Gabon | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 245.195101
1961 245.260102
1962 245.013851
1963 245.016351
1964 245.027184
1965 245.060934
1966 245.678437
1967 246.000938
1968 247.564694
1969 259.960574
1970 276.403137
1971 275.356457
1972 252.027627
1973 222.889183
1974 240.704668
1975 214.3129
1976 238.950494
1977 245.679687
1978 225.65586
1979 212.721644
1980 211.279555
1981 271.731453
1982 328.606253
1983 381.066036
1984 436.956666
1985 449.262963
1986 346.305904
1987 300.536562
1988 297.848219
1989 319.008299
1990 272.264788
1991 282.106909
1992 264.691801
1993 349.615
1994 555.204696
1995 499.148426
1996 511.55243
1997 583.669372
1998 589.951775
1999 615.6991
2000 710.207977
2001 732.397693
2002 693.713227
2003 579.897426
2004 527.338032
2005 527.258363
2006 522.425625
2007 478.633718
2008 446.000041
2009 470.293423
2010 494.794262
2011 471.248626
2012 510.556338
2013 493.899624
2014 493.75733
2015 591.211698
2016 592.605615
2017 580.65675
2018 555.446458
2019 585.911013
2020 575.586005
2021 554.530675
2022 623.759701
Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source