Title: USD, US Dollar, Used As Currency in These Countries and Territories
Headings: More than two dozen countries and territories use the US dollar as currency
More than two dozen countries and territories use the US dollar as currency
Mark Abadi
US dollars are used in several countries around the world other than the United States, including Ecuador, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar, pictured above.
Countries and territories with USD as official currency
Countries and territories where USD is widely used along with local currency
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Content: Ecuador and Zimbabwe both switched to the US dollar after financial crises made their local currencies worthless. Other countries, such as Panama, Cambodia, and the Bahamas, use the US dollar alongside their own currencies. The US dollar is one of the most stable currencies in the world, and that's good for more than just Americans. Several countries besides the United States use the US dollar as their official currency, including nations in South America, Africa, and the Pacific. That translates to more than 350 million people around the world using the dollar as their main currency, and more than $17 trillion of economic activity, according to Investopedia. The non-US countries whose official currency is the dollar are Ecuador, El Salvador, Zimbabwe, Timor-Leste, Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands. The dollar is also used in all US territories, such as Puerto Rico and Guam, and a couple of British territories in the Caribbean: Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands. On top of those places, there are plenty of countries that regularly use the US dollar alongside their own local currency. Those countries include the Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Liberia, as well as several Caribbean territories.