The GBP/USD exchange rate fell to 1.3607 on July 2, 2025, down 1.01% from the previous session. Over the past month, the British Pound has strengthened 0.67%, and is up by 6.75% over the last 12 months. British Pound - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

As of June 24, 2025, the GBP/USD rate experienced a resistance around 1.39 level according to 50-day Fibonacci. Fibonacci — based off the famous infinite math sequence from 13-century Italy — is a metric often used in FX trading to find key levels of support and resistance. Essentially, the sequence potentially reveals thresholds on which traders can buy or sell assets and are frequently set as profit targets. When these retracements are met, traders will act.

The pound to euro history reveals that exchange rates in 2022 were not as low as they were during 2008 or since the Brexit referendum. Since the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016, the British pound (GBP) weakened against the euro. From a high of 1.43 at the end of November 2015, the GBP to EUR exchange rate has remained below 1.2 since July 2016, sitting at 1.11 as of October 2020. By June 27, 2025, values had reached 1.17 euros per pound. The euro to pound exchange rate can be found on a different page. Hitting UK citizens' pockets It is not just European holidaymakers that are hit when the British pound to Euro exchange rate falls. The average UK consumer also feels the pinch as inflation rates often rise to cover the shortfall of the pound. When the inflation rate rises, the price of imported goods goes up and the consumer ends up paying more. GBP to U.S. dollar Since 2016’s referendum, the British pound (GBP) fell across the exchange. The GBP's fall against the Euro was also reflected against the U.S. dollar where the exchange rate in May 2016 (pre-referendum) of 1.46 dollars to the pound has fallen significantly.

Interactive historical chart showing the daily British Pound - U.S. Dollar (GBPUSD) exchange rate back to 1971.

Interactive historical chart showing the daily Euro - British Pound (EURGBP) exchange rate back to 1999.

Prices for GBPUSD British Pound US Dollar including live quotes, historical charts and news. GBPUSD British Pound US Dollar was last updated by Trading Economics this July 1 of 2025.

During 2022, the GBP/USD exchange rate reached its lowest value ever recorded, after the UK government announced its initial plans to combat inflation. Prices did increase again after these plans were turned back shortly after. As of June 27, 2025, one pound was valued at roughly 1.37 U.S. dollars. What affects an exchange rate? There are several factors that can impact an exchange rate. In terms of the current situation, the political and economic standings surrounding Brexit is probably the largest driver in the current form of the British pound. Other factors include inflation and interest rates, public debts, deficits as well as the country's export prices to import prices ratio. British pound to Euro Since the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016, the British pound's (GBP) standing against the Euro has also been impacted. During the first half of 2020, the British pound against the Euro weakened overall.

Key information about UK Real Effective Exchange Rate

• United Kingdom Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER: 2005=100: Month Avg: United Kingdom) was 87.7 in Jan 2025, compared with the number of 89.4 in the previous month.
• UK Real Effective Exchange Rate data is updated monthly and averaged 107.9 from Jan 1994 to Jan 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 107.9 in Apr 2000 and a record low of 75.2 in Oct 2016.

• In the latest reports, UK Short Term Interest Rate: Month End: ICE LIBOR: 3 Months was reported at 0.1 % pa in Apr 2021.
• The cash rate (Policy Rate: Month End: Base Rate) was set at 4.8 % pa in Jan 2025.
• UK Exchange Rate against USD averaged 0.8 (USD/GBP) in Jun 2023.

Interactive historical chart showing the daily British Pound - Japanese Yen (GBPJPY) exchange rate back to 1991.

The dataset contains fiscal year and all India wise annual average and year end exchange rate of Indian rupee with SDR, US Dollar, Pound Sterling, Deutsche Mark/Euro and Japanese Yen

Notes : 1) The data on exchange rate for Japanese Yen is in Rupees per 100 Yen. 2) The end year rate for 1998-99 pertain to March 26, 1999 of Deutsche Mark rate. 3) Data from 1971 to 1991-92 are based on official exchange rates. 4) Data from 1992-93 onwards are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India) indicative rates. 5) Data from 1971 to 1972-73 for the Deutsche Mark and the Japanese Yen are cross rates with the US Dollar. 6) Data are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India) indicative rates till April 2012. RBI reference rates are used w.e. f. May 2012 7) The Euro replaced the Deutsche Mark w.e.f. January 1, 1999. 8) Financial Benchmarks India Private Limited (FBIL) commenced dissemination of reference rates w.e.f July 10, 2018

The gross domestic product of the United Kingdom was around 2.56 trillion British pounds, an increase when compared to the previous year, when UK GDP amounted to about 2.54 trillion pounds. The significant drop in GDP visible in 2020 was due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the smaller declines in 2008 and 2009 because of the global financial crisis of the late 2000s. Low growth problem in the UK Despite growing by 0.9 percent in 2024, and 0.4 percent in 2023 the UK economy is not that much larger than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since recovering from a huge fall in GDP in the second quarter of 2020, the UK economy has alternated between periods of contraction and low growth, with the UK even in a recession at the end of 2023. While economic growth picked up somewhat in 2024, GDP per capita is lower than it was in 2022, following two years of negative growth. UK's global share of GDP falling As of 2024, the UK had the sixth-largest economy in the world, behind the United States, China, Japan, Germany, and India. Among European nations, this meant that the UK currently has the second-largest economy in Europe, although the economy of France, Europe's third-largest economy, is of a similar size. The UK's global economic ranking will likely fall in the coming years, however, with the UK's share of global GDP expected to fall from 2.16 percent in 2025 to 2.02 percent by 2029.  

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