Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source
Tunisia | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960 0.42
1961 0.42
1962 0.42
1963 0.42
1964 0.44625
1965 0.525
1966 0.525
1967 0.525
1968 0.525
1969 0.525
1970 0.525
1971 0.52291667
1972 0.47708333
1973 0.42159583
1974 0.43650833
1975 0.40226667
1976 0.428775
1977 0.42895
1978 0.41617083
1979 0.4064625
1980 0.40495417
1981 0.49380417
1982 0.5906875
1983 0.67876667
1984 0.77683333
1985 0.83449583
1986 0.79402917
1987 0.8286625
1988 0.85780417
1989 0.94932083
1990 0.87833333
1991 0.92462083
1992 0.88443333
1993 1.00374167
1994 1.01155417
1995 0.94575
1996 0.97340833
1997 1.10590833
1998 1.138725
1999 1.186225
2000 1.37068333
2001 1.4387125
2002 1.42173333
2003 1.28845833
2004 1.24546667
2005 1.29743333
2006 1.331025
2007 1.28135833
2008 1.23214167
2009 1.350275
2010 1.4314
2011 1.40778333
2012 1.56189167
2013 1.62465833
2014 1.697675
2015 1.961625
2016 2.14803333
2017 2.419425
2018 2.64686667
2019 2.93443333
2020 2.81235833
2021 2.79446667
2022 3.1036

Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source