Oman - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Oman was 0.179 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.218 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
1990 0.107
1991 0.095
1992 0.094
1993 0.087
1994 0.085
1995 0.084
1996 0.089
1997 0.086
1998 0.073
1999 0.080
2000 0.092
2001 0.086
2002 0.089
2003 0.096
2004 0.106
2005 0.126
2006 0.139
2007 0.146
2008 0.192
2009 0.142
2010 0.163
2011 0.185
2012 0.189
2013 0.191
2014 0.199
2015 0.198
2016 0.194
2017 0.200
2018 0.218
2019 0.209
2020 0.179

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 Oman was 0.465 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.568 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.191 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
1990 0.279
1991 0.247
1992 0.245
1993 0.226
1994 0.221
1995 0.220
1996 0.232
1997 0.223
1998 0.191
1999 0.209
2000 0.240
2001 0.224
2002 0.231
2003 0.250
2004 0.275
2005 0.327
2006 0.360
2007 0.380
2008 0.499
2009 0.371
2010 0.424
2011 0.481
2012 0.491
2013 0.496
2014 0.519
2015 0.515
2016 0.505
2017 0.520
2018 0.568
2019 0.543
2020 0.465

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Oman was 0.195 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.215 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.172 in 2005.

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
2000 0.192
2001 0.185
2002 0.182
2003 0.178
2004 0.175
2005 0.172
2006 0.173
2007 0.178
2008 0.192
2009 0.200
2010 0.203
2011 0.205
2012 0.204
2013 0.209
2014 0.212
2015 0.215
2016 0.210
2017 0.212
2018 0.208
2019 0.205
2020 0.201
2021 0.195

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity