Bulgarian Lev Currency Converter

The lev (Bulgarian: лев, plural: лева, левове / leva, levove; ISO 4217 code: BGN; numeric code: 975) is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian the word "lev" meant "lion", the word 'lion' in the modern language is lаv (IPA: [ɫɤf]; in Bulgarian: лъв). The lev is divided in 100 stotinki (стотинки, singular: stotinka, стотинка). Stotinka in Bulgarian means "a hundredth" and in fact is a translation of the French term "centime". Grammatically the word "stotinka" comes from the word "sto" (сто) - a hundred. Since 1997, the lev has been in a currency board arrangement with initially the Deutsche Mark at a fixed rate of BGL 1000 to DEM 1. After the introduction of the euro and the redenomination of the lev in 1999, this has resulted in a fixed rate to the euro of BGN 1.95583 : EUR 1. Since 2020, the lev has been a part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II). The lev is scheduled to be supplanted by the euro on 1 January 2024. With currencyconverts.com you can convert Bulgarian Lev (BGN) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Bulgarian Lev use currency converter. This page provides a free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. Exchange rates for Bulgarian Lev is calculated from mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually people search for BGN exchange rate before business travel to Bulgaria, or during trip to other countries and want to check rate of Bulgarian Lev in local money. On this page you can convert Bulgarian Lev to main foreign currencies, get fast access to most used amounts of BGN or aether calculate any amount of Bulgarian Lev in other fiat money.