Nominal effective exchange rate (index; narrow definition; 27 economies) - Korea - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Nominal effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Korea, the nominal effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 27 trading partners' currencies) stood at 89.50 (index) on 23 September 2025, compared to 89.73 on 22 September 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 0.26 percent.
Sample. There are 10,952 data points in the daily time series presented in the chart above. The time span covered by the series extends from October 1983 to September 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the effective exchange rate averaged 123.70; it achieved a maximum of 221.14 on 25 February 1985; it recorded a bottom of 65.15 on 23 December 1997.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 89.43 |
| 2025-09-22 | 89.73 |
| 2025-09-23 | 89.5 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Nominal effective exchange rate (narrow definition: 27 economies) |
| Country | Korea |
| 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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