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Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, end period) by country

Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. This series shows the end period value of local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
18,935 LCU per US$, end period
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
1 LCU per US$, end period
Zimbabwe
Median
288.5 LCU per US$, end period
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,451

What the numbers show

Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, end period) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 18,935 LCU per US$, end period in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 1 LCU per US$, end period in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 288.5 LCU per US$, end period, and the mean is 999.06 LCU per US$, end period.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,935.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 259.8%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 32.9%).

Official exchange rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 18,935 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 109.9% volatile
2 Guinea 5,793 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 191.4% volatile
3 Zambia 5,117 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 33.6% volatile
4 Sierra Leone 3,816 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 76.6% volatile
5 Madagascar 2,247 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 69.5% volatile
6 Uganda 2,111 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 22.2% volatile
7 Tanzania 1,572 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 71.5% volatile
8 Burundi 1,000 LCU per US$, end period 2005 up 259.8% volatile
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 910.65 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 190.4% volatile
10 Rwanda 604.14 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 31.9% volatile
11 Guinea-Bissau 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% volatile
11 Mali 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Togo 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Equatorial Guinea 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Senegal 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Chad 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Gabon 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Cote d'Ivoire 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Benin 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Cameroon 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Burkina Faso 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Congo 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
11 Central African Republic 506.96 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
24 Niger 481.6 LCU per US$, end period 2007 down 19.6% rising
25 Comoros 380.22 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 31.9% rising
26 Mauritania 288.5 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 9.2% volatile
27 Djibouti 177.72 LCU per US$, end period 2006 up 0.0% flat
28 Malawi 163.75 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 143.3% volatile
29 Nigeria 158.27 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 40.1% volatile
30 Angola 95.27 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 62.4% volatile
31 Kenya 85.07 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 8.2% volatile
32 Cape Verde 84.99 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 32.1% rising
33 Algeria 73.72 LCU per US$, end period 2010 down 2.2% volatile
34 Liberia 72.5 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 46.5% volatile
35 Gambia 30.24 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 78.6% volatile
36 Mauritius 29.33 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 3.5% volatile
37 Mozambique 27.31 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 17.1% volatile
38 Ethiopia 17.21 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 101.1% volatile
39 Eritrea 15.38 LCU per US$, end period 2009 up 60.2% rising
40 Seychelles 13.72 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 138.6% rising
41 Morocco 8.25 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 28.6% rising
42 Lesotho 8.14 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 32.9% volatile
42 South Africa 8.14 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 32.9% volatile
42 Eswatini 8.14 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 32.9% volatile
42 Namibia 8.14 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 32.9% volatile
46 Botswana 7.53 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 7.8% volatile
47 Egypt 5.35 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 19.1% rising
48 Sudan 2.68 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 2.4% volatile
49 Ghana 1.55 LCU per US$, end period 2011 up 111.8% volatile
50 Tunisia 1.43 LCU per US$, end period 2011 down 2.7% rising
51 Zimbabwe 1 LCU per US$, end period 2011 unchanged flat

About this data

Indicator
Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, end period)
Unit
LCU per US$, end period
Source
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 2,451 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. This series shows the end period value of local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar.