UK share of global foreign exchange turnover 1992-2016

This statistic shows the share of foreign exchange turnover in international financial markets assigned to the United Kingdom (UK) from 1992 to 2016, presented triennially. Turnover is understood as the aggregated cost of all trading deals. In 2013, the UK's foreign exchange turnover share reached 41 percent. Three years later, in April 2016, UK's share of international financial markets with regards to foreign exchange turnover decreased to 37 percent.

United Kingdom's share of foreign exchange turnover in international financial markets presented triennially from 1992 to 2016

Characteristic	UK share of forex turnover
2016*	37%
2013*	41%
2010	36%
2007	35%
2004	32%
2001	31%
1998	33%
1995	30%
1992	27%

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1992 to 2016

Supplementary notes

* As of April 2013 and April 2016.
The City UK calculations and estimates are based on various sources.
The source adds further information: "Foreign exchange turnover is an aggregated cost of all trading foreign exchange deals in a specified time period. In technical analysis the turnover measures efficiency and intensity of foreign exchange assets allocation."

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