₹67.36	1.48 AUD	Yes
🇫🇯 Fiji	Fijian dollar	FJD	FJ$	₹43.09	2.32 FJD
🇰🇮 Kiribati	Australian dollar	AUD	A$	₹67.36	1.48 AUD	Yes
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇫🇲 Micronesia	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇳🇷 Nauru	Australian dollar	AUD	A$	₹67.36	1.48 AUD	Yes
🇳🇿 New Zealand	New Zealand dollar	NZD	NZ$	₹54.36	1.84 NZD	Yes
🇵🇼 Palau	US dollar	USD	$	₹96.02	1.04 USD	Yes
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinean kina	PGK	K	₹21.43	4.67 PGK
🇼🇸 Samoa	Samoan tala	WST	T	₹35.21	2.84 WST
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands dollar	SBD	SI$	₹11.99	8.34 SBD
🇹🇴 Tonga	Tongan paanga	TOP	T$	₹40.24	2.49 TOP
🇹🇻 Tuvalu	Australian dollar	AUD	A$	₹67.36	1.48 AUD	Yes
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	Vanuatu vatu	VUV	Vt	₹0.8121	123 VUV

Why 197 Countries Need Only 143 Currencies

The count of currencies is smaller than the count of countries because many countries have chosen not to run a currency of their own. There are three ways this happens.

A currency union. Several countries agree to share one currency and one central bank. The euro is the biggest example, followed by the two CFA francs in Africa and the East Caribbean dollar.

Adopting someone else's currency. A country simply uses another country's money. Ecuador, El Salvador, Timor-Leste, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau use the US dollar. Montenegro and Kosovo use the euro. Economists call it dollarisation, and it usually follows a period of very high inflation.

A currency board or peg. The country keeps its own notes but fixes their value to a larger currency. The Nepalese rupee to the Indian rupee, the Brunei dollar to the Singapore dollar, and the Gulf currencies to the US dollar all work this way. The UAE dirham, for example, has been held at 3.6725 to the dollar since 1997.

Pegs matter to anyone converting rupees. A pegged currency moves against the rupee exactly as the currency it is pegged to does. When the rupee weakens against the dollar, the dirham, riyal and Omani rial all get more expensive in rupees by the same amount on the same day. Our explainer on why the exchange rate changes every day covers what moves the rupee itself.

Currency Names That Repeat Around the World

A name alone rarely tells you which currency someone means. These names are shared by several unrelated currencies, each with its own value.

Name	How many currencies carry it	Examples, with 1 unit in ₹ on 25 September 2026
Dollar	19	US dollar ₹96.02 Singapore dollar ₹75.03 Jamaican dollar ₹0.6076
Franc	9	Swiss franc ₹116.01 West African CFA franc ₹0.1666 Guinean franc ₹0.0109
Dinar	8	Kuwaiti dinar ₹311.10 Jordanian dinar ₹135.42 Serbian dinar ₹0.9295
Peso	8	Mexican peso ₹5.43 Philippine peso ₹1.53 Colombian peso ₹0.0294
Rupee	6	Mauritian rupee ₹2.01 Nepalese rupee ₹0.6250 Pakistani rupee ₹0.3461
Pound	6	British pound ₹126.93 Egyptian pound ₹1.86 Lebanese pound ₹0.00107
Rial or riyal	5	Omani rial ₹249.72 Saudi riyal ₹25.60 Iranian rial ₹0.0000625

Source: ISO 4217 list published 17 September 2026 for names and codes; reference rates from ExchangeRate-API, 25 September 2026, 5:32 AM IST, cross-checked against the European Central Bank.

Most of these names are old. Dollar comes from the thaler, a silver coin minted in Bohemia in the 1500s. Dinar and dinero trace back to the Roman denarius. Rupee comes from the Sanskrit rupya, wrought silver, and gave its name to money from Mauritius to Indonesia. If you are curious how the Indian and Pakistani rupees split apart after 1947, we wrote a separate piece on the Indian rupee versus the Pakistani rupee.

What the Three Letters in a Currency Code Mean

Every currency has a three-letter code set by the ISO 4217 standard, which the International Organization for Standardization maintains through SIX Group in Switzerland. The pattern is simple once you see it.

• The first two letters are the country's own ISO code: IN for India, US for the United States, AE for the UAE.
• The third letter is usually the first letter of the currency's name: R for rupee, D for dollar or dinar.
• So INR is India's rupee, USD is the United States' dollar, and KWD is Kuwait's dinar.
• Codes beginning with X belong to no single country. XOF and XAF are the two CFA francs, XCD is the East Caribbean dollar, and XAU is an ounce of gold.

Codes solve the problem the name table above creates. "Dollar" could mean 19 different currencies, but CAD can only mean the Canadian one. That is why your forex invoice, your bank's SWIFT message and the board at the airport all use codes. You can check any code against the official list on the ISO 4217 page or download the current file from SIX Group.

Mistakes People Make With World Currency Lists

Treating the list rate as the rate you will pay. A reference rate is a midpoint. Any exchange, bank or card adds a margin on top, and the gap is wider for less traded currencies. Always compare a bookable rate, one you can actually transact at, and ask what is included.

Assuming a shared name means a shared value. A dinar in Kuwait is worth over three hundred rupees. A dinar in Iraq is worth a few paise. Check the code, not the name.

Carrying US dollars everywhere. Dollars are welcome in some countries on this list and useless in others. Our country-by-country guide to using US dollars abroad covers where they work.

Forgetting the rules on the Indian side. For most destinations, up to the equivalent of USD 3,000 per trip can be carried out of India as foreign currency notes, and the rest goes on a forex card or as a transfer. Every resident can send up to USD 250,000 abroad per financial year under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme. For most purposes, tax collected at source applies once your remittances under the scheme cross ₹10 lakh in a financial year (overseas tour packages follow a different rule), and it is credited back against your income tax. Our guides on RBI rules for carrying currency abroad and TCS on forex have the detail, and the Reserve Bank of India publishes the master directions.

Using an old list. Currencies change more often than people expect. Croatia moved to the euro in 2023, Bulgaria in 2026, Sierra Leone knocked three zeros off the leone in 2022, Zimbabwe launched the Zimbabwe gold (ZiG) in 2024, and Syria knocked two zeros off its pound on 1 January 2026, which is why some converters still show a Syrian pound worth a hundredth of the one above. A list older than a year or two will have mistakes in it. This one was checked against the ISO file published on 17 September 2026.

How the Rupee Compares With Other Countries' Currencies

One rupee buys less than one unit of most major currencies, because the rupee is a small unit, not because it is weak in a wider sense. Unit value mostly reflects history: where a currency started, and whether it was ever redenominated. On 25 September 2026, ₹100 was worth 1.04 US dollars and 0.915 euros, but also 160 Nepalese rupees, 289 Pakistani rupees and 344 Sri Lankan rupees.

So the rupee buys more than one unit in many of the countries Indians travel to most, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Japan, South Korea and much of Africa and South America. If you want the full picture of where the rupee stands and how it has moved in 2026, our piece on the ranking of Indian currency in the world covers it, and the list of the lowest currency in the world shows where a rupee goes furthest.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the currency names of all countries?

The 197 countries in our list use 143 national currencies. The most common names are the dollar (19 currencies), the franc (9), the dinar (8), the peso (8), the rupee (6) and the pound (6). The euro is the most widely shared single currency, used in 27 countries. The full country-by-country list, with codes, symbols and the value of each currency in Indian rupees as of 25 September 2026, is in the tables on this page.

How many currencies are there in the world?

The 197 sovereign countries covered here use 143 different national currencies, because several groups of countries share one: 27 use the euro, 14 use one of the two CFA francs, 6 use the East Caribbean dollar and 7 use the US dollar as their only currency. The official ISO 4217 list, published 17 September 2026, carries 178 active codes, since it also includes currencies of dependent territories, precious metals such as gold (XAU) and special fund codes.

Which countries use the rupee as their currency?

Six countries have a currency called the rupee: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius and Seychelles. Each is a separate currency with its own value. Bhutan's ngultrum is pegged 1:1 to the Indian rupee and the Indian rupee circulates there alongside it, while the Nepalese rupee is pegged at 1.60 to one Indian rupee. The Indonesian rupiah and the Maldivian rufiyaa share the same Sanskrit root, rupya, meaning wrought silver.

What is the value of Indian currency in other countries?

At reference rates on 25 September 2026, ₹100 is worth about 1.04 US dollars, 0.92 euros, 0.79 British pounds, 3.82 UAE dirhams, 34.8 Thai baht, 160 Nepalese rupees and 27,028 Vietnamese dong. The value changes every trading day, and the rate you actually pay when buying currency includes the dealer's margin, so check a live bookable rate before you exchange.

Which countries use the euro?

27 countries use the euro. 21 are European Union members in the euro area: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Bulgaria is the newest, from 1 January 2026. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City use it by agreement with the EU, and Montenegro and Kosovo use it without a formal agreement.

Where can I find all country currency rates in Indian rupees?

The tables on this page list the value of every country's currency in Indian rupees as reference rates on 25 September 2026. For the 37 currencies Matrix Forex exchanges, each has a live converter page in both directions that shows the rate you can book today, and the Indian Rupee Converter shows what a sum in rupees buys in all 37 at once.

What does a currency code like USD or INR mean?

Currency codes come from the ISO 4217 standard. The first two letters are usually the country's ISO code and the third is usually the first letter of the currency's name, so INR is India plus rupee and USD is United States plus dollar. Codes that start with X belong to no single country, such as XOF for the West African CFA franc, XCD for the East Caribbean dollar and XAU for gold.

Buying Any of These in India

Matrix Forex is an RBI-authorised Category-II Authorised Dealer, and we exchange 37 currencies, 36 of them marked "Yes" in the country tables and all 37 in the list near the top. You can buy currency notes, load a forex card or send money abroad at a rate you can book, with delivery to your door in the cities we serve. Each currency has a converter page in both directions, and the Indian Rupee Converter shows what your rupees buy in all 37 at once. When you are ready, start from buy forex and our desk will call you to confirm the rate and delivery.