Central African Republic - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Central African Republic was 287.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 290.95 in 2014 and a minimum value of 201.01 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 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 220.07
1991 212.05
1992 213.09
1993 201.01
1994 244.85
1995 263.56
1996 249.65
1997 247.29
1998 243.52
1999 249.86
2000 265.19
2001 260.60
2002 250.46
2003 249.18
2004 231.87
2005 234.29
2006 234.99
2007 233.05
2008 244.78
2009 244.65
2010 252.02
2011 256.76
2012 262.13
2013 254.35
2014 290.95
2015 283.52
2016 280.05
2017 286.83
2018 276.68
2019 278.30
2020 287.19

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 Central African Republic was 0.499 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.808 in 1990 and a minimum value of 0.356 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 0.808
1991 0.752
1992 0.805
1993 0.710
1994 0.441
1995 0.528
1996 0.488
1997 0.424
1998 0.413
1999 0.406
2000 0.372
2001 0.356
2002 0.359
2003 0.429
2004 0.439
2005 0.444
2006 0.449
2007 0.486
2008 0.547
2009 0.518
2010 0.509
2011 0.545
2012 0.513
2013 0.515
2014 0.589
2015 0.480
2016 0.473
2017 0.494
2018 0.498
2019 0.475
2020 0.499

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Central African Republic was 310.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 310.18 in 2020 and a minimum value of 189.82 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
1990 224.63
1991 209.55
1992 201.29
1993 189.82
1994 230.45
1995 267.18
1996 269.24
1997 267.32
1998 258.28
1999 249.17
2000 248.75
2001 251.19
2002 253.04
2003 257.65
2004 245.75
2005 244.54
2006 252.76
2007 248.10
2008 261.05
2009 271.21
2010 270.81
2011 265.66
2012 261.82
2013 262.86
2014 300.15
2015 298.00
2016 295.59
2017 306.81
2018 304.32
2019 306.93
2020 310.18

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity