🇱🇷 LRD to 🇺🇸 USD — Liberian Dollar (L$) to US Dollar Rate Today
Live indicative interbank rate, June 2026. Updated daily at 01:00 UTC.
Convert Liberian Dollar to US Dollar using the live indicative interbank rate and the converter below. Covers the cost of sending to United States via the major mobile money apps.
LRD to USD rate change
Rate tracking started 10 June 2026. Change data fills in daily — 1-day change available tomorrow.
Change in the LRD→USD rate. + means the US Dollar weakened against the Liberian Dollar; − means it strengthened.
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LRD → USD conversion table
| LRD | USD |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.01 |
| 5 | 0.03 |
| 10 | 0.05 |
| 20 | 0.11 |
| 50 | 0.27 |
| 100 | 0.55 |
| 200 | 1.10 |
| 500 | 2.74 |
| 1,000 | 5.48 |
| 2,000 | 10.96 |
| 5,000 | 27.40 |
| 10,000 | 54.80 |
Table computed at the indicative rate of 1 LRD = 0.01 USD. Real operator-side values include a 1%-4% spread.
Liberian Dollar to US Dollar exchange rate history
About the Liberian Dollar
The Liberian Dollar (LRD, L$) is the official currency of Liberia, issued by the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), but it circulates alongside the US dollar in a long-standing dual-currency economy: prices, salaries and especially mobile-money balances are routinely quoted and held in US dollars, while the Liberian dollar handles smaller everyday cash transactions. The LRD has trended weaker against the dollar over the 2020s, trading around L$180-190 per US dollar in 2026. Because so much of the economy is dollarised, the USD/LRD rate is the reference most Liberians actually use, and it matters for diaspora remittances, which are equivalent to roughly a tenth of GDP and increasingly land directly in Lonestar Cell MTN and Orange Money wallets. Mobile-money fees set by the CBL are stated in US dollars, so the LRD conversion (via USD/LRD) is what tells a recipient what a fee or transfer is worth in local cash.
About the US Dollar
The US Dollar (USD, $) is the world's primary reserve currency and the de facto reference rate for most African remittance pricing. It is issued by the Federal Reserve System and subdivided into 100 cents. For African corridors, the USD plays two distinct roles: as the on-the-wire settlement currency that originating remittance providers use to hedge between markets, and as the unit of account that diaspora senders most often think in. When operators quote a USD-to-local-currency rate, the difference between that rate and the interbank mid-market — the spread — is where most of the corridor's cost is hidden, often dwarfing the visible send fee. For receivers in countries with thin USD interbank markets such as Sierra Leone or Mozambique, the published rate can lag the interbank reference by several percentage points.
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Why is the rate I see on my mobile money operator different?
Rates shown on this page are indicative interbank reference rates updated daily. Operator send rates typically include a 1%-4% spread above this reference, which covers FX hedging cost, settlement risk and commercial margin. For exact send rates via M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Sendwave, LemFi, WorldRemit, Wise or TapTap Send to United States, see the inbound corridor comparison.