Volatility

Most volatile currencies

Annualised volatility of daily moves against the US Dollar, over the last 12 months.

Data as of 2026-06-12.

#CurrencyVolatility (annualised)
1
XA
XAG Metal
zilver (troy ounce)
67.0%
2
BC
BCH Crypto
Bitcoin Cash
57.8%
3
XP
XPD Metal
palladium (troy ounce)
57.1%
4
ET
ETH Crypto
Ethereum
56.5%
5
XR
XRP Crypto
XRP
56.3%
6
XP
XPT Metal
platina (troy ounce)
56.3%
7
LT
LTC Crypto
Litecoin
53.8%
8
BT
BTC Crypto
Bitcoin
35.9%
9
XA
XAU Metal
goud (troy ounce)
27.6%
10
ZA
ZAR Fiat
Zuid-Afrikaanse rand
11.6%
11
HU
HUF Fiat
Hongaarse forint
11.5%
12
SE
SEK Fiat
Zweedse kroon
9.8%
13
IL
ILS Fiat
Israëlische shekel
9.5%
14
KR
KRW Fiat
Zuid-Koreaanse won
9.1%
15
NZ
NZD Fiat
Nieuw-Zeelandse dollar
9.1%
16
AU
AUD Fiat
Australische dollar
8.7%
17
NO
NOK Fiat
Noorse kroon
8.7%
18
JP
JPY Fiat
Japanse yen
8.4%
19
PL
PLN Fiat
Poolse zloty
8.0%
20
TH
THB Fiat
Thaise baht
7.9%
21
MX
MXN Fiat
Mexicaanse peso
7.8%
22
CZ
CZK Fiat
Tsjechische kroon
7.2%
23
CH
CHF Fiat
Zwitserse frank
7.0%
24
GB
GBP Fiat
Britse pond
6.8%
25
RO
RON Fiat
Roemeense leu
6.6%
26
EU
EUR Fiat
euro
6.1%
27
DK
DKK Fiat
Deense kroon
6.1%
28
IN
INR Fiat
Indiase roepie
5.2%
29
CA
CAD Fiat
Canadese dollar
4.4%
30
SG
SGD Fiat
Singaporese dollar
4.0%
31
CN
CNY Fiat
Chinese yuan
2.2%
32
TR
TRY Fiat
Turkse lira
1.8%
33
HK
HKD Fiat
Hongkongse dollar
0.9%

How this is calculated

Volatility is the standard deviation of daily logarithmic returns of each currency's US-Dollar value over the past year, annualised by multiplying by the square root of 252 trading days, and shown as a percentage. Crypto assets typically sit at the top; major fiat currencies at the bottom.