South Africa - Official exchange rate

Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

The value for Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) in South Africa was 14.78 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.46 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.68 in 1974.

Definition: Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar).

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

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Year Value
1960 0.71
1961 0.71
1962 0.71
1963 0.71
1964 0.71
1965 0.71
1966 0.71
1967 0.71
1968 0.71
1969 0.71
1970 0.71
1971 0.72
1972 0.77
1973 0.69
1974 0.68
1975 0.74
1976 0.87
1977 0.87
1978 0.87
1979 0.84
1980 0.78
1981 0.88
1982 1.09
1983 1.11
1984 1.48
1985 2.23
1986 2.29
1987 2.04
1988 2.27
1989 2.62
1990 2.59
1991 2.76
1992 2.85
1993 3.27
1994 3.55
1995 3.63
1996 4.30
1997 4.61
1998 5.53
1999 6.11
2000 6.94
2001 8.61
2002 10.54
2003 7.56
2004 6.46
2005 6.36
2006 6.77
2007 7.05
2008 8.26
2009 8.47
2010 7.32
2011 7.26
2012 8.21
2013 9.66
2014 10.85
2015 12.76
2016 14.71
2017 13.32
2018 13.23
2019 14.45
2020 16.46
2021 14.78

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices