Guyana - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Guyana was 73.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106.23 in 2016 and a minimum value of 17.25 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 17.25
1991 39.13
1992 42.59
1993 48.65
1994 55.53
1995 61.11
1996 62.37
1997 62.16
1998 63.29
1999 69.38
2000 72.34
2001 71.01
2002 71.74
2003 73.75
2004 76.68
2005 80.04
2006 82.06
2007 90.06
2008 96.92
2009 97.05
2010 100.09
2011 100.27
2012 104.89
2013 102.28
2014 101.93
2015 102.84
2016 106.23
2017 105.35
2018 99.91
2019 101.07
2020 73.60

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 Guyana was 0.353 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.514 in 2016 and a minimum value of 0.340 in 1992.

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 0.437
1991 0.350
1992 0.340
1993 0.374
1994 0.402
1995 0.430
1996 0.444
1997 0.436
1998 0.420
1999 0.390
2000 0.397
2001 0.379
2002 0.376
2003 0.380
2004 0.387
2005 0.400
2006 0.410
2007 0.445
2008 0.476
2009 0.476
2010 0.492
2011 0.491
2012 0.513
2013 0.498
2014 0.494
2015 0.498
2016 0.514
2017 0.510
2018 0.481
2019 0.485
2020 0.353

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Guyana was 114.72 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 120.83 in 2011 and a minimum value of 66.35 in 1994.

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
1994 66.35
1995 72.42
1996 75.35
1997 76.25
1998 78.53
1999 82.64
2000 84.85
2001 84.69
2002 87.82
2003 91.01
2004 92.77
2005 95.94
2006 99.15
2007 108.16
2008 112.60
2009 116.34
2010 118.74
2011 120.83
2012 118.71
2013 120.26
2014 120.23
2015 117.46
2016 116.44
2017 115.63
2018 114.32
2019 114.63
2020 114.35
2021 114.72

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity