Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
49.3706 1960
49.3706 1961
49.3706 1962
49.3706 1963
49.3706 1964
49.3706 1965
49.3706 1966
49.3706 1967
49.3706 1968
51.941975 1969
55.5419 1970
55.426325 1971
50.405333 1972
44.577667 1973
48.14075 1974
42.862417 1975
47.789917 1976
49.13575 1977
45.131 1978
42.544167 1979
42.25575 1980
54.346083 1981
69.947167 1982
86.089833 1983
115.3285 1984
132.4955 1985
135.268167 1986
213.842667 1987
281.421333 1988
320.6875 1989
298.829333 1990
367.072 1991
372.793333 1992
382.7565 1993
613.467167 1994
853.126333 1995
812.250333 1996
1018.177167 1997
1088.279667 1998
1256.755 1999
1353.496167 2000
1317.698833 2001
1366.391167 2002
1238.327667 2003
1868.857833 2004
2003.025833 2005
2142.301667 2006
1873.876667 2007
1708.370833 2008
1956.205833 2009
2089.95 2010
2025.1175 2011
2194.966667 2012
2206.914167 2013
2414.811667 2014
2933.508333 2015
3176.539167 2016
3116.11 2017
3334.752255 2018
3618.321858 2019
3787.754058 2020
3829.977849 2021
4097.5401 2022

Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source