Jordan - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Jordan was 0.294 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.319 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.177 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 0.177
1991 0.180
1992 0.188
1993 0.189
1994 0.198
1995 0.197
1996 0.198
1997 0.197
1998 0.206
1999 0.202
2000 0.197
2001 0.195
2002 0.193
2003 0.194
2004 0.195
2005 0.192
2006 0.207
2007 0.211
2008 0.256
2009 0.263
2010 0.280
2011 0.291
2012 0.302
2013 0.308
2014 0.319
2015 0.312
2016 0.314
2017 0.300
2018 0.298
2019 0.298
2020 0.294

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 Jordan was 0.414 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.450 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.264 in 1991.

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 0.266
1991 0.264
1992 0.276
1993 0.273
1994 0.283
1995 0.282
1996 0.279
1997 0.277
1998 0.291
1999 0.286
2000 0.278
2001 0.274
2002 0.273
2003 0.273
2004 0.274
2005 0.271
2006 0.292
2007 0.298
2008 0.361
2009 0.370
2010 0.395
2011 0.410
2012 0.426
2013 0.434
2014 0.450
2015 0.440
2016 0.442
2017 0.423
2018 0.420
2019 0.420
2020 0.414

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Jordan was 0.319 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.365 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.256 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.256
1991 0.266
1992 0.268
1993 0.269
1994 0.272
1995 0.270
1996 0.280
1997 0.282
1998 0.286
1999 0.281
2000 0.274
2001 0.271
2002 0.272
2003 0.270
2004 0.272
2005 0.272
2006 0.280
2007 0.285
2008 0.313
2009 0.312
2010 0.322
2011 0.325
2012 0.330
2013 0.349
2014 0.364
2015 0.365
2016 0.357
2017 0.329
2018 0.336
2019 0.332
2020 0.329
2021 0.319

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity