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$)
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 45
1979 43.7
1980 44.1
1981 49.5
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 50.6
1992 51
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999 47.06015376
2000 47.43645806
2001 47.43956452
2002 47.61550942
2003 48.96287667
2004 47.808015
2005 49.67765333
2006 49.92261464
2007 49.79736642
2008 50.94784145
2009 49.26583333
2010 45.79972917
2011 47.75863957
2012 51.67916667
2013 56.52666667
2014 57.39679488
2015 63.90416667
2016 67.50266298
2017 68.54524797
2018 73.54312381
2019 78.17232631
2020 76.91779197
2021 87.7
2022 88.5

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