South Africa | PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate ratio

Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. The ratio of PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate is the result obtained by dividing the PPP conversion factor by the market exchange rate. The ratio, also referred to as the national price level, makes it possible to compare the cost of the bundle of goods that make up gross domestic product (GDP) across countries. It tells how many dollars are needed to buy a dollar's worth of goods in the country as compared to the United States.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source
South Africa | PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate ratio
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1980 0.69812902
1981 0.65311349
1982 0.56998131
1983 0.59994641
1984 0.54479089
1985 0.42137582
1986 0.48849569
1987 0.60819059
1988 0.62155863
1989 0.63744768
1990 0.55251142
1991 0.57942426
1992 0.62948236
1993 0.6079724
1994 0.6009507
1995 0.63386839
1996 0.56795691
1997 0.56204157
1998 0.49760634
1999 0.4751501
2000 0.44550943
2001 0.37808565
2002 0.33653207
2003 0.48474039
2004 0.58732348
2005 0.60886542
2006 0.59008924
2007 0.59570566
2008 0.53828562
2009 0.55759923
2010 0.69122672
2011 0.73633415
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South Africa | PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate ratio

Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. The ratio of PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate is the result obtained by dividing the PPP conversion factor by the market exchange rate. The ratio, also referred to as the national price level, makes it possible to compare the cost of the bundle of goods that make up gross domestic product (GDP) across countries. It tells how many dollars are needed to buy a dollar's worth of goods in the country as compared to the United States.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source