Kuwait | 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 Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
0.3572 1960
0.3572 1961
0.3572 1962
0.3572 1963
0.3572 1964
0.357143 1965
0.357143 1966
0.357143 1967
0.357143 1968
0.357143 1969
0.357143 1970
0.356098 1971
0.328949 1972
0.296572 1973
0.293151 1974
0.290032 1975
0.292387 1976
0.286566 1977
0.275053 1978
0.276366 1979
0.270297 1980
0.278785 1981
0.287911 1982
0.291477 1983
0.296062 1984
0.300753 1985
0.290595 1986
0.278663 1987
0.279029 1988
0.293779 1989
0.288 1990
0.284269 1991
0.2934 1992
0.302 1993
0.297 1994
0.298448 1995
0.299409 1996
0.303349 1997
0.304756 1998
0.304415 1999
0.306752 2000
0.306682 2001
0.303914 2002
0.298012 2003
0.2947 2004
0.292 2005
0.290176 2006
0.284214 2007
0.268828 2008
0.287785 2009
0.286607 2010
0.275979 2011
0.279936 2012
0.283589 2013
0.284567 2014
0.300852 2015
0.302137 2016
0.30335 2017
0.301956 2018
0.303611 2019
0.306233 2020
0.301643 2021
0.30625 2022

Kuwait | 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 Kuwait
Records
63
Source