Reflecting back on the recent parity of the American and Canadian dollars, I decided to play around with the currency calculator at finance.yahoo.com.

Did you know, that while 1 American dollar was buying a mere 1 Canadian dollar a few days ago, it buys 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars? Yup. If you've got $33.34 US, you can turn that into a million dollars (in the local currency) in Zimbabwe. So it got me thinking, how many dollars would you need to be a "millionaire" in various currencies?

Based on today's exchange rates, here are some places where you can be a millionaire in their currency for less than 1,000 U.S. dollars...

Nation's Currency Number of U.S. Dollars To Be A Millionaire
Zimbabwe Dollar $33.34
Belarus Ruble $466.31
Burundi Franc $907.86
Mongolian Tugrik $841.40
Colombian Peso $491.77
Venezuelan Bolivar $465.23
Guinea Franc $240.85
Indonesian Rupiah $109.08
Iran Rial $107.33
Iraq Dinar $810.71
Lebanese Pound $661.16
Paraguay Guarani $200.00
Sao Tome Dobra $72.79
Sierra Leone Leone $337.27
Ugandan Shilling $576.21
Vietnam Dong $62.10
Zambian Kwacha $260.08

And there it is: a list of countries where you can be a millionaire in their currency for less than $1,000 U.S. dollars... Just for fun.

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2 Responses to “You Can Be A Millionaire... In Zimbabwe”
  1. Automatic E-currency exchange says:

    Hahahaha..I know that. There are many millioners out there in Zim. Still the inflation is 2000%. Now how can a millioniare survive there.To own a bread you need thousand of local currnecy and even for a tissue paper you need to think several times before buying it.

  2. User says:

    Don't buy tissue paper, use the banknote as tissue paper lol

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