Finland | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Finland
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63
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Finland | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 0.53820139
1961 0.53820139
1962 0.53820139
1963 0.53820139
1964 0.53820139
1965 0.53820139
1966 0.53820139
1967 0.58024716
1968 0.70638424
1969 0.70638424
1970 0.7064
1971 0.7038
1972 0.6974
1973 0.6427
1974 0.6347
1975 0.6187
1976 0.6499
1977 0.6777
1978 0.6925
1979 0.6551
1980 0.6274
1981 0.7258
1982 0.8107
1983 0.9368
1984 1.0108
1985 1.0424
1986 0.8526
1987 0.7393
1988 0.7035
1989 0.7217
1990 0.6431
1991 0.6801
1992 0.7534
1993 0.9607
1994 0.8785
1995 0.7344
1996 0.7726
1997 0.8731
1998 0.8988
1999 0.93828307
2000 1.08270508
2001 1.11653309
2002 1.057559
2003 0.88404793
2004 0.80392165
2005 0.80380019
2006 0.79643273
2007 0.7296724
2008 0.67992268
2009 0.7169577
2010 0.75430899
2011 0.7184139
2012 0.77833812
2013 0.75294512
2014 0.7527282
2015 0.90129642
2016 0.90342144
2017 0.88520551
2018 0.84677267
2019 0.89327626
2020 0.8755064
2021 0.84549414
2022 0.94962375
Finland | 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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source