Financial Fitness

Purchasing power of fiat currencies

  • Swiss franc−66%
  • US dollar−87%
  • British pound−93%
  • Hungarian forint−98%
  • Turkish lira−99.99%

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Data histories
66 currencies · 5/8 highlighted
About the data · IMF World Economic Outlook, World Bank · downloaded 2026-11-03

“(from YEAR)” lines have no data back to 1971 and start at 100% in that year, so their loss covers a shorter period.

Lines stop where a source has a gap: Iraqi dinar (1978).

Purchasing power = price level in 1971 ÷ price level in each year, chained from annual average consumer-price inflation. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (PCPIPCH), World Bank WDI (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG) where IMF has no value (e.g. before 1980). 2026 onwards are IMF estimates.