Exchange rate to the US dollar in New Zealand

On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 1.720 units of New Zealand's currency. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2003.

Measure: Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) Unit: Local currency units per US dollar, annual average Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
New Zealand, 2025 1.720 Local currency units per US dollar, annual average
Change from 2024 +4.1% 2024: 1.652 per US$
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 0.942 per US$ Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 133rd of 194 See the full ranking

Exchange rate to the US dollar in New Zealand over time

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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) (local currency units per US dollar, annual average), 2001 to 2025
Period New Zealand
2025 1.720 per US$
2024 1.652 per US$
2023 1.628 per US$
2022 1.577 per US$
2021 1.414 per US$
2020 1.542 per US$
2019 1.518 per US$
2018 1.445 per US$
2017 1.407 per US$
2016 1.437 per US$
2015 1.434 per US$
2014 1.205 per US$
2013 1.219 per US$
2012 1.234 per US$
2011 1.266 per US$
2010 1.388 per US$
2009 1.601 per US$
2008 1.423 per US$
2007 1.361 per US$
2006 1.542 per US$
2005 1.420 per US$
2004 1.509 per US$
2003 1.722 per US$
2002 2.162 per US$
2001 2.379 per US$

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.1% from 1.652 per US$ in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.434 per US$, the figure has changed by +20.0%.
  • Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, New Zealand has the 133rd highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
PA.NUS.FCRF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for New Zealand
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics