Egypt, Arab Rep. | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
0.4578 1965
0.4633 1966
0.4522 1967
0.428 1968
0.413 1969
0.3981 1970
0.3921 1971
0.3868 1972
0.3958 1973
0.4813 1974
0.4562 1975
0.5035 1976
0.5701 1977
0.6596 1978
0.7 1979
0.72 1980
0.74 1981
0.812 1982
0.859 1983
0.9302 1984
0.9551 1985
1.069 1986
1.273 1987
1.761 1988
1.9368 1989
2.229 1990
3.009 1991
3.3233 1992
3.332 1993
3.372 1994
3.391 1995
3.392 1996
3.39 1997
3.388 1998
3.391 1999
3.4065 2000
3.71 2001
4.45 2002
5.2 2003
6.16 2004
6.01 2005
5.75 2006
5.71 2007
5.5 2008
5.51 2009
5.51 2010
5.81 2011
6 2012
6.45 2013
6.97 2014
7.42 2015
8.15 2016
14.72 2017
17.77 2018
17.56 2019
16.03 2020
15.69 2021
16.45 2022
Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source