São Tomé and Principe - Official exchange rate

Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

The value for Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) in São Tomé and Principe was 17,624.20 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,498.60 in 2010 and a minimum value of 24.52 in 1973.

Definition: Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar).

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1960 28.75
1961 28.75
1962 28.75
1963 28.75
1964 28.75
1965 28.75
1966 28.75
1967 28.75
1968 28.75
1969 28.75
1970 28.75
1971 28.36
1972 27.05
1973 24.52
1974 25.41
1975 25.54
1976 30.23
1977 37.56
1978 36.15
1979 35.02
1980 34.77
1981 38.40
1982 41.00
1983 42.34
1984 44.16
1985 44.60
1986 38.59
1987 54.21
1988 86.34
1989 124.67
1990 143.33
1991 201.82
1992 321.34
1993 429.85
1994 732.63
1995 1,420.34
1996 2,203.16
1997 4,552.51
1998 6,883.24
1999 7,118.96
2000 7,978.17
2001 8,842.11
2002 9,088.33
2003 9,347.58
2004 9,902.32
2005 10,557.97
2006 12,448.64
2007 13,536.75
2008 14,695.20
2009 16,208.45
2010 18,498.60
2011 17,624.20

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices