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$)
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 7.14286
1973 7.001192
1974 7.14286
1975 7.343193
1976 8.367145
1977 8.276561
1978 7.729383
1979 7.475309
1980 7.420187
1981 9.047498
1982 10.922325
1983 13.311517
1984 14.413875
1985 16.432117
1986 16.225742
1987 16.454492
1988 17.7471
1989 20.572467
1990 22.914767
1991 27.507867
1992 32.216833
1993 58.001333
1994 56.050575
1995 51.429833
1996 57.114867
1997 58.731842
1998 60.3667
1999 70.326217
2000 76.175542
2001 78.5631
2002 78.749142
2003 75.9355
2004 79.1738
2005 75.554109
2006 72.100835
2007 67.3176
2008 69.1753
2009 77.352
2010 79.233152
2011 88.81077
2012 84.529602
2013 86.122879
2014 87.922164
2015 98.178453
2016 101.504369
2017 103.410005
2018 101.301574
2019 101.991298
2020 106.45078
2021 109.637747
2022 117.8658

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