Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 4.8
1961 4.8
1962 4.8
1963 4.8
1964 4.8
1965 4.8
1966 4.8
1967 4.8
1968 4.8
1969 4.8
1970 4.8
1971 4.8
1972 6
1973 7.781
1974 7.966
1975 8.876
1976 14.85
1977 15.47
1978 15.12
1979 15.22
1980 15.48
1981 16.34
1982 20.04
1983 23.76
1984 25
1985 26
1986 30
1987 31
1988 31.200001
1989 32.099998
1990 32.900002
1991 35.7
1992 37.7
1993 37.8
1994 40.1
1995 40.2
1996 40.9
1997 42.7
1998 45.4
1999 48.08
2000 50.31
2001 53.96
2002 57.43
2003 57.9
2004 58.87
2005 61.5
2006 67.16
2007 69.06
2008 68.61
2009 68.802408
2010 69.1833
2011 71.194275
2012 79.126958
2013 79.933258
2014 77.72051
2015 77.702142
2016 78.263058
2017 79.124067
2018 82.122564
2019 84.029218
2020 84.794083
2021 84.806229
2022 86.3039

Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source