USD/LKR spot rate
Exchange rates. Rupees, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, CBSL exchange rate lookups
Macro Lab · LK.EXT.FX.USD.SPOT.D · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rupees
- Date range 7 May 2010 – 15 Oct 2026
- Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Checks: 6 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- USD/LKR spot rate
- Read from
- CBSL exchange rate lookups (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/rates-and-indicators/exchange-rates/daily-buy-and-sell-exchange-rates
- Notes
- CBSL Data Library (wizard export) From 2010-05-07, days the Data Library does not have are taken from CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages (2149 so far). On the 1364 days both have, 1359 agree.
Source documents
No file is recorded for these values.
Vintages
9 vintages, the latest published 15 Oct 2026.
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Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- Rounding1 Aug 2024
Checked against another source.
Successor diff: 302.45 and 302.44, difference 0.01.
CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages against the Data Library
An exact half cent in the lookup (302.4450); the library rounded it down, where it rounds half up on every other such day since 2019.
- Rounding21 May 2025
Checked against another source.
Successor diff: 300.57 and 300.56, difference 0.01.
CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages against the Data Library
An exact half cent in the lookup (300.5650); the library rounded it down, where it rounds half up on every other such day since 2019.
- Rounding16 Jul 2025
Checked against another source.
Successor diff: 300.96 and 300.95, difference 0.01.
CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages against the Data Library
An exact half cent in the lookup (300.9550); the library rounded it down, where it rounds half up on every other such day since 2019.
- Rounding27 Nov 2025
Checked against another source.
Successor diff: 308.08 and 308.07, difference 0.01.
CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages against the Data Library
An exact half cent in the lookup (308.0750); the library rounded it down, where it rounds half up on every other such day since 2019.
- Disagrees with itself23 Mar 2021
Checked against another source.
Successor diff: 197.77 and 198.77, difference −1.
CBSL's exchange rate lookup pages against the Data Library
Library 198.77, lookup 197.7692, between 197.47 and 198.95. Either could be right.
- For information15 Jan 2024
The source table has an error, corrected when it was read.
Source error: 153.94.
LK.EXT.FX.USD.SPOT.D: 153.94 dropped (322.69 the day before, 322.20 the day after; 15 Jan 2024 was a bank holiday (no buying or selling rate))