Australia vs United States of America: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Australia
- United States of America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.55 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States of America, a difference of 0.55 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States of America ahead.
Australia ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 37th of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and United States of America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8929 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1071 National currency per US dollar | United States of America |
| 1960s | 0.8929 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1071 National currency per US dollar | United States of America |
| 1970s | 0.8267 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1733 National currency per US dollar | United States of America |
| 1980s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1884 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.39 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.3881 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.47 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.4707 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1929 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.47 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.4664 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
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 United States of America?
- Australia, at 1.55 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States of America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Australia and United States of America?
- 0.55 National currency per US dollar, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Australia ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 37th 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