How much is $1000 US dollars in Ethiopia?Īre you overpaying your bank? Conversion rates US Dollar / Ethiopian Birr An exchange rate is “fixed” when countries use gold or another agreed-upon standard, and each currency is worth a specific measure of the metal or other standard. How much is the dollar in Ethiopia?Įxchange rate, the price of a country’s money in relation to another country’s money. If a central bank does not intervene regularly in the Forex market, a black market will very likely arise and the central bank will lose control of the exchange rate. Addis Ababa, Adama and Hawassa are among cities where exchange rates for hard currencies, including Euro, showed unprecedented increase.Ī black market arises when exchanges for foreign currency take place at an unofficial (or illegal) exchange rate. Now one US dollar is exchanging up to 75 Ethiopian birr in the black market, according to a report by Deutsche Welle Amharic report.