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United Kingdom: USD exchange rate

Local currency per US dollar · 1791–2025 · 235 observations · forecasts to 2031 · USDfx

2025
0.759local currency per US dollar
Change on 2024
−3.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.5%a year

USD exchange rate

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ForecastLocal currency per US dollar

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Recent values

Local currency per US dollar

YearValue
20310.687Forecast
20300.698Forecast
20290.71Forecast
20280.72Forecast
20270.727Forecast
20260.787Forecast
20250.759
20240.782
20230.805
20220.812
20210.727
20200.78
20190.784
20180.75
20170.777
20160.741

Sources

  • Piketty & Zucman1791–2010
  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1791–2016
  • MeasuringWorth1791–2023
  • Bank for International Settlements1791–2025
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Bordo1880–1996
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1950–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1957–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • 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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