Thailand - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Thailand was 12.34 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.84 in 2017 and a minimum value of 8.96 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 8.96
1991 9.16
1992 9.36
1993 9.74
1994 9.98
1995 10.34
1996 10.57
1997 10.84
1998 11.59
1999 11.13
2000 11.03
2001 11.00
2002 11.01
2003 11.04
2004 11.14
2005 11.35
2006 11.58
2007 11.55
2008 11.92
2009 11.85
2010 12.19
2011 12.39
2012 12.25
2013 12.30
2014 12.49
2015 12.64
2016 12.73
2017 12.84
2018 12.72
2019 12.62
2020 12.34

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 Thailand was 0.394 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.417 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.248 in 2001.

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 0.350
1991 0.359
1992 0.369
1993 0.385
1994 0.397
1995 0.415
1996 0.417
1997 0.346
1998 0.280
1999 0.294
2000 0.275
2001 0.248
2002 0.256
2003 0.266
2004 0.277
2005 0.282
2006 0.306
2007 0.335
2008 0.358
2009 0.346
2010 0.385
2011 0.406
2012 0.394
2013 0.400
2014 0.384
2015 0.369
2016 0.361
2017 0.378
2018 0.394
2019 0.406
2020 0.394

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Thailand was 12.28 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.29 in 2017 and a minimum value of 10.53 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 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 10.53
1991 10.68
1992 10.79
1993 10.83
1994 11.09
1995 11.41
1996 11.73
1997 12.11
1998 12.88
1999 12.64
2000 12.42
2001 12.27
2002 12.17
2003 12.11
2004 12.12
2005 12.26
2006 12.42
2007 12.35
2008 12.54
2009 12.48
2010 12.68
2011 12.76
2012 12.33
2013 12.78
2014 12.99
2015 12.98
2016 13.07
2017 13.29
2018 13.11
2019 12.97
2020 12.70
2021 12.28

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity