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 106.42 (index) on 21 July 2026, compared to 106.81 on the previous day. This represents a decrease of 0.37 percent.
Sample. There are 11,167 records in the daily series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from October 1983 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the full sample: the nominal effective exchange rate recorded a bottom of 94.91 on 23 March 2020; it reached a maximum of 155.64 on 29 July 1985; it had an average value of 121.43.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | 106.58 |
| 2026-07-20 | 106.81 |
| 2026-07-21 | 106.42 |
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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 |
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