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South Africa: USD exchange rate

Local currency per US dollar · 1900–2025 · 126 observations · forecasts to 2031 · USDfx

2025
17.9local currency per US dollar
Change on 2024
−2.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.4%a year

USD exchange rate

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Recent values

Local currency per US dollar

YearValue
203117.5Forecast
203017.4Forecast
202917.2Forecast
202817.1Forecast
202717.0Forecast
202618.2Forecast
202517.9
202418.3
202318.5
202216.4
202114.8
202016.4
201914.5
201813.3
201713.3
201614.7

Sources

  • Bank for International Settlements1900–2025
  • MeasuringWorth1928–2023
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1950–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1957–2025
  • South African Reserve Bank1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • Bordo1971–1996
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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