Bahrain | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Bahrain
Records
63
Source
Bahrain | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 0.4762
1966 0.47619
1967 0.47619
1968 0.47619
1969 0.47619
1970 0.47619
1971 0.474796
1972 0.438598
1973 0.39963
1974 0.39474
1975 0.3955
1976 0.395599
1977 0.3957
1978 0.387453
1979 0.3815
1980 0.3769
1981 0.376
1982 0.376
1983 0.376
1984 0.376
1985 0.376
1986 0.376
1987 0.376
1988 0.376
1989 0.376
1990 0.376
1991 0.376
1992 0.376
1993 0.376
1994 0.376
1995 0.376
1996 0.376
1997 0.376
1998 0.376
1999 0.376
2000 0.376
2001 0.376
2002 0.376
2003 0.376
2004 0.376
2005 0.376
2006 0.376
2007 0.376
2008 0.376
2009 0.376
2010 0.376
2011 0.376
2012 0.376
2013 0.376
2014 0.376
2015 0.376
2016 0.376
2017 0.376
2018 0.376
2019 0.376
2020 0.376
2021 0.376
2022 0.376
Bahrain | 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
Kingdom of Bahrain
Records
63
Source