National Bank of Ethiopia Exchange Rate API

Official National Bank of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) daily exchange rates as JSON: 19 currencies, history back to 2024. The published ETB rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

National Bank of Ethiopia official daily exchange rates as JSON: 19 currencies against the ETB, history back to 2024. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About National Bank of Ethiopia

The National Bank of Ethiopia publishes daily indicative birr exchange rates — a weighted average of banks' actual foreign-exchange transactions from the previous day, plus buying and selling quotes, for 19 currencies. The series in this form starts in late September 2024, shortly after Ethiopia floated the birr in July 2024 — one of the most consequential African currency reforms of the decade.

• Official website: nbe.gov.et
• Official rate publication: Daily indicative exchange rates

Quick start

One request for the pair you need — USD to ETB at the official National Bank of Ethiopia rate:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/nbe/latest?source=USD&target=ETB" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Or the bank's full published table:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/nbe/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/nbe/history?source=USD&target=ETB&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-08-21)

The most recent table as published by National Bank of Ethiopia — exactly what the /latest endpoint returns right now. Values are ETB per 1 unit of each currency:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV (paid plan required)

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	ETB	buy	43.8106
AED	ETB	reference	44.0297
AED	ETB	sell	44.2487
AUD	ETB	buy	114.7401
AUD	ETB	reference	115.3138
AUD	ETB	sell	115.8875
CAD	ETB	buy	116.927
CAD	ETB	reference	117.5117
CAD	ETB	sell	118.0963
CHF	ETB	buy	202.216
CHF	ETB	reference	203.2271
CHF	ETB	sell	204.2382
CNY	ETB	buy	23.9361
CNY	ETB	reference	24.0558
CNY	ETB	sell	24.1755
DJF	ETB	buy	0.9012
DJF	ETB	reference	0.9147
DJF	ETB	sell	0.9282
DKK	ETB	buy	25.1967
DKK	ETB	reference	25.3227
DKK	ETB	sell	25.4486
EUR	ETB	buy	188.3695
EUR	ETB	reference	189.3114
EUR	ETB	sell	190.2532
GBP	ETB	buy	219.6652
GBP	ETB	reference	220.7635
GBP	ETB	sell	221.8618
INR	ETB	buy	1.6811
INR	ETB	reference	1.6895
INR	ETB	sell	1.6979
JPY	ETB	buy	1.0164
JPY	ETB	reference	1.0215
JPY	ETB	sell	1.0266
KES	ETB	buy	1.2415
KES	ETB	reference	1.2602
KES	ETB	sell	1.2788
KWD	ETB	buy	524.4643
KWD	ETB	reference	527.0866
KWD	ETB	sell	529.7089
NOK	ETB	buy	17.2912
NOK	ETB	reference	17.3777
NOK	ETB	sell	17.4641
SAR	ETB	buy	42.8527
SAR	ETB	reference	43.067
SAR	ETB	sell	43.2812
SEK	ETB	buy	17.0261
SEK	ETB	reference	17.1112
SEK	ETB	sell	17.1963
USD	ETB	buy	160.9033
USD	ETB	reference	160.9033
USD	ETB	sell	162.5123
XDR	ETB	buy	220.3249
XDR	ETB	reference	221.4265
XDR	ETB	sell	222.5281
ZAR	ETB	buy	9.9822
ZAR	ETB	reference	10.0321
ZAR	ETB	sell	10.082

Node.js / TypeScript client

A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — national-bank-of-ethiopia-exchange-rate:

npm install national-bank-of-ethiopia-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'national-bank-of-ethiopia-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'ETB', { 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 National Bank of Ethiopia rate?

Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Ethiopia and beyond typically require the official rate published by National Bank of Ethiopia 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 ETB) and explicitly flagged "derived": true — so what the bank printed and what was computed are never confused.

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/central-bank/nbe/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/nbe/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/nbe/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/nbe/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 National Bank of Ethiopia exchange rates?

Yes — this one. Official daily ETB rates as clean JSON, latest table on every plan including free.

How often are the rates updated?

National Bank of Ethiopia publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2026-08-21).

Are these the official rates?

Yes — ingested from National Bank of Ethiopia's own published data, served unmodified with the bank's publication date. Anything computed rather than published is flagged derived.

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