Australia vs New Zealand: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1.72 National currency per US dollar against 1.55 National currency per US dollar in Australia, a difference of 0.17 National currency per US dollar.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8929 National currency per US dollar | 0.7143 National currency per US dollar | 0.1786 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.8929 National currency per US dollar | 0.7545 National currency per US dollar | 0.1383 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.8267 National currency per US dollar | 0.8873 National currency per US dollar | 0.0606 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1.56 National currency per US dollar | 0.3718 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1.39 National currency per US dollar | 1.71 National currency per US dollar | 0.3177 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1.47 National currency per US dollar | 1.73 National currency per US dollar | 0.2612 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1.36 National currency per US dollar | 0.1625 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1.47 National currency per US dollar | 1.59 National currency per US dollar | 0.1226 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Australia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 1.72 National currency per US dollar against 1.55 National currency per US dollar in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Australia and New Zealand?
- 0.17 National currency per US dollar, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Australia ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, average. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org