Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in European Union
European Union: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 0.6171 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in European Union, 1995–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
In 2025, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in European Union stood at 0.6171 National currency per US dollar.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in European Union peaked at 0.8377 National currency per US dollar in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.6027 National currency per US dollar, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in European Union, year by year
| Year | National currency per US dollar | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.8303 National currency per US dollar | — |
| 1996 | 0.8377 National currency per US dollar | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8268 National currency per US dollar | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8229 National currency per US dollar | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8213 National currency per US dollar | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7902 National currency per US dollar | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7875 National currency per US dollar | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7619 National currency per US dollar | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7805 National currency per US dollar | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7759 National currency per US dollar | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7948 National currency per US dollar | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7908 National currency per US dollar | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.787 National currency per US dollar | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7802 National currency per US dollar | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7747 National currency per US dollar | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7628 National currency per US dollar | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7597 National currency per US dollar | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7471 National currency per US dollar | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7338 National currency per US dollar | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7318 National currency per US dollar | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7326 National currency per US dollar | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7081 National currency per US dollar | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7044 National currency per US dollar | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6976 National currency per US dollar | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6657 National currency per US dollar | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6505 National currency per US dollar | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6415 National currency per US dollar | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6158 National currency per US dollar | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6027 National currency per US dollar | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6042 National currency per US dollar | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.6171 National currency per US dollar | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8278 National currency per US dollar | 0.8213 National currency per US dollar | 0.8377 National currency per US dollar | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7823 National currency per US dollar | 0.7619 National currency per US dollar | 0.7948 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7244 National currency per US dollar | 0.6657 National currency per US dollar | 0.7628 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.622 National currency per US dollar | 0.6027 National currency per US dollar | 0.6505 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near European Union
- 4 Costa Rica 302.62 National currency per US dollar compare
- 5 Senegal 208.99 National currency per US dollar compare
- 6 Cameroon 181.9 National currency per US dollar compare
- 7 Hungary 175.69 National currency per US dollar compare
- 8 Iceland 164.02 National currency per US dollar compare
- 9 Japan 92.6 National currency per US dollar compare
- 10 Serbia 45.23 National currency per US dollar compare
More reference data data for European Union
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 2.58 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 2.72 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.29 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.39 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.38 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.4 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 73.9% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.93 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.2 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 335,332 number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in European Union?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in European Union was 0.6171 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 — purchasing recorded in European Union?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8377 National currency per US dollar in 1996.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in European Union?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6027 National currency per US dollar in 2023.
- How does European Union rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- European Union ranks 7th out of 11 regions with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing rising or falling in European Union?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union 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 — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. 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