The map above shows the most common names of currency units used around the world. It’s not just Americans who uses dollars, British who use pounds, Mexicans who use Pesos or Indians who use Rupees.
Dollar (normally represented using the $ sign & generally subdivided into 100 cents):
- United States
- Canada
- Australia (Pound until 1966)
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- New Zealand
- Liberia
- Jamaica
- Namibia
Peso (normally represented using the $ sign & generally subdivided into 100 centavo)
- Mexico
- Philippines
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Uruguay
Pound/Lira (often represented using the £ sign & generally subdivided into 100 pence or piastre):
- United Kingdom (also: Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, & Gibraltar)
- Turkey (lira using ₺)
- Egypt
- Lebanon (lira in Arabic)
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Syria (lira in Arabic)
Euro [represented using the € sign & subdivided into 100 cent] (former currency unit name):
- Austria (schilling)
- Belgium (franc)
- Cyprus (pound)
- Estonia (kroon)
- Finland (markka)
- France (franc)
- Germany (mark)
- Greece (drachma)
- Ireland (pound)
- Italy (lira)
- Latvia (lats)
- Lithuania (litas)
- Luxembourg (franc)
- Malta (lira)
- Netherlands (guilder)
- Portugal (escudo)
- Slovakia (koruna)
- Slovenia (tolar)
- Spain (peseta)
Also replaced: Monaco (franc) and Vatican (lira).
Rial (no standard symbol or subdivision name)
- Iran
- Oman
- Yemen
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
Dinar (no standard symbol or subdivision name)
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Macedonia
- Serbia
- Tunisia
Franc (no standard symbol, although ₣ sometimes used, normally subdivided into 100 centimes)
- Switzerland
- Liechtenstein
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Guinea
- Comoros
- Rwanda
- Central African CFA franc: (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)
- West African CFA franc: (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo)
- CFP franc: (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)
Crown (Often represented by kr sign and subdivided into 100 ore)
- Czech Republic
- Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland)
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
Guilder (no standard symbol or subdivision name)
- Poland (Złoty)
- Hungary (forint)
- Netherlands Antillean guilder: (Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius)
Rupee (No standard symbol, ₹ used in India & normally not subdivided)
- India
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Nepal
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka
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Totok says
Indonesian currency is Rupiah not Rupee. Cheers
Jack says
Does peso not mean the same as lira and pound?
Daniel Badaró says
No lira and pound came from pound or libra, that is a weight unit. Peso means weight. they are indirectly related as Peso referred to “the weight of one pound”.
Drauzio Junior says
The rial currency has the same meaning of the Real currency of Brazil.
Daniel Badaró says
No, old Spanish real/riyal name come for royal (related to king), while Brazilian real comes from real(ity), term used previously to the creation of the currency; at the time they refereed to “real value” of the currency, so when was created, kept the name.
Godavarthi says
Indian rupee (₹) is subdivided into Pisa. One rupee (₹) is equal to 100 Pisa
Parselis Hall says
Qatari rials are subdivided into 100 dirhams. Omani rials are subdivided into 1000 baisas.