Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source
Tanzania | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
7.14286001 1960
7.14286001 1961
7.14286001 1962
7.14286001 1963
7.14286001 1964
7.14286001 1965
7.14286001 1966
7.14286001 1967
7.14286001 1968
7.14286001 1969
7.14286001 1970
7.14286001 1971
7.1429 1972
7.02144667 1973
7.13498333 1974
7.36679167 1975
8.376775 1976
8.28920833 1977
7.71205 1978
8.216625 1979
8.19659167 1980
8.28350833 1981
9.28259167 1982
11.14278333 1983
15.29225 1984
17.47233333 1985
32.69801667 1986
64.26035 1987
99.29210833 1988
143.37691667 1989
195.05591667 1990
219.15741667 1991
297.70808333 1992
405.27401667 1993
509.630875 1994
574.76174167 1995
579.97666667 1996
612.1225 1997
664.67120833 1998
744.759075 1999
800.40851667 2000
876.41166667 2001
966.58278426 2002
1038.4190066 2003
1089.33477149 2004
1128.93417916 2005
1251.89997293 2006
1245.03546405 2007
1196.31070921 2008
1320.31206074 2009
1395.625 2010
1557.43333333 2011
1571.69833333 2012
1597.55583333 2013
1653.23083333 2014
1991.39083333 2015
2177.08666667 2016
2228.85666667 2017
2263.78166667 2018
2288.20666667 2019
2294.14615051 2020
2297.76422624 2021
2022
Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source