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Swazi lilangeni (SZL) exchange rate today — official vs market

Eswatini · Swazi lilangeni (SZL). Official rate as of 25 Sep 2026 · Market data fetched 27 Sep 2026, 00:20 UTC. All rates = units of local currency per 1 US dollar.

Official (per $1)16.2938reference · ECB reference rates (via Frankfurter API)
Market (per $1)18.19parallel · Bybit P2P
Premium vs official+11.64%Market vs official (positive = market weaker)
CoveragepeggedPegged 1:1 to the South African rand (CMA); rates mirror USD/ZAR
Central bank policy rate—No usable central-bank policy-rate source yet.

Premium history

Cannot compute a premium history — both an official/reference and a market leg are required on the same observed day (no interpolation).

Context

The Swazi lilangeni currently trades at a premium of +11.64% — the 4th widest gap of the 54 African currencies we track. That places it in the scarcity band (>10%), where the market rate is materially weaker than the official posting.