United Kingdom: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for the United Kingdom shows historical data for the U.K. Pound Sterlings 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 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from the United Kingdom become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit the United Kingdom.

The series for the United Kingdom are available from January 2000 to July 2026. For that period, the average exchange rate for the United Kingdom was 0.6737 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD with a minimum of 0.4828 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD in November 2007 and a maximum of 0.8852 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD in October 2022. The most recent available data point is 0.7472 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD, a change of -0.51% from the previous data point of 0.751 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD and a change of 0.81% from a year ago when the level was 0.7412 U.K. Pound Sterlings per USD.

Currency values in the United Kingdom 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.