YER black market rate on Aug 21, 2026: 540 per USD
On Friday, August 21, 2026, the US dollar traded at about 540 YER on Yemen's parallel (black) market at the close of observations. The day opened at 537.5 YER, reached a high of 540.29 and a low of 526.5, a trading range of 13.78 YER (2.62%).
Across 288 observations, the average price to buy dollars was 535.78 YER and the average price received when selling dollars was 542.21 YER. Over the session the Yemeni Rial weakened against the dollar (+0.47% from open to close).
Official rate vs black market rate on Aug 21, 2026
The official exchange rate published for Yemen on this date was 237.26 YER per USD. The parallel-market close of 540 YER therefore implied a premium of +127.60% over the official rate — a wide gap that typically signals dollar shortages in the formal banking system.
How Aug 21, 2026 compares
Compared with the previous observed day (Aug 20, 2026, close 537.5 YER), the rate moved +0.47%.
One week earlier (Aug 14, 2026) the close was 540.61 YER, so the weekly change was -0.11%.
Thirty days earlier (Jul 22, 2026) the close was 530 YER, a +1.89% move over the month.
How this daily figure is produced
ETCurrency samples Yemen's USD/YER parallel market throughout the day from peer-to-peer stablecoin order books and, where available, community submissions. Each sample is filtered for outliers and aggregated into a single buy and sell quote; the figures above are the first, highest, lowest and last of those aggregated quotes for Aug 21, 2026 (UTC).
USDT peer-to-peer prices closely track cash dollar prices in most parallel markets but are not identical to them: payment-method fees, merchant margins and local demand for stablecoins can all add a few tenths of a percent.
Frequently asked questions
- What was the dollar to Yemeni Rial black market rate on Aug 21, 2026?
- The USD to YER parallel market rate closed at approximately 540 YER per US dollar on Friday, August 21, 2026, after trading between 526.5 and 540.29 YER.
- How much did the YER move against the dollar that day?
- From an open of 537.5 to a close of 540 YER, the parallel rate moved +0.47% on Aug 21, 2026.
- What was the gap between the official and black market YER rate on that date?
- The official rate was 237.26 YER per USD versus a parallel close of 540 YER, a premium of +127.60%.
- Was the YER black market rate higher or lower than the day before?
- Higher: the previous observed close was 537.5 YER on Aug 20, 2026, a change of +0.47%.
Figures are aggregated parallel-market observations for Yemen in UTC and are indicative only; they are not a quote to trade. See the full USD → Yemeni Rial history or today's live rate.