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Ethiopian birr street rate (USDT P2P) — 2026-09-29

As of 2026-09-29, the street rate for the US dollar in Ethiopia is 164.9 ETB per USD, according to the EMpulse Street FX Index (confidence limited).

Rates are ETB per 1 USDT (treated as 1 US dollar); a rising number means the Ethiopian birr is weakening. Public pages are delayed 24 hours; real-time and hourly rates via Pro. limited confidence: fewer sources or fewer data points behind the latest days, so the rate is noisier and can have gaps. The latest published day is 2026-09-29; we are adding market sources for the Ethiopian birr and the page updates on its own once a recent day exists.

ETB street rate on 2026-09-29

DayIndex (mid)Buy USDTSell USDT 1 day7 days30 daysSourcesConfidence
2026-09-29 164.9 164.9 — — -0.1% — — limited

Changes compare the index with exactly 1, 7 and 30 calendar days earlier. Sources — independent market sources behind the day (shown from two on). Confidence high / medium / limited is explained in the methodology.

Last 90 days

ETB street rate, last 90 days: 2026-09-18 164.3 to 2026-09-29 164.9 (low 164.3, high 165.0)165.0164.32026-09-182026-09-29

Last year

ETB street rate, last year: 2026-09-18 164.3 to 2026-09-29 164.9 (low 164.3, high 165.0)165.0164.32026-09-182026-09-29

ETB per USDT by UTC day; outlier days are left out of the lines. History since 2026-09-18 is available through the API.

Last 3 days

DayIndexBuy USDTSell USDT 1 daySourcesConfidence
2026-09-29 164.9 164.9 — — — limited
2026-09-22 165.0 165.0 — — — limited
2026-09-18 164.3 164.3 — — — limited

How it is computed

EMpulse Street FX Index: daily street exchange rates of emerging-market currencies against the US dollar (USDT) — the rate people actually pay, not the official one — built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources, with a confidence class and the number of sources on every figure.

The index of a day is one number: when both components publish the same day, their mean weighted by confidence; outlier days are kept but excluded from averages and changes; the current day is revised until 00:00 UTC. Full rules, fields and revision policy: methodology (PDF) · accuracy.

Get ETB via the API

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.empulse.ai/v1/rates/ETB

JSON by default, CSV with Accept: text/csv or /csv; fields: day, buy, sell, mid, spread_pct, confidence, 7-day average, 1/7/30-day changes. Get a free key (1-day delay) or Pro for the current day and hourly rates. API reference · try without a key.

Questions

What is the black market dollar rate in Ethiopia today?
As of 2026-09-29, the EMpulse Street FX Index puts the street rate of the US dollar in Ethiopia at 164.9 ETB per USD (confidence limited). The public page is delayed by 24 hours; the API serves the current day on the Pro plan.
What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?
The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in Ethiopia, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.
Where does the ETB street rate data come from?
The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.
How often is the Ethiopian birr street rate updated?
Daily, per UTC calendar day; Pro keys also get hourly granularity for the best-covered currencies. This page shows data up to the previous day (24-hour delay); the API at https://api.empulse.ai serves the latest day with a Pro key.

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