Australia: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Australia shows historical data for the Australian Dollars 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 Australian Dollars per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Australia become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Australia.

The series for Australia are available from January 2000 to September 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Australia was 1.3538 Australian Dollars per USD with a minimum of 0.9276 Australian Dollars per USD in July 2011 and a maximum of 1.9994 Australian Dollars per USD in April 2001. The most recent available data point is 1.4771 Australian Dollars per USD, a change of -1.72% from the previous data point of 1.503 Australian Dollars per USD and a change of -5.15% from a year ago when the level was 1.5573 Australian Dollars per USD.

Currency values in Australia 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.