Djibouti | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Djibouti
Records
63
Source
Djibouti | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
214.39200021 1960
214.39200021 1961
214.39200021 1962
214.39200021 1963
214.39200021 1964
214.39200021 1965
214.39200021 1966
214.39200021 1967
214.39200021 1968
214.39200021 1969
214.39200021 1970
213.7787502 1971
197.466 1972
179.94233333 1973
177.721 1974
177.721 1975
177.721 1976
177.721 1977
177.721 1978
177.721 1979
177.721 1980
177.721 1981
177.721 1982
177.721 1983
177.721 1984
177.721 1985
177.721 1986
177.721 1987
177.721 1988
177.721 1989
177.721 1990
177.721 1991
177.721 1992
177.721 1993
177.721 1994
177.721 1995
177.721 1996
177.721 1997
177.721 1998
177.721 1999
177.721 2000
177.721 2001
177.721 2002
177.721 2003
177.721 2004
177.721 2005
177.721 2006
177.721 2007
177.721 2008
177.721 2009
177.721 2010
177.721 2011
177.721 2012
177.721 2013
177.721 2014
177.721 2015
177.721 2016
177.721 2017
177.721 2018
177.721 2019
177.721 2020
177.721 2021
177.721 2022
Djibouti | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Djibouti
Records
63
Source