Libya - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Libya was 0.477 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.699 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.183 in 1999.

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
1999 0.183
2000 0.203
2001 0.213
2002 0.266
2003 0.299
2004 0.357
2005 0.445
2006 0.473
2007 0.511
2008 0.611
2009 0.453
2010 0.511
2011 0.592
2012 0.677
2013 0.663
2014 0.575
2015 0.490
2016 0.505
2017 0.606
2018 0.699
2019 0.679
2020 0.477

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 Libya was 0.341 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.536 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.210 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
1999 0.394
2000 0.396
2001 0.351
2002 0.210
2003 0.234
2004 0.275
2005 0.340
2006 0.360
2007 0.405
2008 0.500
2009 0.361
2010 0.404
2011 0.484
2012 0.536
2013 0.522
2014 0.452
2015 0.355
2016 0.363
2017 0.435
2018 0.512
2019 0.486
2020 0.341

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Libya was 0.638 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.740 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.486 in 2006.

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 0.537
1991 0.576
1992 0.612
1993 0.660
1994 0.676
1995 0.705
1996 0.713
1997 0.721
1998 0.736
1999 0.740
2000 0.695
2001 0.616
2002 0.547
2003 0.523
2004 0.498
2005 0.495
2006 0.486
2007 0.502
2008 0.534
2009 0.549
2010 0.555
2011 0.622
2012 0.585
2013 0.535
2014 0.488
2015 0.507
2016 0.562
2017 0.638

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity