Saudi riyal

The riyal is the official money used in Saudi Arabia. A shorter name for it is SR (Arabic: ر.س). The riyal is divided into 100 halala (Arabic: هللة).

Saudi riyal

ريال سعودي
An old banknote of Saudi
ISO 4217
Code	SAR (numeric: 682)
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Symbol	‎
Denominations
Subunit
​1⁄100	halalah
Banknotes	5, 10, 50, 100, 500 riyals
Coins	0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1 riyal, 2 riyals
Demographics
User(s)	Saudi Arabia
Issuance
Central bank	Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Website	www.sama.gov.sa
Valuation
Inflation	3% (December 2013)
Source	Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Jan 2014 est.

The riyal has been Saudi Arabia's money since Saudi Arabia became a country. It was the currency of Hejaz before Saudi Arabia was a country.

History

In December 2016, old currency was removed from market in five years, later, Saudi Arabia will get new designs of both coins and banknotes.^[1][2]

In February 2025, King Salman approved official Saudi riyal symbol.^[3][4][5]

Banknotes and coins

There are 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 halala coins; and 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 500 riyal banknotes.

Exchange rate

The riyal is fixed to be the same as 0.266612 United States dollars.^[6][7][8]