Mexico vs South Africa: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Mexico
- South Africa
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 19.24 National currency per US dollar against 17.89 National currency per US dollar in South Africa, a difference of 1.35 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.
Mexico ranks 19th and South Africa ranks 20th of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.011 National currency per US dollar | 0.7143 National currency per US dollar | 0.7033 National currency per US dollar | South Africa |
| 1960s | 0.0125 National currency per US dollar | 0.7143 National currency per US dollar | 0.7018 National currency per US dollar | South Africa |
| 1970s | 0.0159 National currency per US dollar | 0.7762 National currency per US dollar | 0.7603 National currency per US dollar | South Africa |
| 1980s | 0.7373 National currency per US dollar | 1.68 National currency per US dollar | 0.9404 National currency per US dollar | South Africa |
| 1990s | 5.61 National currency per US dollar | 3.92 National currency per US dollar | 1.69 National currency per US dollar | Mexico |
| 2000s | 10.79 National currency per US dollar | 7.7 National currency per US dollar | 3.09 National currency per US dollar | Mexico |
| 2010s | 15.62 National currency per US dollar | 11.18 National currency per US dollar | 4.45 National currency per US dollar | Mexico |
| 2020s | 19.53 National currency per US dollar | 17.04 National currency per US dollar | 2.49 National currency per US dollar | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Mexico or South Africa?
- Mexico, at 19.24 National currency per US dollar against 17.89 National currency per US dollar in South Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Mexico and South Africa?
- 1.35 National currency per US dollar, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and South Africa rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Mexico ranks 19th and South Africa ranks 20th 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