Dominican Republic | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 1
1961 1
1962 1
1963 1
1964 1
1965 1
1966 1
1967 1
1968 1
1969 1
1970 1
1971 1
1972 1
1973 1
1974 1
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 1
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 3.112608
1986 2.904333
1987 3.844758
1988 6.112517
1989 6.34
1990 8.5253
1991 12.575919
1992 12.5
1993 12.5
1994 12.61678
1995 12.87
1996 12.896349
1997 14.005921
1998 14.703111
1999 15.83443
2000 16.181458
2001 16.690962
2002 17.593044
2003 29.37
2004 41.930315
2005 30.282808
2006 33.300035
2007 33.171871
2008 34.529361
2009 35.971866
2010 36.821292
2011 38.087585
2012 39.320301
2013 41.794503
2014 43.549673
2015 45.045499
2016 46.064444
2017 47.534358
2018 49.509993
2019 51.294858
2020 56.524533
2021 57.221117
2022 55.141
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source