Ethiopia - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Ethiopia was 12.11 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.11 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.30 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 1.30
1991 1.50
1992 1.69
1993 1.87
1994 1.89
1995 2.09
1996 2.05
1997 2.02
1998 2.00
1999 2.01
2000 2.10
2001 1.94
2002 1.84
2003 2.03
2004 2.06
2005 2.19
2006 2.38
2007 2.71
2008 3.47
2009 4.27
2010 4.28
2011 5.04
2012 6.64
2013 7.08
2014 7.14
2015 7.77
2016 8.06
2017 8.52
2018 9.35
2019 10.37
2020 12.11

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 Ethiopia was 0.386 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.724 in 1991 and a minimum value of 0.215 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
1990 0.628
1991 0.724
1992 0.604
1993 0.439
1994 0.327
1995 0.333
1996 0.325
1997 0.311
1998 0.290
1999 0.268
2000 0.258
2001 0.233
2002 0.215
2003 0.237
2004 0.239
2005 0.254
2006 0.274
2007 0.308
2008 0.375
2009 0.410
2010 0.332
2011 0.312
2012 0.385
2013 0.389
2014 0.375
2015 0.386
2016 0.382
2017 0.380
2018 0.358
2019 0.370
2020 0.386

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Ethiopia was 10.74 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.74 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1.35 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 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 1.35
1991 1.75
1992 1.88
1993 1.89
1994 1.98
1995 2.12
1996 1.89
1997 1.89
1998 1.88
1999 1.98
2000 1.93
2001 1.72
2002 1.72
2003 1.99
2004 2.00
2005 2.18
2006 2.37
2007 2.70
2008 3.76
2009 4.09
2010 4.36
2011 5.57
2012 6.73
2013 7.25
2014 7.37
2015 7.88
2016 8.02
2017 8.50
2018 9.44
2019 10.74

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity