India | 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 India
Records
63
Source
India | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
4.7619 1960
4.7619 1961
4.7619 1962
4.7619 1963
4.7619 1964
4.7619 1965
6.35912501 1966
7.50000001 1967
7.50000001 1968
7.50000001 1969
7.50000001 1970
7.49193523 1971
7.59446837 1972
7.74203856 1973
8.10160323 1974
8.37589195 1975
8.96041273 1976
8.73857617 1977
8.19284035 1978
8.12579095 1979
7.8629447 1980
8.65852282 1981
9.45513193 1982
10.09889824 1983
11.36258333 1984
12.36875 1985
12.61083333 1986
12.9615 1987
13.91708333 1988
16.2255 1989
17.5035 1990
22.74243333 1991
25.91808333 1992
30.49329167 1993
31.3737425 1994
32.42707667 1995
35.43317333 1996
36.31328583 1997
41.259365 1998
43.05542833 1999
44.941605 2000
47.18641417 2001
48.61031917 2002
46.58328417 2003
45.31646667 2004
44.099975 2005
45.30700833 2006
41.34853333 2007
43.50518333 2008
48.40526667 2009
45.72581212 2010
46.67046667 2011
53.43723333 2012
58.59784542 2013
61.02951446 2014
64.15194446 2015
67.19531281 2016
65.12156865 2017
68.38946709 2018
70.42034054 2019
74.09956688 2020
73.91801282 2021
78.60449058 2022
India | 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 India
Records
63
Source