USD / South African Rand (units of foreign currency per 1 USD; noon NY) - United States - FED Board - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: US dollar exchange rates (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to statistics released by the Fed Board, the USD / South African Rand exchange rate was 17.65 on 29 August 2025, versus 17.70 on 28 August. This represents a reduction of 0.28 percent.
Sample. There are 11,451 data points overall in the daily time series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 1980 to August 2025.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the exchange rate reached a trough of 0.74 on 7 January 1981; it recorded its highest level of 19.82 on 9 April 2025; it had an average value of 7.46.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-27 | 17.7122 |
| 2025-08-28 | 17.6977 |
| 2025-08-29 | 17.6519 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | USD / South African Rand exchange rate; FRBNY-certified NY noon buying rate |
| Country | United States |
| 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 | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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