Madagascar | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
49.37060005 1960
49.37060005 1961
49.37060005 1962
49.37060005 1963
49.37060005 1964
49.37060005 1965
49.37060005 1966
49.37060005 1967
49.37060005 1968
51.94197505 1969
55.54190006 1970
55.42632505 1971
50.40533333 1972
44.57766667 1973
48.14075 1974
42.86241666 1975
47.78991666 1976
49.13574999 1977
45.13099999 1978
42.54416666 1979
42.25574999 1980
54.34608333 1981
69.94716666 1982
86.08983333 1983
115.3285 1984
132.4955 1985
135.26816667 1986
213.84266667 1987
281.42133333 1988
320.6875 1989
298.82933333 1990
367.072 1991
372.79333333 1992
382.7565 1993
613.46716667 1994
853.12633333 1995
812.25033333 1996
1018.17716667 1997
1088.27966667 1998
1256.755 1999
1353.49616667 2000
1317.69883333 2001
1366.39116667 2002
1238.32766667 2003
1868.85783333 2004
2003.02583333 2005
2142.30166667 2006
1873.87666667 2007
1708.37083333 2008
1956.20583333 2009
2089.95 2010
2025.1175 2011
2194.96666667 2012
2206.91416667 2013
2414.81166667 2014
2933.50833333 2015
3176.53916667 2016
3116.11 2017
3334.7522549 2018
3618.32185816 2019
3787.75405818 2020
3829.97784933 2021
4096.11618375 2022
Madagascar | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source