Kuwait - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Kuwait was 0.161 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.195 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.073 in 1998.

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
1992 0.099
1993 0.089
1994 0.082
1995 0.084
1996 0.096
1997 0.090
1998 0.073
1999 0.085
2000 0.101
2001 0.091
2002 0.094
2003 0.097
2004 0.105
2005 0.124
2006 0.140
2007 0.142
2008 0.166
2009 0.136
2010 0.149
2011 0.172
2012 0.176
2013 0.179
2014 0.179
2015 0.190
2016 0.187
2017 0.177
2018 0.195
2019 0.189
2020 0.161

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 Kuwait was 0.524 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.646 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.241 in 1998.

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
1992 0.336
1993 0.295
1994 0.277
1995 0.283
1996 0.320
1997 0.295
1998 0.241
1999 0.281
2000 0.328
2001 0.297
2002 0.310
2003 0.325
2004 0.357
2005 0.425
2006 0.483
2007 0.500
2008 0.616
2009 0.473
2010 0.522
2011 0.622
2012 0.629
2013 0.633
2014 0.629
2015 0.632
2016 0.619
2017 0.585
2018 0.646
2019 0.623
2020 0.524

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Kuwait was 0.182 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.195 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.148 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.

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Year Value
1990 0.163
1991 0.171
1992 0.165
1993 0.161
1994 0.160
1995 0.160
1996 0.161
1997 0.159
1998 0.156
1999 0.158
2000 0.155
2001 0.153
2002 0.152
2003 0.150
2004 0.148
2005 0.149
2006 0.149
2007 0.152
2008 0.162
2009 0.170
2010 0.175
2011 0.178
2012 0.182
2013 0.191
2014 0.190
2015 0.195
2016 0.190
2017 0.187
2018 0.184
2019 0.183
2020 0.184
2021 0.182

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity