Malta | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Malta
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63
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Malta | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 0.9706
1971 0.9483
1972 0.8888
1973 0.8591
1974 0.8979
1975 0.8963
1976 0.9903
1977 0.9837
1978 0.8977
1979 0.835
1980 0.8046
1981 0.9008
1982 0.96
1983 1.0073
1984 1.0739
1985 1.0928
1986 0.9154
1987 0.8048
1988 0.7707
1989 0.8118
1990 0.7403
1991 0.753
1992 0.7429
1993 0.8905
1994 0.8803
1995 0.8224
1996 0.8396
1997 0.8991
1998 0.9049
1999 0.9292
2000 1.0206
2001 1.0483
2002 1.0101
2003 0.8787
2004 0.8028
2005 0.8041
2006 0.7971
2007 0.7306
2008 0.6827
2009 0.7198
2010 0.754309
2011 0.718414
2012 0.778338
2013 0.752945
2014 0.752728
2015 0.901296
2016 0.903421
2017 0.885206
2018 0.846773
2019 0.893276
2020 0.875506
2021 0.845494
2022 0.949624
Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source