COUNTRY / INDICATOR

South Africa Official Exchange Rate

South Africa official exchange rate: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.

Complete Data coverage and freshness meet the indexing rules. Indexable

Series overview

PA.NUS.FCRF

COUNTRY: South AfricaINDICATOR: PA.NUS.FCRFUNIT: local currency per US$SOURCE: World Bank Indicators APISOURCE KEY: worldbankDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-13 02:00:00FETCHED: 2026-09-29 00:25:49REVISIONS: 35ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

17,8887Latest / 2025

-0,4399Change from previous

15,7977Series average

99Global rank / 214

South Africa / Official Exchange Rate Unit: Local currency units per US dollar

Selected year: 202517,8887 local currency per US$

201620252025

Move the full-width slider or click directly in the chart to inspect a year. Major and minor grid lines use the indicator's defined unit.

Year	Value	Change
2025	17,8887	-0,4399
2024	18,3287	-0,1216
2023	18,4502	2,0944
2022	16,3559	1,5772
2021	14,7787	-1,6804
2020	16,4591	2,0107
2019	14,4484	1,2145
2018	13,2339	-0,0899
2017	13,3238	-1,3858
2016	14,7096	—

Source methodology

World Development Indicators

Indicator note: Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. This indicator represents the ratio of Local Currency Units relative to United States dollars.This indicator is derived as an average over the reference period.

Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:51:51. Open original metadata response.

Revision history

35 detected changes

Source revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.

Detected	Data year	Previous value	Replacement value	Source	Source update
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2020	16,4591	16,4591	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2021	14,7787	14,7787	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2022	16,3559	16,3559	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2023	18,4502	18,4502	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2024	18,3287	18,3287	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 22:25:49	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-27 03:26:16	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2020	16,4591	16,4591	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2021	14,7787	14,7787	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2022	16,3559	16,3559	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2023	18,4502	18,4502	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2024	18,3287	18,3287	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-09 16:43:20	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2020	16,4591	16,4591	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2021	14,7787	14,7787	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2022	16,3559	16,3559	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2023	18,4502	18,4502	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2024	18,3287	18,3287	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 10:41:04	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2020	16,4591	16,4591	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2021	14,7787	14,7787	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2022	16,3559	16,3559	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2023	18,4502	18,4502	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2024	18,3287	18,3287	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-05 23:08:01	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2016	14,7096	14,7096	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2017	13,3238	13,3238	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2018	13,2339	13,2339	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2019	14,4484	14,4484	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2020	16,4591	16,4591	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2021	14,7787	14,7787	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2022	16,3559	16,3559	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2023	18,4502	18,4502	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2024	18,3287	18,3287	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-02 07:26:33	2025	17,8887	17,8887	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00

Country-specific interpretation

Automatically derived from the displayed series

South Africa recorded 17,8887 local currency per US$ in 2025, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2024, the official exchange rate decreased by 0,4399.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.

Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 15,7977; the minimum was 13,2339 in 2018 and the maximum was 18,4502 in 2023.

South Africa ranks 99 out of 214 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.

Currency valuation relative to the US dollar.

Related routes

Continue analysis

Global rankingCompare the latest value across countries.Country profileOpen the full indicator directory.Stability ratingReview all rating pillars and coverage.CompareAdd countries to this indicator.