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ZMW (Zambian Kwacha)

The Zambian kwacha, abbreviated as ZMW, is Zambia's official currency. Subdivided into 100 ngwee, its symbol is ZK. "Kwacha" translates to "dawn" in several local languages, while "ngwee" means "bright." Introduced in 1968 to replace the Zambian pound, the initial exchange rate was 2 kwacha for 1 pound. Currently, the exchange rate stands at about 23.14 kwacha per 1 USD.

Available currency pairs

Currency pairBase currencyQuote currencyName
ZMWAUDZMWAUDZambian Kwacha/Australian Dollar
ZMWBGNZMWBGNZambian Kwacha/Bulgarian Lev
ZMWBRLZMWBRLZambian Kwacha/Brazilian Real
ZMWCADZMWCADZambian Kwacha/Canadian Dollar
ZMWCHFZMWCHFZambian Kwacha/Swiss Franc
ZMWCNHZMWCNHZambian Kwacha/Chinese Yuan (Offshore)
ZMWCZKZMWCZKZambian Kwacha/Czech Koruna
ZMWDKKZMWDKKZambian Kwacha/Danish Krone
ZMWEURZMWEURZambian Kwacha/Euro
ZMWGBPZMWGBPZambian Kwacha/British Pound Sterling
ZMWHKDZMWHKDZambian Kwacha/Hong Kong Dollar
ZMWHUFZMWHUFZambian Kwacha/Hungarian Forint
ZMWIDRZMWIDRZambian Kwacha/Indonesian Rupiah
ZMWILSZMWILSZambian Kwacha/Israeli New Shekel
ZMWINRZMWINRZambian Kwacha/Indian Rupee
ZMWJPYZMWJPYZambian Kwacha/Japanese Yen
ZMWKESZMWKESZambian Kwacha/Kenyan Shilling
ZMWKRWZMWKRWZambian Kwacha/South Korean Won
ZMWMXNZMWMXNZambian Kwacha/Mexican Peso
ZMWNOKZMWNOKZambian Kwacha/Norwegian Krone
ZMWNZDZMWNZDZambian Kwacha/New Zealand Dollar
ZMWPLNZMWPLNZambian Kwacha/Polish Zloty
ZMWRONZMWRONZambian Kwacha/Romanian Leu
ZMWRUBZMWRUBZambian Kwacha/Russian Ruble
ZMWSEKZMWSEKZambian Kwacha/Swedish Krona
ZMWSGDZMWSGDZambian Kwacha/Singapore Dollar
ZMWTHBZMWTHBZambian Kwacha/Thai Baht
ZMWTRYZMWTRYZambian Kwacha/Turkish Lira
ZMWUGXZMWUGXZambian Kwacha/Ugandan Shilling
ZMWUSDZMWUSDZambian Kwacha/United States Dollar
ZMWZARZMWZARZambian Kwacha/South African Rand