The official exchange rates for euro are published by the European Central Bank ( ECB ), which is the Bank that administers the monetary policy within the European Union. It is a daily report of 32 currency values in the format of a regular HTML page and automated formats like XML that is usually updated around 16:00 Central Europe Time ( CET ) on every working day.
The ECB also publishes a historical file starting from 1999-01-04 until present day. This file is fully available from the application’s calendar and can be used to extract desired exchange rates month by month.
The European Central Bank (ECB) plugin is included by default with foxer currency calculator, thus bringing users the possibility to get both the latest and historical exchange rates.
Economic relevance
The European Union is the 2nd largest economy in the world, between the United States of America and China, conforming a single market across the territory of all its 28 member countries that represents 512 million citizens. From these countries, 19 member states have joined a monetary union known as the eurozone, which uses the euro as a single currency. As a result, nowadays the euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar (USD).
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Summary table
| Code | ECB |
| Base currency | EUR |
| Currencies | 32 |
| Updated | Monday to Friday |
| Publication | Same day |
| Time | 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| History file | Yes |
Facts and figures
- Countries: 19 / 28
- Population: 342M / 512M
- GDP: 12,589 / 17,277 ( USD Billion )
- GDP per capita: $40,088 / $36,593
Statistical data from dec/17 including the UK
Eurozone / European Union
Sources:
tradingeconomics.com, wikipedia
& worldpopulationreview.com
Pre euro currencies
Remember that the original currencies of all the European Union’s member countries are still available from the calculator. These currencies are pegged currencies, so they have a fixed rate against the Euro. Here is the complete list, including non EU countries which are pegged to Euro also.
Currencies pegged to EUR
| IsoCode | Currency Name | Symbol | Pegged To | Ratio |
| ATS | Schilling (Austria) | S | EUR | 13.7603 |
| BAM | Convertible Mark (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | KM | EUR | 1.95583 |
| BEF | Franc (Belgium) | BF | EUR | 40.3399 |
| CYP | Pound (Cyprus) | £ | EUR | 0.585274 |
| DEM | Deutsch Mark (Germany) | DM | EUR | 1.95583 |
| EEK | Kroon (Estonia) | Kr | EUR | 15.64664 |
| ESP | Peseta (Spain) | Ptas. | EUR | 166.386 |
| FIM | Markka (Finland) | mk | EUR | 5.94573 |
| FRF | Franc (France) | F | EUR | 6.55957 |
| GRD | Drachma (Greece) | Dr | EUR | 340.75 |
| IEP | Punt (Ireland) | Punt | EUR | 0.787564 |
| ITL | Lira (Italy) | Lit | EUR | 1936.27 |
| LTL | Litas (Lithuania) | Litas | EUR | 3.4528 |
| LUF | Franc (Luxembourg) | LuxF | EUR | 40.3399 |
| LVL | Lat (Latvia) | Ls | EUR | 0.702804 |
| MTL | Lira (Malta) | £ | EUR | 0.4293 |
| NLG | Guilder (Netherlands) | f. | EUR | 2.20371 |
| PTE | Escudo (Portugal) | Esc | EUR | 200.482 |
| SIT | Tolar (Slovenia) | SlT | EUR | 239.64 |
| SKK | Koruna (Slovakia) | Sk | EUR | 30.126 |
| XAF | CFA Franc (Central Africa) | F. | EUR | 655.957 |
| XOF | SDR (Int. Monetary Fund) | F. | EUR | 655.957 |
On White Papers section you will find a complete list of world’s pegged currencies.
You will also find a full comparative table of all currencies per Bank in the List of currencies page.
Published currencies
| AUD | Dollar (Australia) |
| BGN | Leva (Bulgaria) |
| BRL | Real (Brazil) |
| CAD | Dollar (Canada) |
| CHF | Franc (Switzerland) |
| CNY | Yuan (China) |
| CZK | Koruna (Czech Republic) |
| DKK | Krone (Denmark) |
| GBP | Pound (United Kingdom) |
| HKD | Dollar (Hong Kong) |
| HRK | Kuna (Croatia) |
| HUF | Forint (Hungary) |
| IDR | Rupiah (Indonesia) |
| ILS | Shekel (Israel) |
| INR | Rupee (India) |
| JPY | Yen (Japan) |
| KRW | Won (Korea South) |
| MXN | Peso (Mexico) |
| MYR | Ringgit (Malaysia) |
| NOK | Krone (Norway) |
| NZD | Dollar (New Zealand) |
| PHP | Peso (Philippines) |
| PLN | Zloty (Poland) |
| RON | Leu (Romania) |
| RUB | Ruble (Rusia) |
| SEK | Kronor (Sweden) |
| SGD | Dollar (Singapore) |
| THB | Baht (Thailand) |
| TRY | Lira (Turkey) |
| USD | Dollar (United States of America) |
| ZAR | Rand (South Africa) |