Thailand | 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 Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
21.18177353 1960
21.05843958 1961
20.88010535 1962
20.83007886 1963
20.80000002 1964
20.80000002 1965
20.80000002 1966
20.80000002 1967
20.80000002 1968
20.80000002 1969
20.80000002 1970
20.80000002 1971
20.80002949 1972
20.61958164 1973
20.3751028 1974
20.37926949 1975
20.40010292 1976
20.40010292 1977
20.3361026 1978
20.41893635 1979
20.47635331 1980
21.82044342 1981
23.00011604 1982
23.00011604 1983
23.63936927 1984
27.15888702 1985
26.29888269 1986
25.72279645 1987
25.29387761 1988
25.70204634 1989
25.58546242 1990
25.51679541 1991
25.40012815 1992
25.31961108 1993
25.14995189 1994
24.9151757 1995
25.34268286 1996
31.36433445 1997
41.3593875 1998
37.81365583 1999
40.11180333 2000
44.4319 2001
42.96008333 2002
41.48461667 2003
40.22241492 2004
40.22013021 2005
37.88198322 2006
34.51818059 2007
33.31330064 2008
34.28577412 2009
31.685705 2010
30.49173333 2011
31.08309167 2012
30.72596667 2013
32.47983333 2014
34.24771667 2015
35.29638333 2016
33.93981106 2017
32.31022574 2018
31.04760578 2019
31.29367321 2020
31.97709344 2021
35.06135021 2022
Thailand | 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 Thailand
Records
63
Source