Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
0.00334958 1960
0.00334983 1961
0.00334967 1962
0.00334967 1963
0.00435 1964
0.0045 1965
0.0045 1966
0.0045 1967
0.0045 1968
0.0045 1969
0.0045 1970
0.0044 1971
0.0044 1972
0.0043 1973
0.0043 1974
0.0043 1975
0.0043 1976
0.0043 1977
0.0043 1978
0.0043 1979
0.0043 1980
0.0043 1981
0.0043 1982
0.0043 1983
0.00701667 1984
0.0075 1985
0.00808333 1986
0.0145 1987
0.0145 1988
0.03469167 1989
0.04689167 1990
0.056825 1991
0.06838333 1992
0.09084167 1993
0.1485 1994
0.17684167 1995
0.4173 1996
0.48863333 1997
0.54756667 1998
0.605725 1999
0.67996667 2000
0.72365833 2001
1.1609 2002
1.6052 2003
1.89133333 2004
2.08975 2005
2.147 2006
2.147 2007
2.1446 2008
2.1446 2009
2.5861 2010
4.2893 2011
4.2893 2012
6.0534 2013
6.2842 2014
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Venezuela, RB | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)

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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source