The US Dollar to Birr exchange rate is also the most common indicator of the Ethiopian inflation rate.Īs of the year 2020, the Ethiopian exchange rate for Dollar to Birr has increased by more than double from what it was ten years ago. The second and current Birr has been the official currency of Ethiopia since the nineteen forties.Īs with most countries in the world, the US Dollar is the most sought after foreign currency. Although the first Birr dates back as far as the early nineties, the coins used in Ethiopia were Maria Theresa thalers and Menelik II talari. The Ethiopian Birr is the second most used currency in Africa after Nigeria’s Naira. The National Bank of Ethiopia and formerly the Bank of Abyssinia is the central bank. It has been in service since the Nineteen-Thirties.
The Ethiopian currency is called Ethiopian Birr.
