Germany | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 2.14742589
1961 2.06221032
1962 2.04516745
1963 2.04516745
1964 2.04516745
1965 2.04516745
1966 2.04516745
1967 2.04516745
1968 2.04516745
1969 2.01619411
1970 1.8713
1971 1.7933
1972 1.6303
1973 1.3665
1974 1.3231
1975 1.2579
1976 1.2874
1977 1.1873
1978 1.027
1979 0.9371
1980 0.9294
1981 1.1555
1982 1.2407
1983 1.3055
1984 1.4551
1985 1.5052
1986 1.1103
1987 0.919
1988 0.8979
1989 0.9613
1990 0.8261
1991 0.8485
1992 0.7985
1993 0.8453
1994 0.8297
1995 0.7327
1996 0.7694
1997 0.8866
1998 0.8997
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
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source