Bhutan - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Bhutan was 19.98 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.98 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.09 in 1990.

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 6.09
1991 6.42
1992 6.83
1993 7.24
1994 7.97
1995 8.45
1996 8.97
1997 9.95
1998 10.89
1999 11.40
2000 11.97
2001 12.34
2002 12.73
2003 12.88
2004 13.00
2005 13.36
2006 13.67
2007 13.70
2008 14.18
2009 14.74
2010 15.43
2011 16.40
2012 17.15
2013 18.14
2014 18.68
2015 18.59
2016 18.83
2017 19.21
2018 19.09
2019 18.92
2020 19.98

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 Bhutan was 0.270 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.351 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.238 in 1993.

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 0.348
1991 0.282
1992 0.264
1993 0.238
1994 0.254
1995 0.261
1996 0.253
1997 0.274
1998 0.264
1999 0.265
2000 0.266
2001 0.262
2002 0.262
2003 0.276
2004 0.287
2005 0.303
2006 0.302
2007 0.331
2008 0.326
2009 0.305
2010 0.337
2011 0.351
2012 0.321
2013 0.309
2014 0.306
2015 0.290
2016 0.280
2017 0.295
2018 0.279
2019 0.269
2020 0.270

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Bhutan was 22.16 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.16 in 2021 and a minimum value of 9.00 in 1990.

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
1990 9.00
1991 9.70
1992 10.92
1993 11.79
1994 12.30
1995 13.10
1996 13.84
1997 14.41
1998 15.69
1999 16.39
2000 16.49
2001 16.58
2002 16.73
2003 16.62
2004 13.25
2005 13.50
2006 13.73
2007 14.04
2008 14.64
2009 15.34
2010 16.15
2011 17.04
2012 17.41
2013 18.73
2014 19.59
2015 19.81
2016 19.73
2017 20.47
2018 20.53
2019 20.71
2020 21.61
2021 22.16

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity