The US dollar is viewed as a global benchmark, but several currencies hold more value

Topping the list is the Kuwaiti dinar, whose strength is underpinned by Kuwait’s significant oil wealth and sound fiscal policies. 

Close behind are the Bahraini dinar and Omani rial, both supported by their nations’ petroleum-driven economies and fixed exchange rates to the dollar. 

These high-value currencies are a reflection not necessarily of economic superiority, but of unique monetary strategies and resource-based wealth.

Other notable currencies worth more than the U.S. dollar include the Jordanian dinar and the British pound. Jordan’s dinar, though from a country with limited natural resources, maintains its strength through a long-standing peg to the dollar aimed at economic stability.

 Meanwhile, the British pound—and its territory-linked counterpart, the Gibraltar pound—retains a high value thanks to the UK's diversified economy and London’s status as a major financial hub. The value of a currency, in this case, is less about daily purchasing power and more about monetary policy, global confidence, and economic structure.

Source: International Monetary Fund. (2025). Exchange Rate Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions.