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/TerritoryCurrencyCentral bankPeg
 Anguilla East Caribbean dollar 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 Central Bank of Aruba 1.79 AWG = 1.00 USD
 Bahamas Bahamian dollar Central Bank of The Bahamas 1.00 BSD = 1.00 USD
 Barbados Barbadian dollar Central Bank of Barbados 2.00 BBD = 1.00 USD
 Caribbean Netherlands United States dollar De Nederlandsche Bank (monetary authority)
Federal Reserve Bank (U.S. dollar)
float
 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 1.00 KYD = 1.20 USD
 Cuba Cuban peso / Cuban convertible peso Central Bank of Cuba 1.00 CUC = 1.00 USD
 Sint Maarten Netherlands Antillean guilder[1] Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten 1.79 ANG = 1.00 USD
 Curaçao
 Dominican Republic Dominican peso Banco Central de la República Dominicana float
 Guadeloupe Euro European Central Bank float
 Martinique
 Saint Barthélemy
 Saint Martin
 French Guiana
 Haiti Haitian gourde Banque de la République d'Haïti float
 Jamaica Jamaican dollar Bank of Jamaica float
 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago float
 Turks and Caicos Islands United States dollar Federal Reserve Bank float
 United States Virgin Islands
 Puerto Rico
 British Virgin Islands
Surrounding countries and territories
Country/TerritoryCurrencyCentral bankPeg
 Bermuda Bermudian dollar Bermuda Monetary Authority 1.00 BMD = 1.00 USD
 Belize Belize dollar Central Bank of Belize 2.00 BZD = 1.00 USD
 Guyana Guyanese dollar Bank of Guyana float
 Suriname Surinamese dollar Central Bank of Suriname float
 United States United States dollar Federal Reserve Bank float

See also

References

  1. The Caribbean guilder is to replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder (by an unspecified date).
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