List of central banks

This is a list of central banks.

Central banks by alphabetical order

This is a list of central banks. Countries that are only partially recognized internationally are marked with an asterisk (*).

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!Country name

!width=160|Currency

!Central bank name

!Native name

!Establishment

|Abkhazian Apsar

|National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia

|Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра Амилаҭтә Банк / Национальный банк Республики Абхазия

|1991

|Afghan afghani

|Da Afghanistan Bank

| /

|1939

|Albanian lek

|Bank of Albania

|Banka e Shqipërisë

|1925

|Algerian dinar

|Bank of Algeria

| / Banque d'Algérie

|1962

|Euro

|No central bank; uses the Euro as its domestic currency. The Andorran Financial Authority provides financial regulation and control of the financial sector in Andorra.

|Angolan kwanza

|National Bank of Angola

|Banco Nacional de Angola

|1926

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Argentine peso

|Central Bank of Argentina

|Banco Central de la República Argentina

|1935

|Armenian dram

|Central Bank of Armenia

|Հայաստանի Կենտրոնական Բանկ

|1991

|Aruban florin

|Central Bank of Aruba

|Centrale Bank van Aruba / Banco Central di Aruba

|1986

|Australian dollar

|Reserve Bank of Australia

|1960

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)

|Oesterreichische Nationalbank

|1816

|Azerbaijani manat

|Central Bank of Azerbaijan

|Azərbaycan Mərkəzi Bankı

|1992

|Bahamian dollar

|Central Bank of The Bahamas

|1974

|Bahraini dinar

|Central Bank of Bahrain

|1973

|Bangladeshi taka

|Bangladesh Bank

|1971

|Barbadian dollar

|Central Bank of Barbados

|1972

|Belarusian ruble

|National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

|Нацыянальны банк Рэспублікі Беларусь / Национальный банк Республики Беларусь

|1992

|Euro

|European Central Bank (National Bank of Belgium)

|Nationale Bank van België / Banque nationale de Belgique / Belgische Nationalbank

|1850

|Belize dollar

|Central Bank of Belize

|1982

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Bermudan dollar

|Bermuda Monetary Authority

|1969

|Bhutanese ngultrum

|Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

|1982

|Bolivian boliviano

|Central Bank of Bolivia

|Banco Central de Bolivia

|1928

|Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark

|Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

|Centralna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine / Централна банка Босне и Херцеговине

|1997

|Botswana pula

|Bank of Botswana

|Banka ya Botswana

|1975

|Brazilian real

|Central Bank of Brazil

|Banco Central do Brasil

|1964

|Brunei dollar

|Brunei Darussalam Central Bank

|Bank Pusat Brunei Darussalam

|2011

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bulgarian National Bank)

|Българска народна банка

|1879

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Burundian franc

|Bank of the Republic of Burundi

|Banque de la République du Burundi / Ibanki ya Republika y'UBurundi

|1966

|Cambodian riel

|National Bank of Cambodia

|1954

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale

|1972

|Canadian dollar

|Bank of Canada

|Banque du Canada

|1935

|Cape Verdean escudo

|Bank of Cape Verde

|Banco de Cabo Verde

|1975

|Cayman Islands dollar

|Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

|1997

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale

|1972

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale /

|1972

|Chilean peso

|Central Bank of Chile

|Banco Central de Chile

|1925

|Renminbi

|People's Bank of China

|中国人民銀行

|1948

|Colombian peso

|Bank of the Republic

|Banco de la República

|1923

|Comorian franc

|Central Bank of the Comoros

|Banque Centrale des Comores /

|1981

|Congolese franc

|Central Bank of the Congo

|Banque Centrale du Congo

|1964

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale

|1972

|Costa Rican colón

|Central Bank of Costa Rica

|Banco Central de Costa Rica

|1950

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Euro

||European Central Bank (Croatian National Bank)

|Hrvatska narodna banka

|1990

|Cuban peso

|Central Bank of Cuba

|Banco Central de Cuba

|1948

|Netherlands Antillean guilder

|Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten

|Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten

|1828

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Central Bank of Cyprus)

|Κεντρική Τράπεζα της Κύπρου / Kıbrıs Merkez Bankası

|1963

|Turkish lira

|Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

|Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası

|1983

|Czech koruna

|Czech National Bank

|Česká národní banka

|1993

|Danish krone

|Danmarks Nationalbank

|1818

|Djiboutian franc

|Central Bank of Djibouti

|Banque Centrale de Djibouti /

|1979

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Dominican peso

|Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

|Banco Central de la República Dominicana

|1947

|United States dollar

|Central Bank of Ecuador

|Banco Central del Ecuador

|1927

|Egyptian pound

|Central Bank of Egypt

|1961

|United States dollar

|Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

|Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador

|1934

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banco de los Estados de África Central / Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale / Banco dos Estados da África Central

|1972

|Eritrean nakfa

|Bank of Eritrea

|ባንክ ኤርትረ

|1993

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Estonia)

|Eesti Pank

|1990

|Swazi lilangeni

|Central Bank of Eswatini

|Umntsholi Wemaswati

|1974

|Ethiopian birr

|National Bank of Ethiopia

|የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ

|1963

|Faroese króna

|Danmarks Nationalbank

|Danmarkar Tjóðarbanki

|1818

|Fijian dollar

|Reserve Bank of Fiji

|Maroroi Baqe ni Viti

|1984

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Finland)

|Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank

|1812

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of France)

|Banque de France

|1800

|Central African CFA franc

|Bank of Central African States

|Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale

|1972

|Gambian dalasi

|Central Bank of The Gambia

|1971

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank)

|1957

|Georgian lari

|National Bank of Georgia

|1991

|Ghanaian cedi

|Bank of Ghana

|1957

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Greece)

|Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος

|1928

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Danish krone

|Danmarks Nationalbank

|Naalagaaffiup Aningaaseriviutaa

|1818

|Guatemalan quetzal

|Bank of Guatemala

|Banco de Guatemala

|1945

|Guinean franc

|Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea

|Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée

|1960

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banco Central dos Estados da África Ocidental

|1959

|Guyanese dollar

|Bank of Guyana

|1965

|Haitian gourde

|Bank of the Republic of Haiti

|Banque de la République d'Haïti / Bank Repiblik Ayiti

|1979

|Hong Kong dollar

|Hong Kong Monetary Authority

|香港金融管理局

|1993

|Honduran lempira

|Central Bank of Honduras

|Banco Central de Honduras

|1950

|Hungarian forint

|Hungarian National Bank

|Magyar Nemzeti Bank

|1924

|Icelandic króna

|Central Bank of Iceland

|Seðlabanki Íslands

|1961

|Indian rupee

|Reserve Bank of India

|மத்திய வங்கி भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक

|1935

|Indonesian rupiah

|Bank Indonesia

|1953

|Iranian rial

|Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

|1960

|Iraqi dinar

|Central Bank of Iraq

| /

|1947

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Central Bank of Ireland)

|Banc Ceannais na hÉireann

|1943

|Israeli new shekel

|Bank of Israel

|בנק ישראל /

|1954

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Italy)

|Banca d'Italia

|1893

|Jamaican dollar

|Bank of Jamaica

|1961

|Japanese yen

|Bank of Japan

|日本銀行

|1882

|Jordanian dinar

|Central Bank of Jordan

|1964

|Kazakhstani tenge

|National Bank of Kazakhstan

|Қазақстан Ұлттық Банкі / Qazaqstan Ūlttyq Bankı / Национальный банк Казахстана

|1993

|Kenyan shilling

|Central Bank of Kenya

|Benki Kuu ya Kenya

|1966

|Kiribati dollar

|No central bank; uses the Australian dollar as its domestic currency

|North Korean won

|Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

|조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행

|1947

|South Korean won

|Bank of Korea

|한국은행

|1950

|Euro

|Central Bank of Kosovo

|Banka Qendrore e Republikës së Kosovës / Centralna banka Republike Kosova / Централна банка Републике Косова

|2008

|Kuwaiti dinar

|Central Bank of Kuwait

|1969

|Kyrgyzstani som

|National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

|Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук банкы / Национальный банк Кыргызской Республики

|1991

|Lao kip

|Bank of the Lao People's Democratic Republic

|ທະນາຄານ ແຫ່ງ ສ. ປ. ປ. ລາວ

|1968

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Latvia)

|Latvijas Banka

|1991

|Lebanese pound

|Banque du Liban

|1963

|Lesotho loti

|Central Bank of Lesotho

|Banka e Kholo ea Lesotho

|1978

|Liberian dollar

|Central Bank of Liberia

|2000

|Libyan dinar

|Central Bank of Libya

|1956

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Lithuania)

|Lietuvos Bankas

|1990

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Central Bank of Luxembourg)

|Banque centrale du Luxembourg / Luxemburger Zentralbank / Zentralbank vu Lëtzebuerg

|1998

|Macanese pataca

|Monetary Authority of Macao

|澳門金融管理局 Autoridade Monetária de Macau

|1999

|Malagasy ariary

|Central Bank of Madagascar

|Banque Centrale de Madagascar / Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara

|1974

|Malawian kwacha

|Reserve Bank of Malawi

|1964

|Malaysian ringgit

|Central Bank of Malaysia

|Bank Negara Malaysia

|1959

|Maldivian rufiyaa

|Maldives Monetary Authority

|1981

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Central Bank of Malta)

|Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta

|1968

|United States dollar

|No central bank; uses the United States dollar as its domestic currency

|Mauritanian ouguiya

|Central Bank of Mauritania

|Banque Centrale de Mauritanie /

|1973

|Mauritian rupee

|Bank of Mauritius

|Banque de Maurice

|1967

|Mexican peso

|Bank of Mexico

|Banco de México

|1925

|United States dollar

|No central bank; uses the United States dollar as its domestic currency

|Moldovan leu

|National Bank of Moldova

|Banca Națională a Moldovei

|1991

|Euro

|No central bank; uses the Euro as its domestic currency

|Mongolian tögrög

|Bank of Mongolia

|Монголбанк

|1924

|Euro

|Central Bank of Montenegro

|Centralna Banka Crne Gore / Централна Банка Црне Горе

|2001

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Moroccan dirham

|Bank Al-Maghrib

|1959

|Mozambican metical

|Bank of Mozambique

|Banco de Moçambique

|1975

|Burmese kyat

|Central Bank of Myanmar

|မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်

|1948

|Namibian dollar

|Bank of Namibia

|1990

|Australian dollar

|No central bank; uses the Australian dollar as its domestic currency

|Nepalese rupee

|Nepal Rastra Bank

|नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक

|1956

|Euro

|European Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank)

|1814

|CFP franc

|Overseas Issuing Institute as part of the CFP

|Institut d'émission d'outre-mer

|1966

|New Zealand dollar

|Reserve Bank of New Zealand

|Te Pūtea Matua

|1934

|Nicaraguan córdoba

|Central Bank of Nicaragua

|Banco Central de Nicaragua

|1960

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Nigerian naira

|Central Bank of Nigeria

|Babban Bankin Najeriya / Ilé Ìfowópamọ́-àgbà tí Nàìjíríà

|1958

|Macedonian denar

|National Bank of North Macedonia

|Народна банка на Република Северна Македонија / Banka Kombëtare e Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut

|1991

|Norwegian krone

|Norges Bank

|Noregs Bank / Norgga Báŋku

|1816

|Omani rial

|Central Bank of Oman

|1974

|Pakistani rupee

|State Bank of Pakistan

|1948

|United States dollar

|No central bank; uses the United States dollar as its domestic currency

|Palestine Monetary Authority

|1994

|United States dollar

|No central bank; uses the United States dollar as its domestic currency, and the Panamanian balboa pegged to the U.S. dollar

|Papua New Guinean kina

|Bank of Papua New Guinea

|Beng bilong Papua Niugini

|1973

|Paraguayan guaraní

|Central Bank of Paraguay

|Banco Central del Paraguay

|1952

|Peruvian sol

|Central Reserve Bank of Peru

|Banco Central de Reserva del Perú

|1922

|Philippine peso

|Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

|1949

|Polish złoty

|National Bank of Poland

|Narodowy Bank Polski

|1945

|CFP franc

|Overseas Issuing Institute

|Institut d'émission d'outre-mer

|1966

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Portugal)

|Banco de Portugal

|1846

|Qatari riyal

|Qatar Central Bank

|1973

|Romanian leu

|National Bank of Romania

|Banca Națională a României

|1880

|Russian ruble

|Central Bank of Russia

|Центральный банк Российской Федерации

|1990

|Rwandan franc

|National Bank of Rwanda

|Banque Nationale du Rwanda / Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda

|1964

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Eastern Caribbean dollar

|Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

|1983

|Samoan tālā

|Central Bank of Samoa

|Faletupe Tutotonu o Sāmoa

|1984

|Euro

|Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino

|Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino

|2005

|São Tomé and Príncipe dobra

|Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe

|Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe

|1975

|Saudi riyal

|Saudi Central Bank

|1952

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Serbian dinar

|National Bank of Serbia

|Народна банка Србије / Narodna banka Srbije

|1884

|Seychellois rupee

|Central Bank of Seychelles

|Banque centrale des Seychelles / Labank santral Sesel

|1983

|Sierra Leonean leone

|Bank of Sierra Leone

|1963

|Singapore dollar

|Monetary Authority of Singapore

|新加坡金融管理局 / Penguasa Kewangan Singapura / சிங்கப்பூர் நாணய ஆணையம்

|1971

|Netherlands Antillean guilder

|Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten

|Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten

|1828

|Euro

|European Central Bank (National Bank of Slovakia)

|Národná banka Slovenska

|1993

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Slovenia)

|Banka Slovenije

|1991

|Solomon Islands dollar

|Central Bank of Solomon Islands

|1983

|Somali shilling

|Central Bank of Somalia

|Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya /

|1960

|Somaliland shilling

|Bank of Somaliland

|Baanka Somaliland /

|1994

|South African rand

|South African Reserve Bank

|iBhange-ngodla laseNingizimu Afrika / iBhanki enguVimba yoMzantsi Afrika / Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank

|1921

|National Bank of the Republic of South Ossetia

|Респуликӕ Хуссар Ирыстоны Националон банк / Национальный банк Республики Южная Осетия

|2013

|South Sudanese pound

|Bank of South Sudan

|2011

|Euro

|European Central Bank (Bank of Spain)

|Banco de España

|1782

|Sri Lankan rupee

|Central Bank of Sri Lanka

|ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව / இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி

|1950

|Sudanese pound

|Central Bank of Sudan

|1960

|Surinamese dollar

|Central Bank of Suriname

|Centrale Bank van Suriname

|1957

|Swedish krona

|Sveriges Riksbank

|1668

|Swiss franc

|Swiss National Bank

|Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque nationale suisse / Banca nazionale svizzera / Banca naziunala svizra

|1906

|Syrian pound

|Central Bank of Syria

|1953

|New Taiwan dollar

|Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

|中華民國中央銀行

|1961

|Tajikistani somoni

|National Bank of Tajikistan

|Бонки миллии Тоҷикистон / Национальный банк Таджикистана

|1991

|Tanzanian shilling

|Bank of Tanzania

|Benki Kuu ya Tanzania

|1965

|Thai baht

|Bank of Thailand

|ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย

|1942

|United States dollar

|Timor-Leste Central Bank

|Banco Central de Timor-Leste / Banku Sentrál Timór Lorosa'e

|2011

|West African CFA franc

|Central Bank of West African States

|Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

|1959

|Tongan paʻanga

|National Reserve Bank of Tonga

|Pangikē Pule Fakafonua ʻo Tonga

|1989

|Transnistrian Republican Bank

|Банка Републиканэ Нистрянэ / Приднестровский Республиканский Банк / Придністровський Республіканський Банк

|1992

|Trinidad and Tobago dollar

|Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

|1964

|Tunisian dinar

|Central Bank of Tunisia

| / Banque Centrale de Tunisie

|1958

|Turkish lira

|Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

|Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası

|1930

|Turkmen manat

|Central Bank of Turkmenistan

|Türkmenistanyň Merkezi Banky

|1991

|Tuvaluan dollar

|No central bank; uses the Australian dollar as its domestic currency, and the Tuvaluan dollar pegged to the Australian dollar

|Ugandan shilling

|Bank of Uganda

|Benki Kuu ya Uganda

|1966

|Hryvnia

|National Bank of Ukraine

|Національний банк України

|1991

|Emirati dirham

|Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates

|1980

|Sterling

|Bank of England

|1694

|United States dollar

|Federal Reserve

|1913

|Uruguayan peso

|Central Bank of Uruguay

|Banco Central del Uruguay

|1967

|Uzbekistani soum

|Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan

|O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Markaziy Banki / Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Банки

|1991

|Vanuatu vatu

|Reserve Bank of Vanuatu

|Reserve Bank blong Vanuatu

|1981

|Euro

|Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

|Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica / Administratio Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae

|1967

|Venezuelan bolívar

|Central Bank of Venezuela

|Banco Central de Venezuela

|1939

|Vietnamese đồng

|State Bank of Vietnam

|Ngân hàng nhà nước Việt Nam

|1951

|CFP franc

|Overseas Issuing Institute as part of the CFP

|Institut d'émission d'outre-mer

|1966

|Yemeni rial

|Central Bank of Yemen

|1971

|Zambian kwacha

|Bank of Zambia

|1964

|Zimbabwean ZiG, United States dollar

|Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

|1964

Major central banks by currency allocation percentage of worldwide foreign exchange reserves

Source: World Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves, International Monetary Fund

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!Country name

!Central bank name

!Currency

!Currency share percentage of global allocated reserves in Q4 2022 (%)

!Central bank governor

!Native name of central bank

!Established

|Federal Reserve

|United States dollar

|58.36

|1913

|European Central Bank

|Euro

|20.47

|1998

|Bank of Japan

|Japanese yen

|5.51

|日本銀行 / Nippon Ginkō

|1882

|Bank of England

|Pound sterling

|4.95

|1694

|People's Bank of China

|Renminbi

|2.69

|中国人民銀行 / Zhōngguó Rénmín Yínháng

|1948

|Bank of Canada

|Canadian dollar

|2.38

|Banque du Canada

|1935

|Reserve Bank of Australia

|Australian dollar

|1.96

|1960

|Swiss National Bank

|Swiss franc

|0.23

|Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque Nationale Suisse / Banca Nazionale Svizzera / Banca Naziunala Svizra

|1906

Former central banking jurisdictions

– Bank of Amsterdam (1609–1791)
– Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401–1714)