Gambia, The | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1.785711 1960
1.785711 1961
1.785711 1962
1.785711 1963
1.785711 1964
1.785711 1965
1.785711 1966
1.835314 1967
2.08333 1968
2.08333 1969
2.08333 1970
2.054598 1971
2.001333 1972
1.702405 1973
1.710927 1974
1.808044 1975
2.225673 1976
2.293019 1977
2.085745 1978
1.888416 1979
1.720983 1980
1.99017 1981
2.28951 1982
2.638575 1983
3.584058 1984
3.893874 1985
6.924971 1986
7.0744 1987
6.708423 1988
7.583583 1989
7.878992 1990
8.733141 1991
8.895715 1992
9.114419 1993
9.581771 1994
9.544265 1995
9.797173 1996
10.200167 1997
10.6431 1998
11.395092 1999
12.787625 2000
15.687158 2001
19.917825 2002
28.530508 2003
30.030083 2004
28.575433 2005
28.065725 2006
24.873433 2007
22.19235 2008
26.644361 2009
28.011954 2010
29.46152 2011
32.077134 2012
35.957587 2013
41.732962 2014
42.506208 2015
43.372528 2016
46.608909 2017
48.151781 2018
50.062461 2019
51.50166 2020
51.484444 2021
55.27666667 2022
Gambia, The | 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 the Gambia
Records
63
Source