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Table 11 (Value, Rate)
Average Exchange Rates (1948-1999)                         
val 11e (Sri Lanka Rupees / unit of Foreign Currency)
Period US Dollar Sterling Japanese  Indian Deutsche French SDR Euro
    Pound Yen Rupee Mark Franc    
1948 3.32 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.14 1.36 - -
1949 4.72 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.14 1.36 - -
1950 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.14 1.36 - -
1951 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.14 1.36 - -
1952 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.14 1.36 - -
1953 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.36 - -
1954 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.36 - -
1955 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.36 - -
1956 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.36 - -
1957 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.29 - -
1958 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 1.13 - -
1959 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 0.96 - -
1960 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 0.96 - -
1961 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.13 0.96 - -
1962 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.18 0.96 - -
1963 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.19 0.96 - -
1964 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.19 0.96 - -
1965 4.76 13.33 0.01 1.00 1.19 0.96 - -
1966 4.76 13.33 0.01 0.75 1.19 0.96 - -
1967 4.86 13.45 0.01 0.65 1.22 0.98 - -
1968 5.95 14.28 0.02 0.79 1.49 1.21 - -
1969 5.95 14.28 0.02 0.79 1.51 1.15 - -
1970 5.95 14.28 0.02 0.79 1.63 1.07 5.95 -
1971 5.94 14.45 0.02 0.79 1.70 1.07 5.95 -
1972 5.97 14.94 0.02 0.79 1.87 1.18 6.48 -
1973 6.40 15.70 0.02 0.83 2.40 1.44 7.63 -
1974 6.65 15.56 0.02 0.82 2.57 1.38 8.00 -
1975 7.01 15.57 0.02 0.84 2.85 1.63 8.51 -
1976 8.41 15.19 0.02 0.94 3.34 1.76 9.71 -
1977 8.87 15.49 0.02 1.02 3.82 1.81 10.36 -
1978 15.61 29.97 0.07 1.91 7.77 3.46 19.55 -
1979 15.57 33.04 0.07 1.92 8.50 3.66 20.12 -
1980 16.53 38.46 0.07 2.10 9.10 3.91 21.51 -
1981 19.25 39.03 0.09 2.22 8.52 3.54 22.69 -
1982 20.81 36.43 0.08 2.20 8.58 3.17 22.98 -
1983 23.53 35.69 0.10 2.33 9.22 3.09 25.15 -
1984 25.44 33.99 0.11 2.24 8.94 2.91 26.07 -
1985 27.16 35.21 0.11 2.20 9.23 3.02 27.58 -
1986 28.02 41.10 0.17 2.22 12.90 4.05 32.87 -
1987 29.45 48.26 0.20 2.27 16.38 3.27 38.10 -
1988 31.81 56.66 0.25 2.29 18.11 5.34 42.76 -
1989 36.05 59.11 0.26 2.22 19.17 5.65 46.19 -
1990 40.06 71.50 0.28 2.29 24.80 7.36 54.42 -
1991 41.37 73.20 0.31 1.82 25.10 7.33 56.61 -
1992 43.83 77.38 0.35 1.69 28.14 8.30 61.75 -
1993 48.25 72.47 0.44 1.58 29.19 8.52 67.39 -
1994 49.42 75.68 0.48 1.58 30.51 8.92 70.75 -
1995 51.25 80.88 0.55 1.58 35.81 10.29 77.74 -
1996 55.27 86.34 0.51 1.56 36.75 10.81 80.23 -
1997 58.99 96.69 0.49 1.63 34.07 10.12 81.17 -
1998 64.60 107.05 0.50 1.57 36.80 10.98 87.70 -
1999 70.40 113.91 0.62 1.63 38.39 11.45 96.25 75.07
© 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Annual Report, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2008(y)/12(m)/25(d)
Chief Editor:
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka