This entry provides the average annual price of a country's monetary unit for the time period specified, expressed in units of local currency per US dollar, as determined by international market forces or by official fiat. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4217 alphabetic currency code for the national medium of exchange is presented in parenthesis. Closing daily exchange rates are not presented in The World Factbook, but are used to convert stock values - e.g., the market value of publicly traded shares - to US dollars as of the specified date.
kroon (EEK) per US dollar -
11.8 (2010)
11.23 (2009)
10.7 (2008)
11.535 (2007)
12.473 (2006)
note: on 1 January 2011 Estonia adopted the euro as legal tender
euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.755 (2010)
0.7198 (2009)
Slovak koruny (SKK) per US dollar -
21.05 (2008)
24.919 (2007)
29.611 (2006)
note: on 1 January 2009 Slovakia adopted the euro as legal tender
Somali shillings (SOS) per US dollar -
NA (2007-10)
1,438.3 (2006) official rate; the unofficial black market rate was about 23,000 shillings per dollar as of February 2007, the Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent country not recognized by any foreign government, issues its own currency, the Somaliland shilling
British pounds per US dollar: 0.6388 (2010), 0.6494 (2009), 0.5302 (2008), 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006)
Canadian dollars per US dollar: 1.0346 (2010), 1.1431 (2009), 1.0364 (2008), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006)
Chinese yuan per US dollar: 6.7852 (2010), 6.8314 (2009), 6.9385 (2008), 7.61 (2007), 7.97 (2006)
euros per US dollar: 0.755 (2010), 0.7198 (2009), 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006)
Japanese yen per US dollar: 87.78 (2010), 93.57 (2009), 103.58 (2008), 117.99 (2007), 1.1334 (2006)