Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source
Vanuatu | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
89.76500009 1960
89.76500009 1961
89.76500009 1962
89.76500009 1963
89.76500009 1964
89.76500009 1965
89.76500009 1966
89.76500009 1967
89.76500009 1968
94.44000009 1969
100.9850001 1970
100.68945122 1971
81.61090909 1972
72.0447138 1973
77.80323232 1974
69.27259259 1975
77.23622896 1976
79.41131313 1977
72.9389899 1978
68.75824916 1979
68.29212121 1980
87.82592593 1981
96.2075 1982
99.36766199 1983
99.23333333 1984
106.03166667 1985
106.07583333 1986
109.84916667 1987
104.42583333 1988
116.04166667 1989
117.06125 1990
111.675 1991
113.39166667 1992
121.58083333 1993
116.405 1994
112.11166667 1995
111.71916667 1996
115.87333333 1997
127.5175 1998
129.075 1999
137.64333333 2000
145.3125 2001
139.19833333 2002
122.18916667 2003
111.79 2004
109.24583333 2005
110.64083333 2006
102.4375 2007
101.33416667 2008
106.74083333 2009
96.90583333 2010
89.46916667 2011
92.6375 2012
94.5425 2013
97.07166667 2014
108.98916667 2015
108.475 2016
107.82083333 2017
110.165 2018
114.7325 2019
115.38 2020
109.4525 2021
115.35391667 2022
Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source