Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
75.75000008 1960
75.75000008 1961
75.75000008 1962
75.75000008 1963
75.75000008 1964
75.75000008 1965
75.75000008 1966
75.75000008 1967
75.75000008 1968
75.75000008 1969
75.75000008 1970
75.75000007 1971
75.74997013 1972
68.88604195 1973
67.64134225 1974
67.65494553 1975
70.23906986 1976
70.63373188 1977
70.49203098 1978
70.49203098 1979
70.63184809 1980
78.34684538 1981
83.62267002 1982
86.37873589 1983
90.05143989 1984
91.07358684 1985
78.77878307 1986
71.47743572 1987
68.69976463 1988
72.03223643 1989
68.11237271 1990
67.52173001 1991
65.56784129 1992
1268.07876134 1993
1749.17373625 1994
1748.35024563 1995
1751.18635584 1996
1753.34547748 1997
1752.28599459 1998
1753.35494977 1999
1764.85606929 2000
1753.98568466 2001
6907.03445562 2002
8193.88751917 2003
8613.98942075 2004
8963.95890667 2005
9170.9428775 2006
9281.15182833 2007
9428.52826083 2008
9864.30245627 2009
10254.17647029 2010
10616.30664391 2011
12175.54722222 2012
18414.44801004 2013
25941.6641446 2014
29011.49137705 2015
30914.8524363 2016
33226.29815241 2017
40864.32900978 2018
42000 2019
42000 2020
42000 2021
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Iran, Islamic Rep. | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source