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Listed below is a table of historical exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, at present the most widely traded currency in the world.[1] An exchange rate represents the value of one currency in another. An exchange rate between two currencies fluctuates over time. The value of a currency relative to a third currency may be obtained by dividing one U.S. dollar rate by another. For example, if there are ¥120 to the dollar and €1.2 to the dollar then the number of yen per euro is 120/1.2 = 100.
The magnitude of the numbers in the list do not indicate, by themselves, the strength or weakness of a particular currency. For example, the U.S. dollar could be rebased tomorrow so that 1 new dollar was worth 100 old dollars. Then all the numbers in the table would be multiplied by one hundred, but it does not mean all the world's currencies just got weaker. However it is useful to look at the variation over time of a particular exchange rate. If the number consistently increases through time, then it is a strong indication that the economy of the country or countries using that currency are in a less robust state than that of the United States (see e.g., the Turkish lira). The exchange rates of advanced economies, such as those of Japan or Hong Kong, against the dollar tend to fluctuate up and down, representing much shorter-term relative economic strengths, rather than move consistently in a particular direction.
The data is taken from varying times of the year or may be the average for the whole year. Some of the data for the years 1997-2002 refers to the rate on, or close to, January 1 of that year. Some of the data for 2003 refers to rates on May 28 for countries beginning with A-E, and June 2 for countries listed F-Z. Exchange rates can vary considerably even within a year and so current rates may differ markedly from those shown here. Caveat lector.
^On January 1, 2003 the Afghan afghani was rebased. 1 new afghani equals 1000 AFA. In this table the AFN is used throughout.
^In December 1999 the Angolan kwanza was rebased. 1 new kwanza equals 1 million old kwanza. In this table the new kwanza is used throughout.
^The East Caribbean dollar has been pegged at a fixed rate of 2.76 to the dollar since 1976.
^The Argentine peso was pegged at equal parity to the U.S. dollar from January 1992 to January 2002. Since then it has been allowed to float freely.
^The Aruban florin has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1986.
^On January 1, 2000 the Belarusian ruble was rebased. One new ruble is worth 2,000 old rubles. The new ruble is used throughout in this table.
^The Communaute Financiere Africaine franc is pegged to the euro. Before 1999, it was pegged to the French Franc.
^The Bhutan ngultrum is at par with the Indian rupee which is also legal tender.
^From October 1994 through 14 January 1999, the official Brazilian rate was determined by a managed float; since 15 January 1999, the official rate floats independently with respect to the U.S. dollar.
^The Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singaporean dollar.
^The Bulgarian lev was rebased on July 5, 1999. 1000 old levs are worth 1 new lev. New levs are used throughout this table.
^Prior to January 1999, the official rate was pegged to the French franc at 75 Comorian francs per French franc; since 1 January 1999, the Comorian franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comorian francs per euro.
^On June 30, 1998 the Congolese franc was introduced, replacing the new zaire
^The official, nonconvertible rate, for international transactions, is 1 Cuban peso per U.S. dollar - 1.0000; the convertible peso sold for domestic use is fixed at a rate of 1.00 U.S. dollar per 27 pesos by the Government of Cuba (January 2002).
^The Djiboutian franc has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1973.
^East Timor has been using the U.S. dollar since independence from Indonesia in 2002.
^On March 13, 2000, the Ecuadorian National Congress approved a new exchange system whereby the U.S. dollar was adopted as the main legal tender in Ecuador for all purposes; on March 20, 2000, the Central Bank of Ecuador started to exchange sucres for U.S. dollars at a fixed rate of 25,000 sucres per US dollar; since April 30, 2000, all transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars, figures quoted in the table are in sucres for simplicity.
^Since January 2001 the U.S. dollar is also become legal tender in El Savalador; the exchange rate was then fixed at 8.75 colones per U.S. dollar. From 1993 the rate had been fixed at 8.755.
^From 1997 to 2001, Iran had a multi-exchange-rate system; one of these rates, the official floating exchange rate, by which most essential goods were imported, averaged 1,750 rials per U.S. dollar; in March 2002, the multi-exchange-rate system was converged into one rate at about 7,900 rials per U.S. dollar.
^Official rate, pre-2002 devaluation, market rate was around 1.5 dinar per U.S. dollar.
^Prior to 2002, Lithuanian litas was pegged to the U.S. dollar, now pegged to the euro.
^Pegged to the Hong Kong dollar at a rate of 1.03 patacas per HK dollar.
^The figures quoted are the official rate. The Myanma kyat is much weaker on the black market. At the end of 2000, the black market rate was 435 kyat to the dollar.
^Unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/U.S. dollar to nearly 970 kyat/U.S. dollar, and by end of year 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/U.S. dollar; data shown for 2005 and before are official exchange rates.
^The Romanian leu was redenominated in on July 1, 2005. 1 new leu (code: RON) is worth 10,000 old lei (code: ROL). All quoted figures refer to new lei, and are based on the National Bank average yearly rate : [1].
^The new unit of exchange was introduced on October 30, 2000, with one somoni equal to 1,000 of the old Tajikistani rubles.
^The commercial rate was 19,800 Turkemen manat per U.S. dollar.
^Official rate, market rate 2.15 Venezuelan Bolivar "Fuerte" per U.S. dollar
^Venezuelan currency redenomination, the ISO code to identify Venezuelan Bolivar changed from the VEB to VEF, in force as of January 1, 2008, while the Numeric Code changed from 862 to 937. Three zeroes will be dropped from the Venezuelan currency which will be temporarily denominated “Bolivar Fuerte”, reverting again to “Bolivar” once the Central Bank of Venezuela determines the transitional period has elapsed [2].