Iraq | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 0.357143
1961 0.357143
1962 0.357143
1963 0.357143
1964 0.357143
1965 0.357143
1966 0.357143
1967 0.357143
1968 0.357143
1969 0.357143
1970 0.357143
1971 0.3535
1972 0.3329
1973 0.3029
1974 0.2953
1975 0.2953
1976 0.2953
1977 0.2953
1978 0.2953
1979 0.2953
1980 0.3
1981 0.3
1982 0.3
1983 0.31
1984 0.31
1985 0.31
1986 0.31
1987 0.31
1988 0.31
1989 0.31
1990 0.31
1991 104.1
1992 207.9
1993 311.69
1994 415.48
1995 519.27
1996 623.07
1997 726.86
1998 830.65
1999 934.45
2000 1038.24
2001 1142.03
2002 1245.82
2003 1349.62
2004 1453.41
2005 1472
2006 1467.42
2007 1254.6095
2008 1193.0763
2009 1170.0343
2010 1170
2011 1170
2012 1166.1587
2013 1166
2014 1166
2015 1167.333333
2016 1182
2017 1184
2018 1182.75
2019 1182
2020 1192
2021 1450
2022 1450
Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source