Japan | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Japan
Records
63
Source
Japan | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
360 1960
360 1961
360 1962
360 1963
360 1964
360 1965
360 1966
360 1967
360 1968
360 1969
360 1970
350.6777 1971
303.1725 1972
271.7017 1973
292.0825 1974
296.7875 1975
296.5525 1976
268.51 1977
210.4417 1978
219.14 1979
226.7408 1980
220.5358 1981
249.0767 1982
237.5117 1983
237.5225 1984
238.5358 1985
168.5198 1986
144.6375 1987
128.1517 1988
137.9644 1989
144.7925 1990
134.7067 1991
126.6513 1992
111.1978 1993
102.2078 1994
94.0596 1995
108.7791 1996
120.9909 1997
130.9053 1998
113.9068 1999
107.7655 2000
121.5289 2001
125.388 2002
115.9335 2003
108.193 2004
110.2182 2005
116.2993 2006
117.7535 2007
103.3595 2008
93.5701 2009
87.779875 2010
79.80701983 2011
79.79045542 2012
97.59565828 2013
105.94478103 2014
121.04402568 2015
108.79290005 2016
112.16614108 2017
110.42317934 2018
109.0096659 2019
106.77458226 2020
109.75432384 2021
131.49814044 2022
Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source