South Africa | Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100)

Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. 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: Because of conceptual and data limitations, changes in real effective exchange rates should be interpreted with caution. Statistical concept and methodology: The real effective exchange rate is a nominal effective exchange rate index adjusted for relative movements in national price or cost indicators of the home country, selected countries, and the euro area. A nominal effective exchange rate index is the ratio (expressed on the base 2010 = 100) of an index of a currency's period-average exchange rate to a weighted geometric average of exchange rates for currencies of selected countries and the euro area. For most high-income countries weights are derived from industrial country trade in manufactured goods. Data are compiled from the nominal effective exchange rate index and a cost indicator of relative normalized unit labor costs in manufacturing. For selected other countries the nominal effective exchange rate index is based on manufactured goods and primary products trade with partner or competitor countries. For these countries the real effective exchange rate index is the nominal index adjusted for relative changes in consumer prices; an increase represents an appreciation of the local currency.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
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South Africa | Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100)
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1979 151.20583821
1980 165.33036089
1981 174.11480172
1982 164.98802198
1983 181.51187258
1984 160.1871217
1985 121.56747486
1986 112.21179485
1987 126.72589437
1988 120.59768448
1989 121.4727962
1990 125.03500651
1991 129.94748102
1992 134.10442023
1993 131.43558154
1994 125.84278676
1995 122.42874002
1996 112.62986467
1997 119.06463713
1998 109.49022686
1999 103.55938317
2000 100.40999581
2001 88.65958598
2002 75.9933595
2003 98.68071659
2004 104.60265562
2005 104.48369135
2006 98.52490165
2007 92.01431099
2008 80.37550875
2009 87.47114951
2010 100
2011 98.26327847
2012 92.42164066
2013 82.10436433
2014 77.09563183
2015 75.2431952
2016 70.67381988
2017 79.64631752
2018 80.82557035
2019 78.27005421
2020 71.05010898
2021 77.65342721
2022 75.96436516

South Africa | Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100)

Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. 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: Because of conceptual and data limitations, changes in real effective exchange rates should be interpreted with caution. Statistical concept and methodology: The real effective exchange rate is a nominal effective exchange rate index adjusted for relative movements in national price or cost indicators of the home country, selected countries, and the euro area. A nominal effective exchange rate index is the ratio (expressed on the base 2010 = 100) of an index of a currency's period-average exchange rate to a weighted geometric average of exchange rates for currencies of selected countries and the euro area. For most high-income countries weights are derived from industrial country trade in manufactured goods. Data are compiled from the nominal effective exchange rate index and a cost indicator of relative normalized unit labor costs in manufacturing. For selected other countries the nominal effective exchange rate index is based on manufactured goods and primary products trade with partner or competitor countries. For these countries the real effective exchange rate index is the nominal index adjusted for relative changes in consumer prices; an increase represents an appreciation of the local currency.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source