Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates was 0.7432 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 0.7432 National currency per US dollar for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 0.8647 National currency per US dollar in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.3497 National currency per US dollar, in 1957.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 43rd out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | National currency per US dollar | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3571 National currency per US dollar | — |
| 1951 | 0.3594 National currency per US dollar | +0.6% |
| 1952 | 0.3559 National currency per US dollar | -1.0% |
| 1953 | 0.3557 National currency per US dollar | -0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.3591 National currency per US dollar | +0.9% |
| 1955 | 0.3567 National currency per US dollar | -0.7% |
| 1956 | 0.359 National currency per US dollar | +0.7% |
| 1957 | 0.3497 National currency per US dollar | -2.6% |
| 1958 | 0.3568 National currency per US dollar | +2.0% |
| 1959 | 0.3571 National currency per US dollar | +0.1% |
| 1960 | 0.3567 National currency per US dollar | -0.1% |
| 1961 | 0.3561 National currency per US dollar | -0.2% |
| 1962 | 0.3568 National currency per US dollar | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3576 National currency per US dollar | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3584 National currency per US dollar | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.3568 National currency per US dollar | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3584 National currency per US dollar | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.4156 National currency per US dollar | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 0.4194 National currency per US dollar | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.4165 National currency per US dollar | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.4178 National currency per US dollar | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.3918 National currency per US dollar | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4259 National currency per US dollar | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 0.4304 National currency per US dollar | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4258 National currency per US dollar | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4942 National currency per US dollar | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5874 National currency per US dollar | +18.9% |
| 1977 | 0.5247 National currency per US dollar | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 0.4915 National currency per US dollar | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4496 National currency per US dollar | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4193 National currency per US dollar | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5241 National currency per US dollar | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6194 National currency per US dollar | +18.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6894 National currency per US dollar | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8647 National currency per US dollar | +25.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6923 National currency per US dollar | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 0.6782 National currency per US dollar | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.5343 National currency per US dollar | -21.2% |
| 1988 | 0.5526 National currency per US dollar | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6229 National currency per US dollar | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 0.5187 National currency per US dollar | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5346 National currency per US dollar | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6614 National currency per US dollar | +23.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6751 National currency per US dollar | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.64 National currency per US dollar | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6452 National currency per US dollar | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5889 National currency per US dollar | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 0.6047 National currency per US dollar | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6011 National currency per US dollar | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6187 National currency per US dollar | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6702 National currency per US dollar | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6895 National currency per US dollar | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6204 National currency per US dollar | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5603 National currency per US dollar | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5178 National currency per US dollar | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5808 National currency per US dollar | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5094 National currency per US dollar | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4992 National currency per US dollar | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.686 National currency per US dollar | +37.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6175 National currency per US dollar | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6388 National currency per US dollar | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6468 National currency per US dollar | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6337 National currency per US dollar | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6072 National currency per US dollar | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6407 National currency per US dollar | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6748 National currency per US dollar | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8129 National currency per US dollar | +20.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7401 National currency per US dollar | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7877 National currency per US dollar | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7621 National currency per US dollar | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7452 National currency per US dollar | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7444 National currency per US dollar | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8286 National currency per US dollar | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7852 National currency per US dollar | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7971 National currency per US dollar | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 0.7432 National currency per US dollar | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3567 National currency per US dollar | 0.3497 National currency per US dollar | 0.3594 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3752 National currency per US dollar | 0.3561 National currency per US dollar | 0.4194 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4639 National currency per US dollar | 0.3918 National currency per US dollar | 0.5874 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6197 National currency per US dollar | 0.4193 National currency per US dollar | 0.8647 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6088 National currency per US dollar | 0.5187 National currency per US dollar | 0.6751 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5951 National currency per US dollar | 0.4992 National currency per US dollar | 0.6895 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6945 National currency per US dollar | 0.6072 National currency per US dollar | 0.8129 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7739 National currency per US dollar | 0.7432 National currency per US dollar | 0.8286 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0.7432 National currency per US dollar in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8647 National currency per US dollar in 1984.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3497 National currency per US dollar in 1957.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 43rd out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, end of period. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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