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 stood at 1,394.55 on 23 September 2025, compared to 1,391.29 on the previous day. This constitutes a gain of 0.23 percent.
Sample. In this daily series, there are 16,282 observations overall. The time range covered by the series is from May 1964 to September 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the exchange rate had an average value of 831.25; it recorded 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 1398.159509 |
| 2025-09-22 | 1391.291062 |
| 2025-09-23 | 1394.547613 |
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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 |
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