WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries’ department’s currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
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May 21, 2026
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Currency units per SDR SDR per Currency unit
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Currency 20-May-26 19-May-26 18-May-26 15-May-26
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Chinese yuan 9.29843 9.30051 9.29861 9.30917
Euro 1.17778 1.17639 1.17354 1.17673
Japanese yen 217.23 217.333 217.276 216.875
U.K. pound 1.01988 1.01962 1.02404 1.02245
U.S. dollar 1.36623 1.36696 1.36694 1.3683
Algerian dinar 181.617 181.448 181.502 181.617
Australian dollar 1.92345 1.91666 1.91663 1.91103
Botswana pula 18.1197 18.0815 18.1292
Brazilian real 6.87144 6.88568 6.8466 6.93015
Brunei dollar 1.75082 1.74971 1.75119 1.74759
Canadian dollar 1.8787 1.88053 1.88168
Chilean peso 1,239.86 1,232.44 1,239.38 1,219.15
Czech koruna 28.6402 28.5763 28.55 28.6384
Danish krone 8.80181 8.79121 8.77031
Indian rupee 132.311 131.7 131.629 131.254
Israeli New Shekel 3.98939 3.97512 3.98874 3.98995
Korean won 2,054.53 2,055.09 2,050.14 2,041.22
Kuwaiti dinar 0.419159 0.419384 0.419377
Malaysian ringgit 5.43484 5.43298 5.437 5.39724
Mauritian rupee 65.0258 65.0915 65.1385 65.1674
Mexican peso 23.6273 23.7808 23.6383 23.7368
New Zealand dollar 2.34585 2.33349 2.34447 2.32585
Norwegian krone 12.6776 12.662 12.6748 12.7615
Omani rial 0.525315 0.525597 0.525588
Peruvian sol 4.67797 4.68731 4.68314 4.66999
Philippine peso 84.2936 84.3825 84.3185 84.139
Polish zloty 5.01527 4.9849 4.98264 4.9977
Qatari riyal 4.97307 4.97574 4.97567
Saudi Arabian riyal 5.12334 5.1261 5.12602
Singapore dollar 1.75082 1.74971 1.75119 1.74759
Swedish krona 12.8113 12.8332 12.8462 12.9228
Swiss franc 1.07884 1.07594 1.07455 1.07302
Thai baht 44.7015 44.5833 44.6989 44.5135
Trinidadian dollar 9.21982 9.21226 9.20099
U.A.E. dirham 5.01746 5.02016 5.02011
Uruguayan peso 54.6696 55.0897 55.1383
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NOTES
(1) The value of the U.S. dollar in terms of the SDR is the recip rocal of the sum of the dollar values, based on market exchange rates, of specified quant ities of the first four currencies shown. See SDR Valuation.
The value in terms of the SDR of each of the other currencies shown above is derived from that currency’s representative exchange rate against the U.S. dollar as reported by the issuing central bank and the SDR value of the U.S. dollar, except for the Iranian rial and the Libyan dinar, the values of which are officially expressed directly in terms of domestic currency units per SDR. All figures are rounded to six significant digits. See Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies.
(2) The value in terms of each national currency of the SDR is the reciprocal of the value in terms of the SDR of each national currency, rounded to six significant digits.
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