دينار كويتي (Arabic) | |
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ISO 4217 | |
Code | KWD (numeric: 414) |
Subunit | 0.001 |
Unit | |
Symbol | د.ك or KD |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄1,000 | fils |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | KD 1⁄4, KD 1⁄2, KD 1, KD 5, KD 10, KD 20 |
Coins | |
Freq. used | 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 fulūs |
Demographics | |
Date of introduction | 1961 |
User(s) | Kuwait |
Issuance | |
Central bank | Central Bank of Kuwait |
Website | www |
Valuation | |
Inflation | 1.50% |
Source | The World Factbook, 2017 est. |
Pegged with | Undisclosed currency basket[1] $1 USD = 0.29963 KD |
The Kuwaiti dinar (Arabic: دينار كويتي, code: KWD) is the currency of Kuwait. It is sub-divided into 1,000 fulūs.[2]
As of 2023, the Kuwaiti dinar is the currency with the highest value per base unit, with KD 1 equalling US$3.26,[3] ahead of the Bahraini dinar with BD 1 equalling US$2.65 and Omani rial at US$2.60.