Central Bank of Kuwait Exchange Rate API
Official Central Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait) daily exchange rates as JSON: 10 currencies, history back to 2008. The published KWD rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.
About Central Bank of Kuwait
The Central Bank of Kuwait manages the Kuwaiti dinar — the world’s highest-valued currency unit, pegged to an undisclosed basket of currencies. It publishes official daily exchange rates covering more than 130 currencies.
- Official website: www.cbk.gov.kw
- Official rate publication: Exchange rates
Quick start
One request for the pair you need — USD to KWD at the official Central Bank of Kuwait rate:
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/cbk/latest?source=USD&target=KWD" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" Or the bank's full published table:
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/cbk/latest" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" On paid plans, any historical date or a time series:
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/cbk/history?source=USD&target=KWD&from=2025-01-01" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" Latest published rates (2026-08-11)
The most recent table as published by Central Bank of Kuwait — exactly what the /latest endpoint returns right now. Values are KWD per 1 unit of each currency:
Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV (free account required)
| Base | Quote | Type | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
AED | KWD | reference | 0.08361 |
BHD | KWD | reference | 0.8165789999999999 |
CHF | KWD | reference | 0.379089 |
EUR | KWD | reference | 0.354547 |
GBP | KWD | reference | 0.415 |
JPY | KWD | reference | 0.0019293000000000001 |
OMR | KWD | reference | 0.7987000000000001 |
QAR | KWD | reference | 0.084368 |
SAR | KWD | reference | 0.08189300000000001 |
USD | KWD | reference | 0.30710000000000004 |
Node.js / TypeScript client
A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — cbk-exchange-rate:
npm install cbk-exchange-rate import { getRate } from 'cbk-exchange-rate';
const pair = await getRate('USD', 'KWD', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date); Zero dependencies, TypeScript types included, and it runs anywhere fetch exists — Node 18+, Bun, Deno, and edge runtimes.
Why use the official Central Bank of Kuwait rate?
Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Kuwait and beyond typically require the official rate published by Central Bank of Kuwait for a given date — a fixed, citable number that never changes after publication. This API serves those published tables with the bank's own rate_date on every response; weekends and holidays return the most recent published date, which is the rate compliance rules require you to apply.
Pairs the bank doesn't print directly are resolved from its table (inverse or cross via KWD) and explicitly flagged "derived": true — so what the bank printed and what was computed are never confused.
Endpoints
GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbk/latest— latest table or single pair (all plans)GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbk/{YYYY-MM-DD}— the table for any date (paid plans)GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbk/history— time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbk/availability— publication calendar: the dates the bank actually published (all plans)
Full parameter reference in the API documentation. Every request counts toward your plan's monthly quota — rates change once per business day, so caching a published table locally makes a small quota go far.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an API for Central Bank of Kuwait exchange rates?
Yes — this one. Official daily KWD rates as clean JSON, latest table on every plan including free.
How often are the rates updated?
Central Bank of Kuwait publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2026-08-11).
Are these the official rates?
Yes — ingested from Central Bank of Kuwait's own published data, served unmodified with the bank's publication date. Anything computed rather than published is flagged derived.
Central Bank of Kuwait rates, one API key
Latest table on every plan. History back to 2008 on paid plans. No credit card to start.
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