Sri Lanka: USD exchange rate

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

The series for Sri Lanka are available from September 2004 to November 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Sri Lanka was 161.609 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD with a minimum of 98.9556 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD in January 2005 and a maximum of 366.9116 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD in December 2022. The most recent available data point is 291.9642 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD, a change of -0.48% from the previous data point of 293.3682 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD and a change of -10.94% from a year ago when the level was 327.8141 Sri Lanka Rupees per USD.

Currency values in Sri Lanka 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.