Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Australia
Australia: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 1.46 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Australia, 1970–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
In 2025, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Australia stood at 1.46 National currency per US dollar.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Australia peaked at 1.57 National currency per US dollar in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7211 National currency per US dollar, in 1970.
That places Australia 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8688 National currency per US dollar | 0.7211 National currency per US dollar | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 National currency per US dollar | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 1.36 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.38 National currency per US dollar | 1.37 National currency per US dollar | 1.39 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 National currency per US dollar | 1.39 National currency per US dollar | 1.55 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 National currency per US dollar | 1.52 National currency per US dollar | 1.57 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 National currency per US dollar | 1.4 National currency per US dollar | 1.54 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 30 Peru 1.95 National currency per US dollar compare
- 31 Saudi Arabia 1.88 National currency per US dollar compare
- 32 New Zealand 1.53 National currency per US dollar compare
- 34 Canada 1.26 National currency per US dollar compare
- 35 Georgia 1.08 National currency per US dollar compare
- 36 Switzerland 1.07 National currency per US dollar compare
More population data for Australia
- Population growth rate by level of development 0.503 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 2.09 million (2100)
- Population density 5.61 (2100)
- Population growth rate 0.503 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.2773 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.8589 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 32,193 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 0.859 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.48 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 29,511 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Australia?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Australia was 1.46 National currency per US dollar in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 National currency per US dollar in 2019.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7211 National currency per US dollar in 1970.
- How does Australia rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Australia ranks 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for household final consumption expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org