North Macedonia - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in North Macedonia was 18.93 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.50 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.05 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 0.05
1991 0.09
1992 1.21
1993 6.43
1994 15.85
1995 18.18
1996 18.36
1997 18.75
1998 18.75
1999 19.04
2000 19.95
2001 20.50
2002 20.02
2003 20.10
2004 19.26
2005 19.29
2006 18.89
2007 19.51
2008 19.26
2009 18.36
2010 18.73
2011 19.29
2012 19.00
2013 19.11
2014 19.00
2015 19.44
2016 18.96
2017 18.97
2018 18.95
2019 19.01
2020 18.93

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 North Macedonia was 0.350 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.480 in 1995 and a minimum value of 0.238 in 1992.

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 0.426
1991 0.462
1992 0.238
1993 0.277
1994 0.366
1995 0.480
1996 0.459
1997 0.375
1998 0.344
1999 0.335
2000 0.303
2001 0.301
2002 0.311
2003 0.370
2004 0.390
2005 0.391
2006 0.387
2007 0.436
2008 0.460
2009 0.416
2010 0.403
2011 0.436
2012 0.397
2013 0.412
2014 0.409
2015 0.350
2016 0.340
2017 0.347
2018 0.364
2019 0.346
2020 0.350

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in North Macedonia was 22.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.03 in 2001 and a minimum value of 9.38 in 1993.

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
1993 9.38
1994 20.70
1995 23.44
1996 23.33
1997 23.09
1998 23.11
1999 22.62
2000 23.72
2001 25.03
2002 24.43
2003 24.72
2004 24.42
2005 24.37
2006 24.61
2007 24.91
2008 24.84
2009 23.59
2010 23.51
2011 23.94
2012 23.94
2013 23.47
2014 23.04
2015 23.07
2016 22.25
2017 22.53
2018 22.67
2019 22.89
2020 22.91

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity