Afghanistan | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source
Afghanistan | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
45 1960
45 1961
45 1962
45 1963
45 1964
45 1965
45 1966
45 1967
45 1968
45 1969
45 1970
45 1971
45 1972
45 1973
45 1974
45 1975
45 1976
45 1977
45 1978
43.7 1979
44.1 1980
49.5 1981
50.6 1982
50.6 1983
50.6 1984
50.6 1985
50.6 1986
50.6 1987
50.6 1988
50.6 1989
50.6 1990
50.6 1991
51 1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
47.06015376 1999
47.43645806 2000
47.43956452 2001
47.61550942 2002
48.96287667 2003
47.808015 2004
49.67765333 2005
49.92261464 2006
49.79736642 2007
50.94784145 2008
49.26583333 2009
45.79972917 2010
47.75863957 2011
51.67916667 2012
56.52666667 2013
57.39679488 2014
63.90416667 2015
67.50266298 2016
68.54524797 2017
73.54312381 2018
78.17232631 2019
76.91779197 2020
87.7 2021
88.5 2022
Afghanistan | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source