Afghanistan - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Afghanistan was 19.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.12 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.19 in 2002.

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
2002 9.19
2003 10.07
2004 10.92
2005 11.74
2006 12.22
2007 14.58
2008 14.60
2009 14.18
2010 14.55
2011 16.61
2012 17.24
2013 17.51
2014 17.04
2015 17.02
2016 17.45
2017 17.21
2018 17.15
2019 17.95
2020 19.12

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 Afghanistan was 0.249 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.348 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.205 in 2002.

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
2002 0.205
2003 0.206
2004 0.228
2005 0.237
2006 0.245
2007 0.293
2008 0.287
2009 0.288
2010 0.318
2011 0.348
2012 0.334
2013 0.310
2014 0.297
2015 0.266
2016 0.258
2017 0.251
2018 0.233
2019 0.230
2020 0.249

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Afghanistan was 17.13 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.75 in 2014 and a minimum value of 11.36 in 2004.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2004 11.36
2005 12.38
2006 12.81
2007 13.53
2008 16.48
2009 15.41
2010 15.49
2011 16.79
2012 17.09
2013 17.66
2014 17.75
2015 17.19
2016 17.30
2017 17.36
2018 17.05
2019 17.13

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity