note: since May 1989, the Jordanian dinar has been pegged to a
group of currencies
Kazakhstan:
tenge per US dollar - 145.09 (January 2001), 142.13
(2000), 119.52 (1999), 78.30 (1998), 75.44 (1997), 67.30 (1996)
Kenya:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 78.733 (December 2000),
76.176 (2000), 70.326 (1999), 60.367 (1998), 58.732 (1997), 57.115
(1996)
Kiribati:
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001),
1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773
(1996)
Korea, North:
official: North Korean won per US dollar - 2.15 (May
1994), 2.13 (May 1992), 2.14 (September 1991), 2.1 (January 1990),
2.3 (December 1989); market: North Korean won per US dollar - 200
Korea, South:
South Korean won per US dollar - 1,271.89 (January
2001), 1,130.96 (2000), 1,188.82 (1999), 1,401.44 (1998), 951.29
(1997), 804.45 (1996)
Kuwait:
Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.3057 (January 2001), 0.3067
(2000), 0.3044 (1999), 0.3047 (1998), 0.3033 (1997), 0.2994 (1996)
Kyrgyzstan:
soms per US dollar - 48.701 (January 2001), 47.704
(2000), 39.008 (1999), 20.838 (1998), 17.362 (1997), 12.810 (1996)
Laos:
kips per US dollar - 7,578.00 (December 2000), 7,102.03
(1999), 3,298.33 (1998), 1,259.98 (1997), 921.02 (1996)
Latvia:
lati per US dollar - 0.614 (January 2001), 0.607 (2000),
0.585 (1999), 0.590 (1998), 0.581 (1997), 0.551 (1996)