Benin - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Benin was 211.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 234.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 83.94 in 1991.

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 86.13
1991 83.94
1992 84.55
1993 84.56
1994 110.53
1995 124.60
1996 130.82
1997 133.23
1998 138.64
1999 202.74
2000 206.91
2001 206.46
2002 210.47
2003 212.96
2004 208.97
2005 211.36
2006 209.45
2007 204.76
2008 213.78
2009 217.55
2010 216.94
2011 220.43
2012 234.00
2013 231.48
2014 225.04
2015 220.52
2016 214.43
2017 216.77
2018 213.11
2019 208.54
2020 211.99

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 Benin was 0.368 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.479 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.199 in 1994.

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 0.316
1991 0.298
1992 0.241
1993 0.299
1994 0.199
1995 0.250
1996 0.256
1997 0.228
1998 0.235
1999 0.329
2000 0.291
2001 0.282
2002 0.303
2003 0.367
2004 0.396
2005 0.401
2006 0.401
2007 0.428
2008 0.479
2009 0.463
2010 0.438
2011 0.468
2012 0.458
2013 0.469
2014 0.456
2015 0.373
2016 0.362
2017 0.373
2018 0.384
2019 0.356
2020 0.368

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Benin was 214.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 229.22 in 2013 and a minimum value of 133.54 in 1993.

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.

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Year Value
1992 136.88
1993 133.54
1994 180.29
1995 200.74
1996 204.60
1997 206.86
1998 215.42
1999 211.49
2000 213.11
2001 215.51
2002 217.42
2003 215.76
2004 211.97
2005 216.01
2006 217.18
2007 213.89
2008 222.36
2009 225.15
2010 226.41
2011 225.41
2012 226.48
2013 229.22
2014 224.45
2015 222.00
2016 215.95
2017 219.48
2018 215.62
2019 210.29
2020 214.01

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity