Kenya | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Kenya
Records
63
Source
Kenya | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
7.14286 1960
7.14286 1961
7.14286 1962
7.14286 1963
7.14286 1964
7.14286 1965
7.14286 1966
7.14286 1967
7.14286 1968
7.14286 1969
7.14286 1970
7.14286 1971
7.14286 1972
7.001192 1973
7.14286 1974
7.343193 1975
8.367145 1976
8.276561 1977
7.729383 1978
7.475309 1979
7.420187 1980
9.047498 1981
10.922325 1982
13.311517 1983
14.413875 1984
16.432117 1985
16.225742 1986
16.454492 1987
17.7471 1988
20.572467 1989
22.914767 1990
27.507867 1991
32.216833 1992
58.001333 1993
56.050575 1994
51.429833 1995
57.114867 1996
58.731842 1997
60.3667 1998
70.326217 1999
76.175542 2000
78.5631 2001
78.749142 2002
75.9355 2003
79.1738 2004
75.554109 2005
72.100835 2006
67.3176 2007
69.1753 2008
77.352 2009
79.233152 2010
88.81077 2011
84.529602 2012
86.122879 2013
87.922164 2014
98.178453 2015
101.504369 2016
103.410005 2017
101.301574 2018
101.991298 2019
106.45078 2020
109.637747 2021
117.8658 2022
Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source