USD / Won exchange rate (units of currency per 1 USD) - Korea - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Bilateral exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Korea, the number of units of local currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar was 1,395.34 on 2 September 2025, versus 1,393.36 on the previous day. This represents a gain of 0.14 percent.
Sample. There are 16,267 data points in the daily time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the span of time stretching from May 1964 to September 2025.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the exchange rate had a mean of 830.74; it reached a minimum of 255.76 on 2 March 1965; it peaked at 1,960.01 on 23 December 1997.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | 1391.542289 |
| 2025-09-01 | 1393.358942 |
| 2025-09-02 | 1395.337455 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | USD / Won exchange rate |
| Country | Korea |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level |