Eswatini
Official central-bank rates · Updated 2d ago
⚠ This rate may be out of date. We haven’t been able to refresh Eswatini’s rate from its official source recently. Showing the most recent published rate, from 2026-07-09.
USD / ZAR
Mid-market reference rate. Not a quote for an actual transaction — banks and bureaux apply a spread.
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About Eswatini exchange rates
AfriRate republishes the official Eswatini exchange rates published by the South African Reserve Bank (sarb). Today, 1 USD is worth approximately 16.3523 ZAR. All rates are mid-market reference rates published by the central bank — we do not apply any spread.
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GET https://afrirate.statotec.com/api/v1/rates/latest?country=SZPopular pairs: USD/EUR · USD/ZAR · GBP/USD · GBP/ZAR · EUR/ZAR.
FAQ
+What is today's USD to ZAR rate in Eswatini?
The live USD/ZAR mid-rate published by the South African Reserve Bank is shown above. SARB updates this official rate each business day, and it applies directly in Eswatini because the lilangeni is pegged 1:1 to the rand.
+Where do the rates for Eswatini come from?
Directly from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), which sets the official rand reference rate. We mirror the SARB series exactly with no spread applied; the same figure applies to the Swazi lilangeni under the peg.
+Why does AfriRate show the rand rate for Eswatini instead of the lilangeni?
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is part of the Common Monetary Area, so the Swazi lilangeni (SZL, plural emalangeni) is pegged 1:1 to the South African rand, and the rand is also legal tender. Because the lilangeni tracks the rand exactly at par, we quote the official SARB rand rate, which holds for the lilangeni too.
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