Currency Codes (ISO 4217)
Data as of 2025ISO 4127-compliant lookup for currency codes used on the site.
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Alpha codes, numeric codes, and currency names are fully compliant with the ISO 4217 standard. Symbols and suffix indicators were added by the open data team to assist with internal operations.
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Dataset description
ISO 4127-compliant lookup for currency codes used on the site.
Variable definitions
- Currency Code
- Numeric Code
- Currency Name
- Symbol
- Suffix Indicator
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
code (String) | Currency Code | Standard currency alphabetic code according to ISO 4217 (e.g. 'MYR', 'USD') |
code_numeric (Integer) | Numeric Code | Standard currency numeric code according to ISO 4217 (e.g. 458 for MYR, 840 for USD) |
currency (String) | Currency Name | Full name of the currency |
symbol (String) | Symbol | Most common symbol used for the currency |
suffix (Integer) | Suffix Indicator | 1 if the symbol is a suffix (i.e. after the monetary value), 0 if the symbol is a prefix. |
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24 Oct 2025, 11:32
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- Jabatan Digital Negara
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/finsector/exr/currency_codes.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=currency_codes&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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