Nominal effective exchange rate (index; narrow definition; 27 economies) - United Kingdom - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Nominal effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the nominal effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 27 trading partners' currencies) stood at 104.42 (index) on 14 October 2025, compared to 104.83 on 13 October. This represents a reduction of 0.39 percent.
Sample. There are 10,967 data points in the daily series presented in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series extends from October 1983 to October 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: the nominal effective exchange rate reached its lowest level of 94.89 on 23 March 2020; it hit a peak of 155.48 on 29 July 1985; it averaged 121.64.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | 104.45 |
| 2025-10-13 | 104.83 |
| 2025-10-14 | 104.42 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Nominal effective exchange rate (narrow definition: 27 economies) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2020 = 100) |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Geometric trade-weighted average of bilateral nominal exchange rates |