Most traded currencies by value
Currency distribution of global foreign exchange market turnover[1]
Rank Currency ISO 4217
code
Symbol Proportion of
daily volume,
April 2019
1
File:Flag of the United States.svgUnited States dollar
USD
US$
88.3%
2
File:Flag of Europe.svgEuro
EUR
32.3%
3
File:Flag of Japan.svgJapanese yen
JPY
円 / ¥
16.8%
4
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svgPound sterling
GBP
£
12.8%
5
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svgAustralian dollar
AUD
A$
6.8%
6
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgCanadian dollar
CAD
C$
5.0%
7
File:Flag of Switzerland.svgSwiss franc
CHF
CHF
5.0%
8
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgRenminbi
CNY
元 / ¥
4.3%
9
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svgHong Kong dollar
HKD
HK$
3.5%
10
File:Flag of New Zealand.svgNew Zealand dollar
NZD
NZ$
2.1%
11
File:Flag of Sweden.svgSwedish krona
SEK
kr
2.0%
12
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korean won
KRW
2.0%
13
File:Flag of Singapore.svgSingapore dollar
SGD
S$
1.8%
14
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norwegian krone
NOK
kr
1.8%
15
File:Flag of Mexico.svgMexican peso
MXN
$
1.7%
16
File:Flag of India.svg Indian rupee
INR
1.7%
17
File:Flag of Russia.svgRussian ruble
RUB
1.1%
18
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South African rand
ZAR
R
1.1%
19
File:Flag of Turkey.svgTurkish lira
TRY
1.1%
20
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazilian real
BRL
R$
1.1%
21
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg New Taiwan dollar
TWD
NT$
0.9%
22
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Danish krone
DKK
kr
0.6%
23
File:Flag of Poland.svg Polish złoty
PLN
0.6%
24
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thai baht
THB
฿
0.5%
25
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesian rupiah
IDR
Rp
0.4%
26
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian forint
HUF
Ft
0.4%
27
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech koruna
CZK
0.4%
28
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israeli new shekel
ILS
0.3%
29
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chilean peso
CLP
CLP$
0.3%
30
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippine peso
PHP
0.3%
31
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE dirham
AED
د.إ
0.2%
32
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombian peso
COP
COL$
0.2%
33
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi riyal
SAR
0.2%
34
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysian ringgit
MYR
RM
0.1%
35
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romanian leu
RON
L
0.1%
File:Flag placeholder.svg Other 2.2%
Total[note 1] 200.0%
File:Most Traded Currencies.png
Most traded currencies

Notes

  1. ^ The total sum is 200% because each currency trade always involves a currency pair; one currency is sold (e.g. US$) and another bought (€). Therefore each trade is counted twice, once under the sold currency ($) and once under the bought currency (€). The percentages above are the percent of trades involving that currency regardless of whether it is bought or sold, e.g. the U.S. Dollar is bought or sold in 88% of all trades, whereas the Euro is bought or sold 32% of the time.

References

  1. ^ "Triennial Central Bank Survey Foreign exchange turnover in April 2019" (PDF). Bank for International Settlements. 16 September 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-09-16.