North Korean Won to US Dollar — KPW to USD

The mid-market rate is 1 KPW = 0.0011111 USD, so 100 KPW converts to 0.11 USD. The rate updates every minute.

It has barely moved: daily closing rates over the past 12 months stayed between 0.0011107 and 0.0011112, a range of less than 0.2%, which is consistent with a fixed or tightly managed exchange rate.

KPW/USD is roughly unchanged since 1 January, and roughly unchanged on a year ago.

About 0.0076921 USD per KPW. Today's rate of 0.0011111 is down 85.6% on that.

The rate on this page is the mid-market rate: the midpoint between what buyers and sellers of KPW and USD are paying on the wholesale market. Banks and money transfer providers rarely give you that rate. Most build their profit into the exchange rate itself, quoting you a rate some way below mid-market and often advertising the transfer as "fee free". High-street banks commonly take 2-4% this way; specialist transfer services and brokers usually take much less. The gap matters most on large amounts: on a 50,000 KPW transfer, the difference between a 3% and a 0.5% margin is 1,250 KPW. Before you send, compare the rate you're offered against the mid-market rate here, and ask for the total amount that will arrive rather than the fee alone.