Exchange rates (forex)
This module covers the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar and more than 20 other currencies (plus the IMF's SDR). It has monthly averages and month-end rates going back to 1947, the daily interbank USD/PKR rate (SBP's M2M revaluation rate and weighted-average bid/offer), plus the State Bank's real and nominal effective exchange-rate indices. It holds about 200 series and comes from the SBP.
| Module | forex |
| Frequency | Monthly (dated to month-end); daily for the interbank USD/PKR series |
| History | USD/PKR and GBP/PKR from Aug 1947; most majors from the 1950s-60s; EUR from 1995 |
| Latest | Daily series every business day; monthly series a few weeks after month-end |
| Endpoint | GET /v1/series/{id} |
Key series
| Id | What it is |
|---|---|
fx.rate.m2m.usd |
PKR per US dollar, SBP's daily M2M revaluation rate (the official daily reference rate). Daily, from Oct 2026 |
fx.rate.interbank.usd |
PKR per US dollar, weighted-average interbank rate, dims side = bid or offer. Daily, from Oct 2026 |
fx.rate.avg.usd |
PKR per US dollar, monthly average, 1947 → today |
fx.rate.monthend.usd |
PKR per US dollar, month-end |
fx.rate.avg.eur · .gbp · .jpy · .sar · .aed · .cny |
Monthly average vs the euro, sterling, yen, Saudi riyal, UAE dirham, yuan |
fx.rate.monthend.eur · .gbp · … |
Month-end equivalents |
fx.effective.reer |
Real Effective Exchange Rate index (trade-weighted, inflation-adjusted) |
fx.effective.neer |
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate index |
fx.rate.avg.app_dep_average_exchange_rate_rupees_* |
Average rate and appreciation/depreciation vs other currencies (CAD, CHF, KWD, SGD, SDR, …) |
fx.usd.avg.* |
Cross rates: other currencies per US dollar |
Examples
# The rupee since independence
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/fx.rate.avg.usd?from=1947-01-01&sort=asc&format=csv"
# Today's interbank dollar (offer side)
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/fx.rate.interbank.usd/latest?dims=side:offer"
# Year-on-year depreciation vs the dollar
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/fx.rate.avg.usd?transform=yoy&from=2020-01-01&sort=asc"
# Discover every currency
curl "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/catalog?module=forex"
Notes
- Values are PKR per unit of foreign currency (unit
pkr), except thefx.usd.*cross rates and the index series. - The daily interbank series (
fx.rate.m2m.usd,fx.rate.interbank.usd) are read from the SBP's daily market snapshot and accrue from October 2026; for earlier years use the monthly averages. Open-market (kerb/exchange-company) rates have no official source and aren't covered. - A free tool built on this data: USD/PKR history.
Use cases: remittance and cross-border pricing, contract indexation, converting a PKR series into dollars, FX-risk and macro models. See also the guide and the forex module page.