Guinea | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Guinea
Records
63
Source
Guinea | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
24.68500002 1960
24.68500002 1961
24.68500002 1962
24.68500002 1963
24.68500002 1964
24.68500002 1965
24.68500002 1966
24.68500002 1967
24.68500002 1968
24.68500002 1969
24.68500002 1970
24.61275202 1971
22.73627398 1972
20.71609177 1973
20.55627617 1974
20.67326493 1975
21.38195694 1976
21.14448267 1977
19.72354076 1978
19.10701332 1979
18.96889304 1980
20.94811712 1981
22.36602852 1982
23.09518398 1983
24.0899437 1984
24.33309879 1985
333.4525 1986
428.4025 1987
474.39583333 1988
591.64583333 1989
660.16666667 1990
753.85808333 1991
902.00133333 1992
955.49033333 1993
976.63641667 1994
991.4115 1995
1004.01658333 1996
1095.3255 1997
1236.83175 1998
1387.40133333 1999
1746.86991667 2000
1950.55833333 2001
1975.84375 2002
1984.93125 2003
2243.93125 2004
3644.33333333 2005
5148.75 2006
4197.75200417 2007
4601.69100417 2008
4801.0832375 2009
5726.07102083 2010
6658.03125833 2011
6985.82902633 2012
6907.8780695 2013
7014.11877725 2014
7485.51674167 2015
8967.92707958 2016
9088.31949623 2017
9011.13417725 2018
9183.87586391 2019
9565.08218344 2020
2021
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Guinea | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Guinea
Records
63
Source