Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960 60.00000006
1961 60.00000006
1962 60.00000006
1963 60.00000006
1964 60.00000006
1965 60.00000006
1966 60.00000006
1967 61.66666673
1968 70.00000007
1969 70.00000007
1970 70.00000007
1971 69.46866671
1972 64.27141667
1973 58.26008333
1974 57.6865
1975 57.40691667
1976 66.90291667
1977 75.96183333
1978 76.66783333
1979 67.125
1980 71.70191667
1981 92.32183333
1982 109.85916667
1983 143.42991667
1984 160.761
1985 170.04408333
1986 140.04837544
1987 123.47833333
1988 116.48683333
1989 118.37766667
1990 101.93391667
1991 103.91158333
1992 102.37908333
1993 127.26041667
1994 133.957955
1995 124.689
1996 126.66158333
1997 146.41362833
1998 149.39533167
1999 0.93828307
2000 1.08270508
2001 1.11653309
2002 1.057559
2003 0.88404793
2004 0.80392165
2005 0.80380019
2006 0.79643273
2007 0.7296724
2008 0.67992268
2009 0.7169577
2010 0.75430899
2011 0.7184139
2012 0.77833812
2013 0.75294512
2014 0.7527282
2015 0.90129642
2016 0.90342144
2017 0.88520551
2018 0.84677267
2019 0.89327626
2020 0.8755064
2021 0.84549414
2022 0.94962375

Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source