Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 21.181774
1961 21.05844
1962 20.88
1963 20.83
1964 20.8
1965 20.8
1966 20.8
1967 20.8
1968 20.8
1969 20.8
1970 20.8
1971 20.8
1972 20.800029
1973 20.4916
1974 20.375103
1975 20.379269
1976 20.400103
1977 20.400103
1978 20.336103
1979 20.418936
1980 20.476353
1981 21.820443
1982 23.000116
1983 23.000116
1984 23.639369
1985 27.158887
1986 26.298883
1987 25.722796
1988 25.293878
1989 25.702046
1990 25.585462
1991 25.516795
1992 25.400128
1993 25.319611
1994 25.149952
1995 24.915176
1996 25.342683
1997 31.364334
1998 41.359387
1999 37.813656
2000 40.111803
2001 44.4319
2002 42.960083
2003 41.484617
2004 40.222415
2005 40.22013
2006 37.881983
2007 34.518181
2008 33.313301
2009 34.285774
2010 31.685705
2011 30.491733
2012 31.083092
2013 30.725967
2014 32.479833
2015 34.247717
2016 35.296383
2017 33.939811
2018 32.310226
2019 31.047606
2020 31.293673
2021 31.977093
2022 35.0614

Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source