Afghanistan: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Afghanistan shows historical data for the Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Afghanistan become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Afghanistan.

The series for Afghanistan are available from July 2009 to May 2025. For that period, the average exchange rate for Afghanistan was 66.1566 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD with a minimum of 43.0204 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD in August 2011 and a maximum of 104.5639 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD in January 2022. The most recent available data point is 70.4519 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD, a change of -1.64% from the previous data point of 71.6262 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD and a change of -0.97% from a year ago when the level was 71.144 Afghanistanian Afghanis per USD.

Currency values in Afghanistan and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.