Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean

List of the central banks and currencies of the Caribbean

This is a list of the central banks and currencies of the Caribbean.

There are a number of currencies serving multiple territories; the most widespread are the East Caribbean dollar (8 countries and territories), the United States dollar (5) and the euro (4).

Country/Territory Currency Code Central bank Peg
 Anguilla East Caribbean dollar XCD Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 2.70 XCD = 1.00 USD
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Dominica
 Grenada
 Montserrat
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Aruba Aruban florin AWG Central Bank of Aruba 1.79 AWG = 1.00 USD
 Bahamas Bahamian dollar BSD Central Bank of The Bahamas 1.00 BSD = 1.00 USD
 Barbados Barbadian dollar BBD Central Bank of Barbados 2.00 BBD = 1.00 USD
 Caribbean Netherlands United States dollar USD De Nederlandsche Bank (monetary authority)
Federal Reserve Bank (U.S. dollar)
float
 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar KYD Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 1.00 KYD = 1.20 USD
 Cuba Cuban peso CUP Central Bank of Cuba 24.00 CUP = 1.00 USD
 Sint Maarten Netherlands Antillean guilder[1] ANG Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten 1.79 ANG = 1.00 USD
 Curaçao
 Dominican Republic Dominican peso DOP Banco Central de la República Dominicana float
 Guadeloupe Euro EUR European Central Bank float
 Martinique
 Saint Barthélemy
 Saint Martin
 French Guiana
 Haiti Haitian gourde HTG Banque de la République d'Haïti float
 Jamaica Jamaican dollar JMD Bank of Jamaica float
 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar TTD Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago float
 Turks and Caicos Islands United States dollar USD Federal Reserve Bank float
 United States Virgin Islands
 Puerto Rico
 British Virgin Islands
Surrounding countries and territories
Country/Territory Currency Code Central bank Peg
 Bermuda Bermudian dollar BMD Bermuda Monetary Authority 1.00 BMD = 1.00 USD
 United States United States dollar USD Federal Reserve Bank float
 Mexico Mexican peso MXN Bank of Mexico float
 Belize Belize dollar BZD Central Bank of Belize 2.00 BZD = 1.00 USD
 Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal GTQ Bank of Guatemala float
 Honduras Honduran lempira HNL Central Bank of Honduras crawling peg to USD
 Nicaragua Nicaraguan córdoba NIO Central Bank of Nicaragua crawling peg to USD
 Costa Rica Costa Rican colón CRC Central Bank of Costa Rica float
 Panama US dollar / Panamanian balboa USD / PAB Federal Reserve Bank / National Bank of Panama 1.00 PAB = 1.00 USD
 Colombia Colombian peso COP Banco de la República float
 Venezuela Venezuelan bolívar soberano VEF Banco Central de Venezuela Disputed, ostensibly pegged to the Petro (cryptocurrency)
 Guyana Guyanese dollar GYD Bank of Guyana float
 Suriname Surinamese dollar SRD Central Bank of Suriname float

See also

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References

  1. ^ The Caribbean guilder is to replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder (by an unspecified date).
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    ^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

    Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

    ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

    #Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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