YER black market rate on Sep 29, 2026: 543.62 per USD
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, the US dollar traded at about 543.62 YER on Yemen's parallel (black) market at the close of observations. The day opened at 543.76 YER, reached a high of 544 and a low of 522.78, a trading range of 21.23 YER (4.06%).
Across 237 observations, the average price to buy dollars was 533.46 YER and the average price received when selling dollars was 556.27 YER. Over the session the Yemeni Rial was broadly flat against the dollar (-0.02% from open to close).
Official rate vs black market rate on Sep 29, 2026
The official exchange rate published for Yemen on this date was 236.51 YER per USD. The parallel-market close of 543.62 YER therefore implied a premium of +129.85% over the official rate — a wide gap that typically signals dollar shortages in the formal banking system.
How Sep 29, 2026 compares
Compared with the previous observed day (Sep 28, 2026, close 537 YER), the rate moved +1.23%.
One week earlier (Sep 22, 2026) the close was 533 YER, so the weekly change was +1.99%.
Thirty days earlier (Aug 30, 2026) the close was 528.17 YER, a +2.93% 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 Sep 29, 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 Sep 29, 2026?
- The USD to YER parallel market rate closed at approximately 543.62 YER per US dollar on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, after trading between 522.78 and 544 YER.
- How much did the YER move against the dollar that day?
- From an open of 543.76 to a close of 543.62 YER, the parallel rate moved -0.02% on Sep 29, 2026.
- What was the gap between the official and black market YER rate on that date?
- The official rate was 236.51 YER per USD versus a parallel close of 543.62 YER, a premium of +129.85%.
- Was the YER black market rate higher or lower than the day before?
- Higher: the previous observed close was 537 YER on Sep 28, 2026, a change of +1.23%.
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.