WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries’ department’s currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
======================================================================================May 21, 2026====================================================================================== Currency units per SDR SDR per Currency unit======================================================================================Currency 20-May-26 19-May-26 18-May-26 15-May-26======================================================================================Chinese yuan 9.29843 9.30051 9.29861 9.30917Euro 1.17778 1.17639 1.17354 1.17673Japanese yen 217.23 217.333 217.276 216.875U.K. pound 1.01988 1.01962 1.02404 1.02245U.S. dollar 1.36623 1.36696 1.36694 1.3683Algerian dinar 181.617 181.448 181.502 181.617Australian dollar 1.92345 1.91666 1.91663 1.91103Botswana pula 18.1197 18.0815 18.1292Brazilian real 6.87144 6.88568 6.8466 6.93015Brunei dollar 1.75082 1.74971 1.75119 1.74759Canadian dollar 1.8787 1.88053 1.88168Chilean peso 1,239.86 1,232.44 1,239.38 1,219.15Czech koruna 28.6402 28.5763 28.55 28.6384Danish krone 8.80181 8.79121 8.77031Indian rupee 132.311 131.7 131.629 131.254Israeli New Shekel 3.98939 3.97512 3.98874 3.98995Korean won 2,054.53 2,055.09 2,050.14 2,041.22Kuwaiti dinar 0.419159 0.419384 0.419377Malaysian ringgit 5.43484 5.43298 5.437 5.39724Mauritian rupee 65.0258 65.0915 65.1385 65.1674Mexican peso 23.6273 23.7808 23.6383 23.7368New Zealand dollar 2.34585 2.33349 2.34447 2.32585Norwegian krone 12.6776 12.662 12.6748 12.7615Omani rial 0.525315 0.525597 0.525588Peruvian sol 4.67797 4.68731 4.68314 4.66999Philippine peso 84.2936 84.3825 84.3185 84.139Polish zloty 5.01527 4.9849 4.98264 4.9977Qatari riyal 4.97307 4.97574 4.97567Saudi Arabian riyal 5.12334 5.1261 5.12602Singapore dollar 1.75082 1.74971 1.75119 1.74759Swedish krona 12.8113 12.8332 12.8462 12.9228Swiss franc 1.07884 1.07594 1.07455 1.07302Thai baht 44.7015 44.5833 44.6989 44.5135Trinidadian dollar 9.21982 9.21226 9.20099U.A.E. dirham 5.01746 5.02016 5.02011Uruguayan peso 54.6696 55.0897 55.1383======================================================================================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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