United Arab Emirates dirham

Emirati dirham
درهم إماراتي (Arabic)
Reverse of an Emirati one dirham coin
ISO 4217
CodeAED (numeric: 784)
Subunit0.01
Units of account
Base unitdirham
Pluraldarāhim (Arabic)
Symbol‎
Subunit
 1⁄100fils
Plural
 filsfulus (Arabic)
Denominations
BanknotesDhs5, Dhs10, Dhs20, Dhs50, Dhs100, Dhs200, Dhs500, Dhs1,000
Coins
 Freq. used25, 50 fils, Dh1
 Rarely used1, 5, 10 fils
Demographics
Date of introduction1973
User(s)United Arab Emirates
Issuance
Central bankCentral Bank of the UAE
 Websitewww.centralbank.ae/en/
Valuation
Inflation1.87%
 SourceThe World Factbook, 2023
Pegged withUSD
US$1 = Dhs 3.6725

The Emirati dirham (symbol: ; currency code: AED; /ˈdɪər(h)əm/;) Arabic: درهم إماراتي, abbreviation: د.إ in Arabic, Dh; is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates. Each dirham is subdivided into 100 fulus (singular is "fils"). It is pegged to the United States dollar at a constant exchange rate of approximately 3.67 AED to 1 USD. In March 2025, the UAE Central Bank announced the creation of a Dirham currency symbol, , derived from the Latin letter D crossed with two horizontal lines.