South African Rand (ZAR)

The South African rand is the currency of South Africa. Its symbol is simply ‘R’, and its currency code is ZAR, from the Dutch ‘zuid-afrikaanse rand’, or South African rand. The rand is fiat money, and its conversion factor has 6 significant digits. The most popular South African rand exchange is with the US dollar. The rand is the 18th most traded currency in the world.

Currency name

South African Rand

R

ZAR exchange rates

 USD GBP EUR XOF AUD ZMW MVR MXN
From ZAR0.05661 0.04397 0.05214 34.20360 0.08631 1.51384 0.87221 1.13540
To ZAR17.66340 22.74340 19.17800 0.02924 11.58630 0.66057 1.14651 0.88075

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