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