Sri Lanka | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source
Sri Lanka | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
4.76 1960
4.76 1961
4.86 1962
5.95 1963
5.95 1964
4.76 1965
4.76 1966
4.86 1967
5.95 1968
5.95 1969
5.95 1970
5.93 1971
5.97 1972
6.4 1973
6.65 1974
7.01 1975
8.41 1976
8.87 1977
15.61 1978
15.57 1979
16.53 1980
19.25 1981
20.81 1982
23.53 1983
25.44 1984
27.16 1985
28.02 1986
29.44 1987
31.81 1988
36.05 1989
40.06 1990
41.37 1991
43.83 1992
48.32 1993
49.42 1994
51.25 1995
55.27 1996
58.99 1997
64.45 1998
70.64 1999
77.01 2000
89.36 2001
95.66 2002
96.52 2003
101.19 2004
100.5 2005
103.914446 2006
110.623233 2007
108.333763 2008
114.944783 2009
113.06448 2010
110.565208 2011
127.603354 2012
129.069031 2013
130.564685 2014
135.856913 2015
145.581667 2016
152.446414 2017
162.464859 2018
178.744925 2019
185.5926 2020
198.7643 2021
324.5506 2022
Sri Lanka | 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
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source