Austria - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Austria was 0.758 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.941 in 1994 and a minimum value of 0.758 in 2021.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This conversion factor is for GDP. For most economies PPP figures are extrapolated from the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) benchmark estimates or imputed using a statistical model based on the 2011 ICP. For 47 high- and upper middle-income economies conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

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Year Value
1990 0.921
1991 0.923
1992 0.934
1993 0.937
1994 0.941
1995 0.938
1996 0.934
1997 0.932
1998 0.923
1999 0.924
2000 0.908
2001 0.923
2002 0.900
2003 0.888
2004 0.878
2005 0.882
2006 0.860
2007 0.868
2008 0.854
2009 0.844
2010 0.842
2011 0.831
2012 0.814
2013 0.797
2014 0.799
2015 0.799
2016 0.777
2017 0.775
2018 0.765
2019 0.771
2020 0.764
2021 0.758

Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate

The value for Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate in Austria was 0.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.28 in 1995 and a minimum value of 0.83 in 2001.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. The ratio of PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate is the result obtained by dividing the PPP conversion factor by the market exchange rate. The ratio, also referred to as the national price level, makes it possible to compare the cost of the bundle of goods that make up gross domestic product (GDP) across countries. It tells how many dollars are needed to buy a dollar's worth of goods in the country as compared to the United States. PPP conversion factors are based on the 2011 ICP round.

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

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Year Value
1990 1.11
1991 1.09
1992 1.17
1993 1.11
1994 1.13
1995 1.28
1996 1.21
1997 1.05
1998 1.03
1999 0.98
2000 0.84
2001 0.83
2002 0.85
2003 1.00
2004 1.09
2005 1.10
2006 1.08
2007 1.19
2008 1.26
2009 1.18
2010 1.12
2011 1.16
2012 1.05
2013 1.06
2014 1.06
2015 0.89
2016 0.86
2017 0.88
2018 0.90
2019 0.86
2020 0.87

PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Austria was 0.817 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.953 in 1995 and a minimum value of 0.817 in 2020.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This conversion factor is for private consumption (i.e., household final consumption expenditure). For most economies PPP figures are extrapolated from the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) benchmark estimates or imputed using a statistical model based on the 2011 ICP. For 47 high- and upper middle-income economies conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.940
1991 0.938
1992 0.945
1993 0.950
1994 0.952
1995 0.953
1996 0.947
1997 0.945
1998 0.932
1999 0.928
2000 0.909
2001 0.926
2002 0.912
2003 0.899
2004 0.894
2005 0.888
2006 0.878
2007 0.878
2008 0.872
2009 0.864
2010 0.857
2011 0.851
2012 0.856
2013 0.845
2014 0.846
2015 0.850
2016 0.832
2017 0.837
2018 0.828
2019 0.845
2020 0.817

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity