Cameroon - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Cameroon was 228.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 246.45 in 1997 and a minimum value of 158.99 in 1992.

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 164.42
1991 164.71
1992 158.99
1993 217.12
1994 233.02
1995 239.63
1996 236.29
1997 246.45
1998 246.30
1999 240.08
2000 238.43
2001 239.07
2002 241.88
2003 242.10
2004 236.09
2005 232.06
2006 230.42
2007 225.50
2008 232.12
2009 238.67
2010 237.54
2011 238.71
2012 242.19
2013 241.08
2014 239.12
2015 240.71
2016 237.44
2017 232.80
2018 231.66
2019 230.26
2020 228.76

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 Cameroon was 0.397 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.767 in 1993 and a minimum value of 0.326 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 0.604
1991 0.584
1992 0.601
1993 0.767
1994 0.420
1995 0.480
1996 0.462
1997 0.422
1998 0.417
1999 0.390
2000 0.336
2001 0.326
2002 0.349
2003 0.417
2004 0.448
2005 0.440
2006 0.441
2007 0.471
2008 0.520
2009 0.507
2010 0.480
2011 0.507
2012 0.474
2013 0.488
2014 0.484
2015 0.407
2016 0.401
2017 0.401
2018 0.417
2019 0.393
2020 0.397

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Cameroon was 232.50 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 245.70 in 2002 and a minimum value of 166.89 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 190.55
1991 182.92
1992 177.51
1993 166.89
1994 219.74
1995 233.13
1996 235.37
1997 241.01
1998 244.85
1999 244.09
2000 239.01
2001 242.72
2002 245.70
2003 241.74
2004 235.99
2005 232.84
2006 237.11
2007 232.66
2008 236.01
2009 244.07
2010 243.19
2011 242.68
2012 235.80
2013 241.14
2014 240.14
2015 243.05
2016 239.12
2017 236.91
2018 233.75
2019 235.22
2020 238.02
2021 232.50

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity