Guyana | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 1.71429
1961 1.71429
1962 1.71429
1963 1.71429
1964 1.71429
1965 1.7
1966 1.7
1967 1.7
1968 2
1969 2
1970 2
1971 2
1972 2.1
1973 2.1
1974 2.2
1975 2.4
1976 2.5
1977 2.5
1978 2.5
1979 2.5
1980 2.5
1981 2.8
1982 3
1983 3
1984 3.8
1985 4.3
1986 4.3
1987 9.8
1988 10
1989 27.2
1990 39.5
1991 111.8
1992 125.1
1993 130.2
1994 138.3
1995 142
1996 140.4
1997 142.401
1998 150.519
1999 177.998
2000 182.43
2001 187.320833
2002 190.665
2003 193.878333
2004 198.3075
2005 199.875
2006 200.188333
2007 202.346667
2008 203.633333
2009 203.95
2010 203.635833
2011 204.0175
2012 204.358333
2013 205.39416667
2014 206.44916667
2015 206.5
2016 206.5
2017 206.5
2018 207.71666667
2019 208.5
2020 208.5
2021 208.5
2022 208.5
Guyana | 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source