Trinidad and Tobago | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In certain countries, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. Consequently, an alternative conversion factor is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate effectively applied to domestic transactions of foreign currencies and traded products. This applies to only a small number of countries, as shown in the country-level metadata. An alternative conversion factor is also used when the period covered by national accounts differs from the calendar year and the alternative conversion factor will then cover the same period. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source
Trinidad and Tobago | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
1960 1.7143
1961 1.7143
1962 1.7143
1963 1.7143
1964 1.7143
1965 1.7143
1966 1.7143
1967 1.7381
1968 2
1969 2
1970 2
1971 1.9749
1972 1.9213
1973 1.9592
1974 2.0532
1975 2.1698
1976 2.4358
1977 2.4
1978 2.4
1979 2.4
1980 2.4
1981 2.4
1982 2.4
1983 2.4
1984 2.4
1985 2.45
1986 3.6
1987 3.6
1988 3.8438
1989 4.25
1990 4.25
1991 4.25
1992 4.25
1993 5.3511
1994 5.9249
1995 5.9478
1996 6.0051
1997 6.2517
1998 6.2983
1999 6.2989
2000 6.2998
2001 6.2332
2002 6.2487
2003 6.2951
2004 6.299
2005 6.2996
2006 6.3122
2007 6.3282
2008 6.2891
2009 6.3259
2010 6.3755
2011 6.4093
2012 6.4296
2013 6.4426
2014 6.4086
2015 6.3776
2016 6.6715
2017 6.7795
2018 6.7708
2019 6.7543
2020 6.7511
2021 6.7585
2022 6.7541
Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source