Korea - Exchange Rate 1997
949.89
+145.43 from 1996
Korea's exchange rate was 949.89 in 1997, increased +145.43 from 804.46 in 1996. This was the 185th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 0.00 | 96.7% |
| 2nd | Zimbabwe | 0.01 | 21.1% |
| 3rd | Türkiye | 0.15 | 86.6% |
| 4th | Ghana | 0.20 | 25.2% |
| 5th | Angola | 0.23 | 78.9% |
| 6th | Kuwait | 0.30 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Bahrain | 0.38 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Oman | 0.38 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Malta | 0.39 | 7.1% |
| 10th | Suriname | 0.40 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Libya | 0.46 | 5.5% |
| 12th | Cyprus | 0.51 | 10.2% |
| 13th | Tajikistan | 0.56 | 90.3% |
| 14th | Latvia | 0.58 | 5.5% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 0.61 | -4.7% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | 0.61 | -4.7% |
| 17th | Gibraltar | 0.61 | -4.7% |
| 18th | Isle of Man | 0.61 | -4.7% |
| 19th | Ireland | 0.66 | 5.5% |
| 20th | Jordan | 0.71 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Romania | 0.72 | 132.4% |
| 22nd | Azerbaijan | 0.80 | -7.3% |
| 23rd | Cayman Islands | 0.83 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Sierra Leone | 0.98 | 6.6% |
| 25th | Argentina | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | American Samoa | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Guam | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Marshall Islands | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Panama | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Timor-Leste | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | United States | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Brazil | 1.08 | 7.3% |
| 40th | Tunisia | 1.11 | 13.6% |
| 41st | Tonga | 1.26 | 2.6% |
| 42nd | Georgia | 1.30 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 1.31 | 161.7% |
| 44th | Zambia | 1.31 | 8.8% |
| 45th | Australia | 1.35 | 5.4% |
| 46th | Kiribati | 1.35 | 5.4% |
| 47th | Nauru | 1.35 | 5.4% |
| 48th | Canada | 1.38 | 1.5% |
| 49th | Papua New Guinea | 1.44 | 9.0% |
| 50th | Fiji | 1.44 | 2.9% |
| 51st | Switzerland | 1.45 | 17.4% |
| 52nd | Liechtenstein | 1.45 | 17.4% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.48 | 5.3% |
| 54th | Singapore | 1.48 | 5.3% |
| 55th | New Zealand | 1.51 | 4.0% |
| 56th | Sudan | 1.58 | 26.0% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 1.68 | 845.5% |
| 58th | Germany | 1.73 | 15.2% |
| 59th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.73 | - |
| 60th | Aruba | 1.79 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 1.86 | 1.8% |
| 62nd | Netherlands | 1.95 | 15.7% |
| 63rd | Belize | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Barbados | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Samoa | 2.56 | 3.9% |
| 66th | Peru | 2.66 | 8.6% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 68th | Dominica | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Grenada | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.70 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 2.81 | 11.8% |
| 74th | Poland | 3.28 | 21.6% |
| 75th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.39 | -0.1% |
| 76th | Israel | 3.45 | 8.1% |
| 77th | Qatar | 3.64 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Botswana | 3.65 | 9.8% |
| 79th | United Arab Emirates | 3.67 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Solomon Islands | 3.72 | 4.2% |
| 81st | Saudi Arabia | 3.75 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Lithuania | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | São Tomé and Principe | 4.55 | 106.6% |
| 84th | Lesotho | 4.61 | 7.2% |
| 85th | Namibia | 4.61 | 7.2% |
| 86th | South Africa | 4.61 | 7.2% |
| 87th | Eswatini | 4.61 | 7.2% |
| 88th | Moldova | 4.62 | 0.4% |
| 89th | Seychelles | 5.03 | 1.1% |
| 90th | Finland | 5.19 | 13.0% |
| 91st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.25 | 3.5% |
| 92nd | Russian Federation | 5.78 | 13.0% |
| 93rd | France | 5.84 | 14.1% |
| 94th | St. Martin (French part) | 5.84 | 14.1% |
| 95th | Monaco | 5.84 | 14.1% |
| 96th | Serbia | 5.91 | - |
| 97th | Guatemala | 6.07 | 0.3% |
| 98th | Croatia | 6.16 | 13.4% |
| 99th | Myanmar | 6.24 | 5.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.25 | 4.1% |
| 101st | Denmark | 6.60 | 13.9% |
| 102nd | Faroe Islands | 6.60 | 13.9% |
| 103rd | Greenland | 6.60 | 13.9% |
| 104th | Eritrea | 6.76 | 6.3% |
| 105th | Norway | 7.07 | 9.7% |
| 106th | Sweden | 7.63 | 13.9% |
| 107th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.74 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Mexico | 7.92 | 4.2% |
| 109th | Macao SAR, China | 7.98 | 0.1% |
| 110th | China | 8.29 | -0.3% |
| 111th | El Salvador | 8.76 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Uruguay | 9.44 | 18.4% |
| 113th | Nicaragua | 9.45 | 12.0% |
| 114th | Morocco | 9.53 | 9.3% |
| 115th | Gambia, The | 10.20 | 4.1% |
| 116th | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.23 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Mozambique | 11.54 | 2.2% |
| 118th | Maldives | 11.77 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Austria | 12.20 | 15.3% |
| 120th | Estonia | 13.88 | 15.3% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 14.01 | 8.6% |
| 122nd | Mauritania | 15.19 | 10.7% |
| 123rd | Malawi | 16.44 | 7.4% |
| 124th | Haiti | 16.65 | 6.1% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 17.36 | 35.5% |
| 126th | Mauritius | 21.06 | 17.3% |
| 127th | Nigeria | 21.89 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Philippines | 29.47 | 12.4% |
| 129th | Thailand | 31.36 | 23.8% |
| 130th | Czechia | 31.70 | 16.8% |
| 131st | Slovak Republic | 33.62 | 9.7% |
| 132nd | Jamaica | 35.40 | -4.6% |
| 133rd | Belgium | 35.77 | 15.5% |
| 134th | Luxembourg | 35.77 | 15.5% |
| 135th | Bhutan | 36.31 | 2.5% |
| 136th | India | 36.31 | 2.5% |
| 137th | Pakistan | 41.11 | 13.9% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 43.89 | 5.0% |
| 139th | Afghanistan | 47.50 | 0.0% |
| 140th | North Macedonia | 50.00 | 25.1% |
| 141st | Liberia | 50.57 | 8.0% |
| 142nd | Algeria | 57.71 | 5.4% |
| 143rd | Nepal | 58.01 | 2.3% |
| 144th | Kenya | 58.73 | 2.8% |
| 145th | Sri Lanka | 58.99 | 6.7% |
| 146th | Uzbekistan | 62.92 | 57.0% |
| 147th | Iceland | 70.90 | 6.6% |
| 148th | Kazakhstan | 75.44 | 12.1% |
| 149th | Cabo Verde | 93.18 | 12.8% |
| 150th | New Caledonia | 106.12 | 14.1% |
| 151st | French Polynesia | 106.12 | 14.1% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | 115.87 | 3.7% |
| 153rd | Japan | 120.99 | 11.2% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 129.28 | 37.3% |
| 155th | Guyana | 142.40 | 1.4% |
| 156th | Spain | 146.41 | 15.6% |
| 157th | Albania | 148.93 | 42.5% |
| 158th | Slovenia | 159.69 | 18.0% |
| 159th | Portugal | 175.31 | 13.7% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 177.72 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Hungary | 186.79 | 22.4% |
| 162nd | Costa Rica | 232.60 | 12.0% |
| 163rd | Greece | 273.06 | 13.4% |
| 164th | Rwanda | 301.53 | -1.7% |
| 165th | Burundi | 352.35 | 16.4% |
| 166th | Chile | 419.30 | 1.7% |
| 167th | Comoros | 437.75 | 14.1% |
| 168th | Armenia | 490.85 | 18.6% |
| 169th | Benin | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 170th | Burkina Faso | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 171st | Central African Republic | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 172nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 173rd | Cameroon | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 175th | Gabon | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 178th | Mali | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 179th | Niger | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 180th | Senegal | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 181st | Chad | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 182nd | Togo | 583.67 | 14.1% |
| 183rd | Tanzania | 612.12 | 5.5% |
| 184th | Mongolia | 789.99 | 44.1% |
| 185th | Korea | 949.89 | 18.1% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 1,018.18 | 25.4% |
| 187th | Uganda | 1,083.01 | 3.5% |
| 188th | Guinea | 1,095.33 | 9.1% |
| 189th | Colombia | 1,141.12 | 10.1% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | 1,259.98 | 36.8% |
| 191st | Lebanon | 1,539.45 | -2.0% |
| 192nd | Italy | 1,703.10 | 10.4% |
| 193rd | San Marino | 1,703.10 | 10.4% |
| 194th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1,753.35 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Iraq | 2,002.39 | 0.0% |
| 196th | Paraguay | 2,177.86 | 5.9% |
| 197th | Indonesia | 2,909.38 | 24.2% |
| 198th | Cambodia | 2,946.25 | 12.3% |
| 199th | Ecuador | 3,998.27 | 25.4% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | 4,143.42 | 27.2% |
| 201st | Viet Nam | 11,683.33 | 5.9% |
FAQ
What was Korea's exchange rate in 1997?▾
Korea's exchange rate in 1997 was 949.89. This ranked 185th globally.
How did Korea's exchange rate change in 1997?▾
Korea's exchange rate increased by 18.1% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest exchange rate in 1997?▾
Viet Nam had the highest exchange rate in 1997 at 11,683.33.
What is the exchange rate of Korea in 1997?▾
The exchange rate of Korea in 1997 was 949.89. This ranked 185th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Korea's exchange rate?▾
Korea's exchange rate went from 804.46 in 1996 to 949.89 in 1997, a 18.1% increase.
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