Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
Source
Mozambique | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
0.02875 1960
0.02875 1961
0.02875 1962
0.02875 1963
0.02875 1964
0.02875 1965
0.02875 1966
0.02875 1967
0.02875 1968
0.02875 1969
0.02875 1970
0.02831208 1971
0.02705342 1972
0.02451517 1973
0.02540817 1974
0.02555275 1975
0.03022908 1976
0.03040725 1977
0.03 1978
0.03 1979
0.03240025 1980
0.0353495 1981
0.03776975 1982
0.04018333 1983
0.04244275 1984
0.04318067 1985
0.04042892 1986
0.29073125 1987
0.52464467 1988
0.74491808 1989
0.92908883 1990
1.4344675 1991
2.51655417 1992
3.87423667 1993
6.03858833 1994
9.02433333 1995
11.29375 1996
11.54358333 1997
11.87458333 1998
12.77511167 1999
15.22725 2000
20.70364083 2001
23.67795667 2002
23.7822675 2003
22.5813425 2004
23.060965 2005
25.40077917 2006
25.84034145 2007
24.30064247 2008
27.51829996 2009
33.9600988 2010
29.06759993 2011
28.37298448 2012
30.10411109 2013
31.3526877 2014
39.98247415 2015
63.05623273 2016
63.58432291 2017
60.32620764 2018
62.54833333 2019
69.465 2020
65.465 2021
63.85083333 2022
Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
Source