The official exchange rate in rupees per US dollar, averaged over each financial year.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 87.16 | ||
| 2024-25 | 83.67 | ||
| 2023-24 | 82.60 | ||
| 2022-23 | 78.60 | ||
| 2021-22 | 73.92 | ||
| 2020-21 | 74.10 | ||
| 2019-20 | 70.42 | ||
| 2018-19 | 68.39 | ||
| 2017-18 | 65.12 | ||
| 2016-17 | 67.20 | ||
| 2015-16 | 64.15 | ||
| 2014-15 | 61.03 | ||
| 2013-14 | 58.60 | ||
| 2012-13 | 53.44 | ||
| 2011-12 | 46.67 | ||
| 2010-11 | 45.73 | ||
| 2009-10 | 48.41 | ||
| 2008-09 | 43.51 | ||
| 2007-08 | 41.35 | ||
| 2006-07 | 45.31 | ||
| 2005-06 | 44.10 | ||
| 2004-05 | 45.32 | ||
| 2003-04 | 46.58 | ||
| 2002-03 | 48.61 | ||
| 2001-02 | 47.19 | ||
| 2000-01 | 44.94 | ||
| 1999-00 | 43.06 | ||
| 1998-99 | 41.26 | ||
| 1997-98 | 36.31 | ||
| 1996-97 | 35.43 | ||
| 1995-96 | 32.43 | ||
| 1994-95 | 31.37 | ||
| 1993-94 | 30.49 | ||
| 1992-93 | 25.92 | ||
| 1991-92 | 22.74 | ||
| 1990-91 | 17.50 | ||
| 1989-90 | 16.23 | ||
| 1988-89 | 13.92 | ||
| 1987-88 | 12.96 | ||
| 1986-87 | 12.61 | ||
| 1985-86 | 12.37 | ||
| 1984-85 | 11.36 | ||
| 1983-84 | 10.10 | ||
| 1982-83 | 9.46 | ||
| 1981-82 | 8.66 | ||
| 1980-81 | 7.86 | ||
| 1979-80 | 8.13 | ||
| 1978-79 | 8.19 | ||
| 1977-78 | 8.74 | ||
| 1976-77 | 8.96 | ||
| 1975-76 | 8.38 | ||
| 1974-75 | 8.10 | ||
| 1973-74 | 7.74 | ||
| 1972-73 | 7.59 | ||
| 1971-72 | 7.49 | ||
| 1970-71 | 7.50 | ||
| 1969-70 | 7.50 | ||
| 1968-69 | 7.50 | ||
| 1967-68 | 7.50 | ||
| 1966-67 | 6.36 | ||
| 1965-66 | 4.76 | ||
| 1964-65 | 4.76 | ||
| 1963-64 | 4.76 | ||
| 1962-63 | 4.76 | ||
| 1961-62 | 4.76 | ||
| 1960-61 | 4.76 |
The rupee price of the dollar sets what imports cost, what exporters earn and how heavy dollar debts are. It has fallen from ₹4.76 per dollar in 1960-61 to about ₹87.
An annual average hides moves within the year; a record high or low in a single month will not show. It is the official rate, not the market rate on any day.