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Currencies in the SDR basket

The IMF's Special Drawing Right is valued on five currencies: the US dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen and the pound sterling.

How many5 currencies
As of28 September 2026
SourceIMF
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By weight: dollar, euro, renminbi, yen, pound. The renminbi is the newest, added in 2016.

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In the basket before 2016 4

The dollar, yen and pound since the 1981 five-currency basket, and the euro since 1999, when it replaced the Deutsche Mark and the French franc.

2016 addition 1

Added in the 2015 review, effective 1 October 2016 — the only change to basket composition since the euro's 1999 creation.

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How many currencies are in the SDR basket?

The IMF's Special Drawing Right is valued on five currencies: the US dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen and the pound sterling.

Which currencies are on the list?

US Dollar, Euro, Chinese Renminbi, Japanese Yen and Pound Sterling.

What is an easy way to remember them?

By weight: dollar, euro, renminbi, yen, pound. The renminbi is the newest, added in 2016.

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Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them IMF, on 28 September 2026. Next review by 28 March 2027.
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