Average daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange (forex) markets increased more than five fold from 2001 to 2022. In total - covering both spot transactions and forex derivatives like swaps, forwards and options - the average daily turnover of the U.S. dollar as of April 2022 amounted to 6.6 trillion U.S. dollars. The forex - or foreign exchange market - turnover per day is a figure that is not often measured, only once every three years. No figures are available for 2020, for instance.
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Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Bank for International Settlements. (December 1, 2022). Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. "Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. (2022). Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. "Daily Turnover of The U.S. Dollar on Global Foreign Exchange Markets from 2001 to 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements, Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bank for International Settlements, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
