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Your guide to employing workers around the world

Albania
Capital CityTirana
CurrencyAlbanian Lek (L, ALL)
Official LanguagesAlbanian

Algeria
Capital CityAlgiers
CurrencyAlgerian dinar (د.ج, DZD)
Official LanguagesArabic and Tamazight (Berber)

Andorra
Capital CityAndorra la Vella
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesCatalan

Angola
Capital CityLuanda
CurrencyAngolan kwanza (Kz, AOA)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Antigua and Barbuda
Capital CitySaint John's
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesAntiguan and Barbudan Creole and English

Argentina
Capital CityBuenos Aires
CurrencyArgentine peso ($, ARS)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Armenia
Capital CityYerevan
CurrencyArmenian dram (֏, AMD)
Official LanguagesArmenian

Aruba
Capital CityOranjestad
CurrencyAruban florin (ƒ, AWG)
Official LanguagesDutch and Papiamento

Australia
Capital CityCanberra
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Austria
Capital CityVienna
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGerman

Azerbaijan
Capital CityBaku
CurrencyAzerbaijani manat (₼, AZN)
Official LanguagesAzerbaijani

Bahamas
Capital CityNassau
CurrencyBahamian dollar ($, BSD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Bahrain
Capital CityManama
CurrencyBahraini dinar (.د.ب, BHD)
Official LanguagesArabic and English

Bangladesh
Capital CityDhaka
CurrencyBangladeshi taka (৳, BDT)
Official LanguagesBengali

Barbados
Capital CityBridgetown
CurrencyBarbadian dollar ($, BBD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Bajan Creole

Belarus
Capital CityMinsk
CurrencyBelarusian ruble (Br, BYN)
Official LanguagesBelarusian and Russian

Belgium
Capital CityBrussels
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesDutch, French, and German

Belize
Capital CityBelmopan
CurrencyBelize dollar ($, BZD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Benin
Capital CityPorto-Novo
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Bhutan
Capital CityThimphu
CurrencyBhutanese ngultrum (Nu., BTN)
Official LanguagesDzongkha

Bolivia
Capital CityLa Paz
CurrencyBolivian boliviano (Bs, BOB)
Official LanguagesSpanish and indigenous languages

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital CitySarajevo
CurrencyBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (KM, BAM)
Official LanguagesBosnian, Croatian, and Serbian

Botswana
Capital CityGaborone
CurrencyBotswana pula (P, BWP)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Tswana

Brazil
Capital CityBrasília
CurrencyReal (R$, BRL)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Brunei
Capital CityBandar Seri Begawan
CurrencyBrunei dollar ($, BND)
Official LanguagesMalay

Bulgaria
Capital CitySofia
CurrencyBulgarian lev (лв., BGN)
Official LanguagesBulgarian

Burkina Faso
Capital CityOuagadougou
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Burundi
Capital CityGitega
CurrencyBurundian franc (Fr, BIF)
Official LanguagesKirundi and French

Cambodia
Capital CityPhnom Penh
CurrencyCambodian riel (៛, KHR)
Official LanguagesKhmer

Cameroon
Capital CityYaoundé
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench and English

Canada
Capital CityOttawa
CurrencyCanadian dollar ($, CAD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and French

Cape Verde
Capital CityPraia
CurrencyCape Verdean escudo (Esc, CVE)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Central African Republic
Capital CityBangui
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesSango and French

Chad
Capital CityN'Djamena
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench and Arabic

Chile
Capital CitySantiago
CurrencyChilean peso ($, CLP)
Official LanguagesSpanish

China
Capital CityBeijing
CurrencyChinese yuan (¥, CNY)
Official LanguagesMandarin (Putonghua)

Colombia
Capital CityBogota
CurrencyColombian peso ($, COP)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Comoros
Capital CityMoroni
CurrencyComorian franc (Fr, KMF)
Official LanguagesComorian, Arabic, and French

Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
Capital CityBrazzaville
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Costa Rica
Capital CitySan José
CurrencyCosta Rican colón (₡, CRC)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Côte d'Ivoire
Capital CityYamoussoukro
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Croatia
Capital CityZagreb
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesCroatian

Cuba
Capital CityHavana
CurrencyCuban peso ($, CUP)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Cyprus
Capital CityNicosia
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGreek and Turkish

Czech Republic
Capital CityPrague
CurrencyCzech koruna (Kč, CZK)
Official LanguagesCzech

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital CityKinshasa
CurrencyCongolese franc (Fr, CDF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Denmark
Capital CityCopenhagen
CurrencyDanish krone (kr., DKK)
Official LanguagesDanish

Djibouti
Capital CityDjibouti
CurrencyDjiboutian franc (Fr, DJF)
Official LanguagesFrench and Arabic

Dominica
Capital CityRoseau
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesDominican Creole, French, and English

Dominican Republic
Capital CitySanto Domingo
CurrencyDominican peso (RD$, DOP)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Ecuador
Capital CityQuito
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Egypt
Capital CityCairo
CurrencyEgyptian pound (£, EGP)
Official LanguagesArabic

El Salvador
Capital CitySan Salvador
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Equatorial Guinea
Capital CityMalabo
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesSpanish, Portuguese, and French

Eritrea
Capital CityAsmara
CurrencyEritrean nakfa (Nfk, ERN)
Official LanguagesTigrinya, Tigre, and Dahlik

Estonia
Capital CityTallinn
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEstonian

Eswatini
Capital CityMbabane (executive) Lobamba (legislative)
CurrencySwazi lilangeni (L, SZL)
Official LanguagesSwazi and English

Ethiopia
Capital CityAddis Ababa
CurrencyEthiopian birr (Br, ETB)
Official LanguagesAmharic

Fiji
Capital CitySuva
CurrencyFijian dollar ($, FJD)
Official LanguagesFijian, Fiji Hindi, and English

Finland
Capital CityHelsinki
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFinnish and Swedish

France
Capital CityParis
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFrench

Gabon
Capital CityLibreville
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Gambia
Capital CityBanjul
CurrencyGambian dalasi (D, GMD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Georgia
Capital CityTbilisi
CurrencyGeorgian Lari (₾, GEL)
Official LanguagesGeorgian

Germany
Capital CityBerlin
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGerman

Ghana
Capital CityAccra
CurrencyGhanaian cedi (₵, GHS)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Greece
Capital CityAthens
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGreek

Grenada
Capital CitySaint George's
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Guatemala
Capital CityGuatemala City
CurrencyGuatemalan quetzal (Q, GTQ)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Guinea
Capital CityConakry
CurrencyGuinean franc (Fr, GNF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Guinea-Bissau
Capital CityBissau
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Guyana
Capital CityGeorgetown
CurrencyGuyanese dollar ($, GYD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Haiti
Capital CityPort-au-Prince
CurrencyHaitian gourde (G, HTG)
Official LanguagesFrench and Haitian Creole

Honduras
Capital CityTegucigalpa
CurrencyHonduran lempira (L, HNL)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Hong Kong
Capital CityHong Kong
CurrencyHong Kong dollar ($, HKD)
Official LanguagesCantonese and English

Hungary
Capital CityBudapest
CurrencyHungarian forint (Ft, HUF)
Official LanguagesHungarian

Iceland
Capital CityReykjavík
CurrencyIcelandic krona (kr, ISK)
Official LanguagesIcelandic

India
Capital CityNew Delhi
CurrencyIndian rupee (₹, INR)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, and 22 regional languages

Indonesia
Capital CityJakarta
CurrencyIndonesian rupiah (Rp, IDR)
Official LanguagesIndonesian

Iran
Capital CityTehran
CurrencyIranian rial (﷼, IRR)
Official LanguagesPersian

Ireland
Capital CityDublin
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Israel
Capital CityJerusalem
CurrencyIsraeli new shekel (₪, ILS)
Official LanguagesHebrew, Arabic, and English

Italy
Capital CityRome
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesItalian

Jamaica
Capital CityKingston
CurrencyJamaican dollar ($, JMD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Japan
Capital CityTokyo
CurrencyJapanese yen (¥, JPY)
Official LanguagesJapanese

Jordan
Capital CityAmman
CurrencyJordanian dinar (د.ا, JOD)
Official LanguagesArabic and Modern Standard Arabic

Kazakhstan
Capital CityNur-Sultan
CurrencyKazakhstani tenge (₸, KZT)
Official LanguagesKazakh and Russian

Kenya
Capital CityNairobi
CurrencyKenyan shilling (KSh, KES)
Official LanguagesSwahili and English

Kiribati
Capital CityTarawa
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesKiribati and English

Kosovo
Capital CityPristina
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesAlbanian and Serbian

Kuwait
Capital CityKuwait City
CurrencyKuwaiti dinar (د.ك, KWD)
Official LanguagesArabic

Kyrgyzstan
Capital CityBishkek
CurrencyKyrgyzstani som (С̲, KGS)
Official LanguagesKyrgyz and Russian

Laos
Capital CityVientiane
CurrencyLao kip (₭, LAK)
Official LanguagesLao

Latvia
Capital CityRiga
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesLatvian

Lebanon
Capital CityBeirut
CurrencyLebanese pound (ل.ل, LBP)
Official LanguagesArabic

Lesotho
Capital CityMaseru
CurrencyLesotho loti (L, LSL)
Official LanguagesSethoso and English

Liberia
Capital CityMonrovia
CurrencyLiberian dollar ($, LRD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Libya
Capital CityTripoli
CurrencyLibyan dinar (ل.د, LYD)
Official LanguagesArabic

Liechtenstein
Capital CityVaduz
CurrencySwiss franc (Fr, CHF)
Official LanguagesGerman

Lithuania
Capital CityVilnius
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesLithuanian

Luxembourg
Capital CityLuxembourg City
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesLuxembourgish, German, and French

Macau
Capital CityMacau
CurrencyMacanese pataca (MOP$, MOP)
Official LanguagesChinese and Portuguese

Madagascar
Capital CityAntananarivo
CurrencyMalagasy ariary (Ar, MGA)
Official LanguagesMalagasy and French

Malawi
Capital CityLilongwe
CurrencyMalawian kwacha (MK, MWK)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Malaysia
Capital CityKuala Lumpur
CurrencyMalaysian ringgit (RM, MYR)
Official LanguagesMalay

Maldives
Capital CityMalé
CurrencyMaldivian rufiyaa (.ރ, MVR)
Official LanguagesDhivehi

Mali
Capital CityBamako
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Malta
Capital CityValletta
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Maltese

Marshall Islands
Capital CityMajuro
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Marshallese

Mauritania
Capital CityNouakchott
CurrencyMauritanian ouguiya (UM, MRU)
Official LanguagesArabic and French

Mauritius
Capital CityPort Louis
CurrencyMauritian rupee (¢, MUR)
Official LanguagesMauritian Creole, French, and English

Mexico
Capital CityMexico City
CurrencyMexican peso ($, MXN)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Micronesia
Capital CityPalikir
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Moldova
Capital CityChișinău
CurrencyMoldovan leu (L, MDL)
Official LanguagesRomanian

Monaco
Capital CityMonaco
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFrench

Mongolia
Capital CityUlaanbaatar
CurrencyMongolian tögrög (₮, MNT)
Official LanguagesMongolian

Montenegro
Capital CityPodgorica
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSerbian, Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian

Morocco
Capital CityRabat
CurrencyMoroccan dirham (DH, MAD)
Official LanguagesArabic

Mozambique
Capital CityMaputo
CurrencyMozambican metical (MT, MZN)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Myanmar
Capital CityNaypyitaw
CurrencyMyanmar kyat (Ks, MMK)
Official LanguagesBurmese

Namibia
Capital CityWindhoek
CurrencyNamibian dollar ($, NAD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Nauru
Capital CityYaren
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesNauruan and English

Nepal
Capital CityKathmandu
CurrencyNepalese rupee (रू, NPR)
Official LanguagesNepali

Netherlands
Capital CityAmsterdam
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesDutch (official language), Frisian (official language in Frisia), and English

New Zealand
Capital CityWellington
CurrencyNew Zealand dollar ($, NZD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Māori

Nicaragua
Capital CityManagua
CurrencyNicaraguan córdoba (C$, NIO)
Official LanguagesSpanish and English

Niger
Capital CityNiamey
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Nigeria
Capital CityAbuja
CurrencyNigerian naira (₦, NGN)
Official LanguagesEnglish

North Korea
Capital CityPyongyang
CurrencyNorth Korean won (₩, KPW)
Official LanguagesKorean

North Macedonia
Capital CitySkopje
CurrencyMacedonian denar (ден, MKD)
Official LanguagesMacedonian and Albanian

Norway
Capital CityOslo
CurrencyNorwegian krone (kr, NOK)
Official LanguagesNorwegian

Oman
Capital CityMuscat
CurrencyOmani rial (ر.ع., OMR)
Official LanguagesArabic

Pakistan
Capital CityIslamabad
CurrencyPakistani rupee (₨., PKR)
Official LanguagesUrdu, English, and Punjabi

Palau
Capital CityNgerulmud
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Palauan

Panama
Capital CityPanama City
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Papua New Guinea
Capital CityPort Moresby
CurrencyPapua New Guinean kina (K, PGK)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Hiri Motu, and PNG Sign Language

Paraguay
Capital CityAsunción
CurrencyParaguayan guaraní (₲, PYG)
Official LanguagesGuaraní and Spanish

Peru
Capital CityLima
CurrencyPeruvian sol (S/., PEN)
Official LanguagesSpanish, Quechua, and Aymara

Philippines
Capital CityManila
CurrencyPhilippine peso (₱, PHP)
Official LanguagesFilipino and English

Poland
Capital CityWarsaw
CurrencyPolish złoty (zł, PLN)
Official LanguagesPolish

Portugal
Capital CityLisbon
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Puerto Rico
Capital CitySan Juan
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish and English

Qatar
Capital CityDoha
CurrencyQatari riyal (ر.ق, QAR)
Official LanguagesArabic

Romania
Capital CityBucharest
CurrencyRomanian leu (L, RON)
Official LanguagesRomanian

Russia
Capital CityMoscow
CurrencyRussian ruble (₽, RUB)
Official LanguagesRussian

Rwanda
Capital CityKigali
CurrencyRwandan franc (Fr, RWF)
Official LanguagesEnglish and French

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital CityBasseterre
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Saint Kitts Creole

Saint Lucia
Capital CityCastries
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Saint Lucian Creole, and French

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital CityKingstown
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Samoa
Capital CityApia
CurrencySamoan tālā (T, WST)
Official LanguagesSamoan and English

San Marino
Capital CitySan Marino
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesItalian

Sao Tome and Principe
Capital CitySão Tomé
CurrencySão Tomé and Príncipe dobra (Db, STN)
Official LanguagesPortuguese

Saudi Arabia
Capital CityRiyadh
CurrencySaudi riyal (﷼, SAR)
Official LanguagesArabic

Senegal
Capital CityDakar
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench

Serbia
Capital CityBelgrade
CurrencySerbian dinar (din, RSD)
Official LanguagesSerbian

Seychelles
Capital CityVictoria
CurrencySeychellois rupee (₨, SCR)
Official LanguagesFrench and English

Sierra Leone
Capital CityFreetown
CurrencySierra Leonean leone (Le, SLL)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Krio

Singapore
Capital CitySingapore
CurrencySingapore dollar (S$, SGD)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil

Slovakia
Capital CityBratislava
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSlovak

Slovenia
Capital CityLjubljana
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSlovenian, Italian, and Hungarian

Solomon Islands
Capital CityHoniara
CurrencySolomon Islands dollar ($, SBD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Somalia
Capital CityMogadishu
CurrencySomali shilling (Sh, SOS)
Official LanguagesSomali and Arabic

South Africa
Capital CityPretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative)
CurrencySouth African Rand (R, ZAR)
Official LanguagesEnglish and 10 other official languages

South Korea
Capital CitySeoul
CurrencySouth Korean won (₩, KRW)
Official LanguagesKorean

Spain
Capital CityMadrid
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSpanish, Catalan, Basque, and Galician

Sri Lanka
Capital CitySri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) Colombo (executive and judicial)
CurrencySri Lankan rupee (Rs, LKR)
Official LanguagesSinhala, Tamil, and English

Sudan
Capital CityKhartoum
CurrencySudanese pound (ج.س., SDG)
Official LanguagesArabic & English

Suriname
Capital CityParamaribo
CurrencySurinamese dollar ($, SRD)
Official LanguagesDutch

Sweden
Capital CityStockholm
CurrencySwedish krona (kr, SEK)
Official LanguagesSwedish

Switzerland
Capital CityBern
CurrencySwiss franc (Fr, CHF)
Official LanguagesGerman (Swiss-German), Romansh, French, and Italian

Syria
Capital CityDamascus
CurrencySyrian pound (£, SYP)
Official LanguagesArabic

Taiwan
Capital CityTaipei
CurrencyNew Taiwan dollar (NT$, TWD)
Official LanguagesMandarin Chinese

Tajikistan
Capital CityDushanbe
CurrencyTajikistani somoni (с., TJS)
Official LanguagesTajik

Tanzania
Capital CityDodoma
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (Sh, TZS)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Swahili

Thailand
Capital CityBangkok
CurrencyThai baht (฿, THB)
Official LanguagesThai

Timor-Leste
Capital CityDili
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesTetum and Portuguese

Togo
Capital CityLomé
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench, Ewe, and Kabiye

Tonga
Capital CityNukuʻalofa
CurrencyTongan paʻanga (T$, TOP)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Tongan

Tunisia
Capital CityTunis
CurrencyTunisian dinar (د.ت, TND)
Official LanguagesArabic, English, and French

Türkiye
Capital CityAnkara
CurrencyTurkish lira (₺, TRY)
Official LanguagesTurkish

Turkmenistan
Capital CityAshgabat
CurrencyTurkmenistan manat (m., TMT)
Official LanguagesTurkmen

Tuvalu
Capital CityFunafuti
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Tuvaluan

Uganda
Capital CityKampala
CurrencyUgandan shilling (Sh, UGX)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Swahili

Ukraine
Capital CityKyiv
CurrencyUkrainian hryvnia (₴, UAH)
Official LanguagesUkrainian

United Arab Emirates
Capital CityAbu Dhabi
CurrencyUnited Arab Emirates dirham (د.إ, AED)
Official LanguagesArabic

United Kingdom
Capital CityLondon
CurrencyPound sterling (£, GBP)
Official LanguagesEnglish

United States
Capital CityWashington, D.C.
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Uruguay
Capital CityMontevideo
CurrencyUruguayan peso ($U, UYU)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Uzbekistan
Capital CityTashkent
CurrencyUzbekistani soʻm (Sʻ, UZS)
Official LanguagesUzbek

Venezuela
Capital CityCaracas
CurrencyVenezuelan bolívar soberano (Bs.S., VES)
Official LanguagesSpanish

Vietnam
Capital CityHanoi
CurrencyVietnamese đồng (₫, VND)
Official LanguagesVietnamese

Yemen
Capital CitySanaa & Aden (capital-in-exile)
CurrencyYemeni rial (﷼, YER)
Official LanguagesArabic

Zambia
Capital CityLusaka
CurrencyZambian kwacha (ZK, ZMW)
Official LanguagesEnglish

Zimbabwe
Capital CityHarare
CurrencyZimbabwean gold (ZiG, ZiG)
Official LanguagesShona, Ndebele, and English