The Ultimate Money and Currency Report for Kids

Money can be fun! Did you know that different countries around the world use different kinds of money? In the United States, we use dollars, but in Ireland they use the Euro and in India they use the rupee.

All About Currency and Exchange Rates

Currency, simply put, is money. Each country in the world uses a specific type of money to pay for things. The value of money in each country depends on many things. The country’s economy along with the value of money in other countries can influence what a country’s currency is woth. To put it simply, an exchange rate is how much it costs to buy one currency with another currency. For instance, you may be able to buy 80 Japanese Yen with one US dollar. This rate can change from day to day based on economies.

To learn more about currency and exchange rates, visit these sites:

Money Lesson Plans and Activities

There are plenty of fun activities to help you understand how money works. These lesson plans and activities are designed just for kids!

Currency Chart

Have you ever wondered what the dollar is called in China or Germany? This handy currency chart tells you the name of each type of currency in the world!

AED United Arab Emirates dirham United Arab Emirates
AFN Afghan afghani Afghanistan
ALL Albanian lek Albania
AMD Armenian dram Armenia
ANG Netherlands Antillean guilder Netherlands Antilles
AOA Angolan kwanza Angola
ARS Argentine peso Argentina
AUD Australian dollar Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands , Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu
AWG Aruban florin Aruba
AZN Azerbaijani manat Azerbaijan
BAM Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark Bosnia and Herzegovina
BBD Barbados dollar Barbados
BDT Bangladeshi taka Bangladesh
BGN Bulgarian lev Bulgaria
BHD Bahraini dinar Bahrain
BIF Burundian franc Burundi
BMD Bermudian dollar (customarily known as Bermuda dollar) Bermuda
BND Brunei dollar Brunei, Singapore
BOB Boliviano Bolivia
BOV Bolivian Mvdol Bolivia
BRL Brazilian real Brazil
BSD Bahamian dollar Bahamas
BTN Bhutanese ngultrum Bhutan
BWP Botswana pula Botswana
BYR Belarusian ruble Belarus
BZD Belize dollar Belize
CAD Canadian dollar Canada
CDF Congolese franc Democratic Republic of Congo
CHE WIR Bank (complementary currency) Switzerland
CHF Swiss franc Switzerland, Liechtenstein
CHW WIR Bank (complementary currency) Switzerland
CLF Unidad de Fomento (funds code) Chile
CLP Chilean peso Chile
CNY Chinese yuan China (Mainland)
COP Colombian peso Colombia
COU Unidad de Valor Real Colombia
CRC Costa Rican colon Costa Rica
CUC Cuban convertible peso Cuba
CUP Cuban peso Cuba
CVE Cape Verde escudo Cape Verde
CZK Czech koruna Czech Republic
DJF Djiboutian franc Djibouti
DKK Danish krone Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland
DOP Dominican peso Dominican Republic
DZD Algerian dinar Algeria
EEK Estonian kroon Estonia
EGP Egyptian pound Egypt
ERN Eritrean nakfa Eritrea
ETB Ethiopian birr Ethiopia
EUR Euro 16 European Union countries, Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Vatican City 
FJD Fiji dollar Fiji
FKP Falkland Islands pound Falkland Islands
GBP Pound sterling United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), some British Overseas Territories (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory)
GEL Georgian lari Georgia
GHS Ghanaian cedi Ghana
GIP Gibraltar pound Gibraltar
GMD Gambian dalasi Gambia
GNF Guinean franc Guinea
GTQ Guatemalan quetzal Guatemala
GYD Guyanese dollar Guyana
HKD Hong Kong dollar Hong Kong Special Administrative Region , Macau Special Administrative Region
HNL Honduran lempira Honduras
HRK Croatian kuna Croatia
HTG Haitian gourde Haiti
HUF Hungarian forint Hungary
IDR Indonesian rupiah Indonesia
ILS Israeli new sheqel Israel
INR Indian rupee Bhutan, India, Nepal
IQD Iraqi dinar Iraq
IRR Iranian rial Iran
ISK Icelandic króna Iceland
JMD Jamaican dollar Jamaica
JOD Jordanian dinar Jordan
JPY Japanese yen Japan
KES Kenyan shilling Kenya
KGS Kyrgyzstani som Kyrgyzstan
KHR Cambodian riel Cambodia
KMF Comoro franc Comoros
KPW North Korean won North Korea
KRW South Korean won South Korea
KWD Kuwaiti dinar Kuwait
KYD Cayman Islands dollar Cayman Islands
KZT Kazakhstani tenge Kazakhstan
LAK Lao kip Laos
LBP Lebanese pound Lebanon
LKR Sri Lanka rupee Sri Lanka
LRD Liberian dollar Liberia
LSL Lesotho loti Lesotho
LTL Lithuanian litas Lithuania
LVL Latvian lats Latvia
LYD Libyan dinar Libya
MAD Moroccan dirham Morocco, Western Sahara
MDL Moldovan leu Moldova (except Transnistria)
MGA Malagasy ariary Madagascar
MKD Macedonian denar Republic of Macedonia
MMK Myanma kyat Myanmar
MNT Mongolian tugrik Mongolia
MOP Macanese pataca Macau Special Administrative Region
MRO Mauritanian ouguiya Mauritania
MUR Mauritian rupee Mauritius
MVR Maldivian rufiyaa Maldives
MWK Malawian kwacha Malawi
MXN Mexican peso Mexico
MXV Mexican Unidad de Inversion (UDI) (funds code) Mexico
MYR Malaysian ringgit Malaysia
MZN Mozambican metical Mozambique
NAD Namibian dollar Namibia
NGN Nigerian naira Nigeria
NIO Cordoba oro Nicaragua
NOK Norwegian krone Norway, Bouvet Island, Queen Maud Land, Peter I Island
NPR Nepalese rupee Nepal
NZD New Zealand dollar Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn , Tokelau
OMR Omani rial Oman
PAB Panamanian balboa Panama
PEN Peruvian nuevo sol Peru
PGK Papua New Guinean kina Papua New Guinea
PHP Philippine peso Philippines
PKR Pakistani rupee Pakistan
PLN Polish z?oty Poland
PYG Paraguayan guaraní Paraguay
QAR Qatari rial Qatar
RON Romanian new leu Romania
RSD Serbian dinar Serbia
RUB Russian rouble Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
RWF Rwandan franc Rwanda
SAR Saudi riyal Saudi Arabia
SBD Solomon Islands dollar Solomon Islands
SCR Seychelles rupee Seychelles
SDG Sudanese pound Sudan
SEK Swedish krona/kronor Sweden
SGD Singapore dollar Singapore, Brunei
SHP Saint Helena pound Saint Helena
SLL Sierra Leonean leone Sierra Leone
SOS Somali shilling Somalia (except Somaliland)
SRD Surinamese dollar Suriname
STD São Tomé and Príncipe dobra São Tomé and Príncipe
SYP Syrian pound Syria
SZL Lilangeni Swaziland
THB Thai baht Thailand
TJS Tajikistani somoni Tajikistan
TMT Turkmenistani manat Turkmenistan
TND Tunisian dinar Tunisia
TOP Tongan pa?anga Tonga
TRY Turkish lira Turkey, Northern Cyprus
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar Trinidad and Tobago
TWD New Taiwan dollar Taiwan and other islands that are under the effective control of the Republic of China (ROC)
TZS Tanzanian shilling Tanzania
UAH Ukrainian hryvnia Ukraine
UGX Ugandan shilling Uganda
USD United States dollar American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Haiti, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Timor-Leste , Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Virgin Islands, Bermuda (as well as Bermudian Dollar )
USN United States dollar (next day) (funds code) United States
UYU Uruguayan peso Uruguay
UZS Uzbekistan som Uzbekistan
VEF Venezuelan bolívar fuerte Venezuela
VND Vietnamese ??ng Vietnam
VUV Vanuatu vatu Vanuatu
WST Samoan tala Samoa
XAF CFA franc BEAC Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
YER Yemen rail Yemen
ZAR South African rand South Africa
ZMK Zambian kwacha Zambia
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar Zimbabwe
XCD East Caribbean dollar
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
XOF CFA Franc BCEAO Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
XPF CFP franc French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna