Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source
Iceland | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
0.36190501 1960
0.40083301 1961
0.43000001 1962
0.43000001 1963
0.43000001 1964
0.43000001 1965
0.43000001 1966
0.44166669 1967
0.62166673 1968
0.88 1969
0.88 1970
0.88 1971
0.8826 1972
0.9013 1973
0.9995 1974
1.537 1975
1.8217 1976
1.9887 1977
2.7111 1978
3.526 1979
4.7976 1980
7.2242 1981
12.3515 1982
24.8428 1983
31.6937 1984
41.5077 1985
41.1042 1986
38.6772 1987
43.014 1988
57.0418 1989
58.2838 1990
58.9963 1991
57.5459 1992
67.6032 1993
69.9444 1994
64.6917 1995
66.5 1996
70.9043 1997
70.9583 1998
72.3353 1999
78.616 2000
97.4246 2001
91.6617 2002
76.709 2003
70.1917 2004
62.9817 2005
70.18 2006
64.055 2007
87.9479 2008
123.6384 2009
122.24181121 2010
115.95403976 2011
125.08278701 2012
122.17912132 2013
116.76735251 2014
131.91870843 2015
120.81154807 2016
106.83957201 2017
108.30017631 2018
122.6067736 2019
135.42171163 2020
126.9888602 2021
135.279902 2022

Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source