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World Currency Zones Map by Country In the available data for 235 countries and territories, the largest country groups are Primarily own currency (133 countries and territories), Euro area (34 countries and territories), Other shared currency (29 countries and territories). Japan is classified as Primarily own currency (Yen / JPY). Data period: List dated January 1, 2026. The classification follows current ISO 4217 country links and does not measure cash usage or informal currency circulation.
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See where currencies are shared across borders. Coverage: 235 countries and territories. Compare shared currency zones with countries using mainly their own currency. Informal circulation is excluded.
Japan Primarily own currency
Japan, Yen
Fiji: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Tanzania: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Western Sahara: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Canada: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list United States: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Kazakhstan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Uzbekistan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Papua New Guinea: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Indonesia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Argentina: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Chile: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Democratic Republic of the Congo: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Somalia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Kenya: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Sudan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Chad: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Haiti: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Dominican Republic: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Russia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Bahamas: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Falkland Islands: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Norway: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Greenland: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Fr. 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Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list South Africa: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Lesotho: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Mexico: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Uruguay: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Brazil: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Bolivia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Peru: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Colombia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Panama: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Costa Rica: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Nicaragua: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Honduras: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list El Salvador: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Guatemala: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Belize: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Venezuela: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Guyana: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Suriname: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list France: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Ecuador: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Puerto Rico: US dollar area Current ISO 4217 list Jamaica: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Cuba: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Zimbabwe: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Botswana: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Namibia: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Senegal: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Mali: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Mauritania: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Benin: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Niger: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Nigeria: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Cameroon: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Togo: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Ghana: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Côte d’Ivoire: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Guinea: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Guinea-Bissau: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Liberia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Sierra Leone: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Burkina Faso: West African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Central African Republic: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Republic of the Congo: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Gabon: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Equatorial Guinea: Central African CFA franc area Current ISO 4217 list Zambia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Malawi: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Mozambique: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Eswatini: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Angola: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Burundi: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Israel: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Lebanon: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Madagascar: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Palestine: No data No data Gambia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Tunisia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Algeria: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Jordan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list United Arab Emirates: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Qatar: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Kuwait: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Iraq: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Oman: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Vanuatu: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Cambodia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Thailand: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Laos: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Myanmar: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Vietnam: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list North Korea: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list South Korea: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Mongolia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list India: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Bangladesh: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Bhutan: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Nepal: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Pakistan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Afghanistan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Tajikistan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Kyrgyzstan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Turkmenistan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Iran: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Syria: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Armenia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Sweden: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Belarus: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Ukraine: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Poland: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Austria: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Hungary: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Moldova: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Romania: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Lithuania: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Latvia: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Estonia: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Germany: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Bulgaria: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Greece: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Türkiye: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Albania: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Croatia: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Switzerland: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Luxembourg: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Belgium: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Netherlands: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Portugal: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Spain: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Ireland: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list New Caledonia: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Solomon Islands: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list New Zealand: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Australia: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Sri Lanka: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list China: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Taiwan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Italy: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Denmark: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list United Kingdom: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Iceland: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Azerbaijan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Georgia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Philippines: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Malaysia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Brunei: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Slovenia: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Finland: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Slovakia: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Czechia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Eritrea: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Japan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Paraguay: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Yemen: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Saudi Arabia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Morocco: Other shared currency Current ISO 4217 list Egypt: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Libya: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Ethiopia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Djibouti: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Somaliland: No data Uganda: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Rwanda: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Bosnia and Herzegovina: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list North Macedonia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Serbia: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Montenegro: Euro area Current ISO 4217 list Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list South Sudan: Primarily own currency Current ISO 4217 list Japan Russia Canada United States China Brazil Australia India Argentina Kazakhstan Algeria Democratic Republic of the Congo Saudi Arabia Mexico Indonesia Sudan Iran Mongolia Peru South Africa Angola Mali Colombia Ethiopia Bolivia Greenland Nigeria Türkiye Namibia France Norway Ukraine Madagascar Thailand Uzbekistan Paraguay Malaysia New Zealand Philippines United Kingdom Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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ISO 4217 listed currencies JPY Yen
The representative currency is listed in 1 country or territory covered by this map. This does not measure cash usage or unofficial circulation.
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? This card summarizes the country's leading category. Definitions, years and coverage vary, so check the breakdown and source notes below.
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the World Currency Zones Map by Country Coverage: 235 countries and territories. Compare shared currency zones with countries using mainly their own currency. Informal circulation is excluded.
Coverage 235 countries and territories
Largest country groups Primarily own currency (133), Euro area (34), Other shared currency (29)
Japan’s position Primarily own currency (Yen / JPY)
Data period List dated January 1, 2026 The classification follows current ISO 4217 country links and does not measure cash usage or informal currency circulation.
03 / COUNTRY DIRECTORY
Browse representative countries from this map. This map covers 235 countries and territories. The directory samples 36 countries across the largest categories. Browse all countries →
Representative countries Categories and details36 of 235