The map above shows which countries use a unique currency symbol when showing prices (e.g. $, £, €) vs countries that just display prices using letters from the alphabet (RS, kr, etc.)
And in case you’re wondering what symbols are used:
| Country | Symbol |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | ؋ |
| Armenia | ֏ |
| Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Eastern Caribbean, Dominica, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Macau, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States of America, Uruguay | $ (known by different names such as dollar, real, peso, pataca etc) |
| Bangladesh | ৳ |
| Cambodia | ៛ |
| China, Japan | ¥ (yuan in Chinese, yen in Japanese) |
| Costa Rica | ₡ |
| Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City | € |
| Georgia | ₾ |
| Ghana | ₵ |
| India | ₹ |
| Iran | ﷼ |
| Israel | ₪ |
| Kazakhstan | ₸ |
| Kyrgyzstan | ⃀ |
| Laos | ₭ |
| Mongolia | ₮ |
| Nigeria | ₦ |
| North Korea, South Korea | ₩ |
| Paraguay | ₲ |
| Philippines | ₱ |
| Russia | ₽ |
| Saudi Arabia | No Unicode symbol |
| Thailand | ฿ |
| Turkey | ₺ |
| Ukraine | ₴ |
| Vietnam | ₫ |
| United Kingdom | £ |
Some countries use both systems. For example in Japan you’ll get both prices in ¥ and also 円 (which is a Kanji letter). Similarly in China you can find ¥ and 元 (Chinese for Yuan) and sometimes even CNY and RMB.
Which symbol is your favourite?
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