Your essential source of information on the Maldives currency (Maldive rufiya) currency guide home home
Please click on the links below for details of our services. If you find the pages valuable, please pass the details on to your friends and colleagues.
Buy your holiday and travel currency - Buy online securely with extra convenience and get better tourist rates than at the banks.
Overseas payments/transfers - Companies and individuals, save money and get better rates for all your overseas currency payments, property buying and transfers.
Currency forecasts - The complete range of Investica currency forecasts.
Maldive Rufiya
The Maldives officially uses the Rufiya as the local currency. 1 Rufiya is divided into 100 laari.
Currency regime
The rufiya floats against major currencies with the central bank aiming to control movements.
Tourist rates
On September 26th 2007 the Maldives currency was valued at around 24.5 against Sterling.
For 1 UK pound you will, therefore, receive around 24.0 rufiya
For 1 US dollar, you will get around 12.0 rufiya
Cash machines are not generally available and there are problems with credit card fraud. Accounts in most resorts can be settled with US dollars and you should consider taking US dollars.
Buy your holiday and travel currency - Buy online securely with extra convenience and get better tourist rates than at the banks.