Haiti | 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 Haiti
Records
63
Source
Haiti | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
5 1960
5 1961
5 1962
5 1963
5 1964
5 1965
5 1966
5 1967
5 1968
5 1969
5 1970
5 1971
5.00001842 1972
5.00000845 1973
5.00000415 1974
5 1975
5 1976
5 1977
5 1978
5 1979
5 1980
5 1981
5 1982
5 1983
5 1984
5 1985
5 1986
5 1987
5 1988
5 1989
5 1990
6.03416667 1991
9.80166667 1992
12.8225 1993
15.04 1994
15.10973333 1995
15.70115 1996
16.6545 1997
16.76566667 1998
16.93789167 1999
21.17066667 2000
24.42908333 2001
29.25048333 2002
42.36675833 2003
38.35203333 2004
40.44855 2005
40.40851667 2006
36.86141667 2007
39.10759167 2008
41.19760833 2009
39.7974 2010
40.52282194 2011
41.94972295 2012
43.46278333 2013
45.21598089 2014
50.70642667 2015
63.33581837 2016
64.76968028 2017
68.03175398 2018
88.81496618 2019
93.50980721 2020
89.22663651 2021
115.63071552 2022

Haiti | 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 Haiti
Records
63
Source