Lao PDR - Official exchange rate

Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

The value for Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) in Lao PDR was 8,511.35 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,655.17 in 2005 and a minimum value of 10.00 in 1980.

Definition: Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar).

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1960 80.00
1961 80.00
1962 80.00
1963 80.00
1964 240.00
1965 240.00
1966 240.00
1967 240.00
1968 240.00
1969 240.00
1970 240.00
1971 240.00
1972 510.00
1973 600.00
1974 600.00
1975 725.00
1976 429.17
1977 200.00
1978 333.33
1979 367.50
1980 10.00
1981 21.67
1982 35.00
1983 35.00
1984 35.00
1985 55.00
1986 95.00
1987 187.50
1988 400.38
1989 591.50
1990 707.75
1991 702.08
1992 716.08
1993 716.25
1994 717.67
1995 804.69
1996 921.02
1997 1,259.98
1998 3,298.33
1999 7,102.03
2000 7,887.64
2001 8,954.58
2002 10,056.33
2003 10,569.04
2004 10,585.38
2005 10,655.17
2006 10,153.62
2007 9,602.73
2008 8,740.18
2009 8,511.35

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices