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Official Exchange Rate by African country

2025

Official local currency units per US dollar.

Africa, 202543 of 54 countries
—no continental figure: local currencies do not compare
Countries43 with a 2025 figure, each in its own currencyReported in 202543 of 54 countries surveyed
Only pinned countries are drawn — pin more at the right.
06,25012,50018,75025,0002014201720212025Nigeria1,518Kenya129.3South Africa17.9
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Each country is in its own currencyA figure here is only comparable with the same country in another year. There is no map, no ranking and no continental figure for that reason — the line and the table are the honest views.
Eleven countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania and 6 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Official Exchange RateOfficial local currency units per US dollar.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitlocal currency per US$
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1960–2025
Coverage43 of 54 countries · 43 reported, 0 modelled, 11 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 43 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Official Exchange Rate". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/exchange-rate
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=official_exchange_rate_lcu_per_usd&country_code=KE&start_year=2014

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Official Exchange Rate, country by country

54 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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