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
1965 0.4578
1966 0.4633
1967 0.4522
1968 0.428
1969 0.413
1970 0.3981
1971 0.3921
1972 0.3868
1973 0.3958
1974 0.4813
1975 0.4562
1976 0.5035
1977 0.5701
1978 0.6596
1979 0.7
1980 0.72
1981 0.74
1982 0.812
1983 0.859
1984 0.9302
1985 0.9551
1986 1.069
1987 1.273
1988 1.761
1989 1.9368
1990 2.229
1991 3.009
1992 3.3233
1993 3.332
1994 3.372
1995 3.391
1996 3.392
1997 3.39
1998 3.388
1999 3.391
2000 3.4065
2001 3.71
2002 4.45
2003 5.2
2004 6.16
2005 6.01
2006 5.75
2007 5.71
2008 5.5
2009 5.51
2010 5.51
2011 5.81
2012 6
2013 6.45
2014 6.97
2015 7.42
2016 8.15
2017 14.72
2018 17.77
2019 17.56
2020 16.03
2021 15.69
2022 16.45

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