ISO 4217 currency code
USD: US Dollar
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USD is the ISO 4217 code of the US Dollar, used in American Samoa, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ecuador, El Salvador and 14 more. Its numeric code is 840 and it has 2 decimals.
- Alphabetic code
- USD
- Numeric code
- 840
- Minor units
- 2
- Type
- Currency
What to know about USD
USD is used in 19 countries and territories.
Where USD is used
- American Samoa
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guam
- Haiti
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Timor-Leste
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
USD in financial messages
| Standard | How it is written | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Swift MT, field 32A | Value date, currency code and amount with a comma as the decimal mark and no separators | :32A:261022USD1250,75 |
| ISO 20022 | The Ccy attribute of the amount element; a dot as the decimal mark | <IntrBkSttlmAmt Ccy="USD">1250.75</IntrBkSttlmAmt> |
| FIX | Tag 15 Currency (and 120 SettlCurrency), with the amounts in their own tags | 15=USD |
See how to read field 32A, the MT103 and pacs.008 pages, or paste a message into the parser to check its amounts against the currency.
Former codes
Entries of ISO 4217 list three (historic denominations) for this code or the same countries. See all withdrawn codes.
| Code | Name | Country | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
ECS | Sucre | Ecuador | September 2000 |
ECV | Unidad de Valor Constante (UVC) | Ecuador | September 2000 |
IDR | Rupiah | Timor-Leste | July 2002 |
TPE | Timor Escudo | Timor-Leste | November 2002 |
Questions
- What is the currency code of the US Dollar?
- USD, with the numeric code 840 (ISO 4217).
- How many decimals does USD have?
- 2. An amount in USD can have up to 2 digits after the decimal mark.
- Which countries use USD?
- American Samoa, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ecuador, El Salvador and 14 more, according to ISO 4217 list one.
- What is currency code 840?
- 840 is the ISO 4217 numeric code of USD (US Dollar). Numeric codes are often the same as the ISO 3166 numeric code of the country.
GCC currencies
Source: ISO 4217 list one, published 17 September 2026 by SIX Group as the ISO 4217 maintenance agency. ISO is a trademark of the International Organization for Standardization; ZagTrader is not affiliated with ISO or SIX Group.